Billions: Season 1

2016 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 1 of Billions

What happens when two voracious power players at the top of their fields go head to head? Brilliant hedge fund titan Bobby "Axe" Axelrod and brash U.S. District Attorney Chuck Rhoades play a dangerous, winner-take-all game of cat and mouse where the stakes run into ten figures. Both are ultimately forced to answer the question: what is power worth?

12episodes

Jan 17, 2016premiered

Apr 10, 2016Latest episode

11.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Jan 17, 2016 · 60 min · ★ 7.4
An inside tip sparks a high stakes game of cat and mouse.
Directing: Neil Burger · Writers: Andrew Ross Sorkin, David Levien, Brian Koppelman · Starring: Jeffrey DeMunn, Kelly AuCoin, Nathan Darrow, Arthur J. Nascarella
1x02 Naming Rights
Jan 24, 2016 · 55 min · ★ 6.9
Chuck's probe is derailed temporarily; Axe makes an aggressive move.
Directed by: Neil Burger · Written by: David Levien, Brian Koppelman · Starring: Kelly AuCoin, Susan Misner, David Cromer, Annapurna Sriram
1x03 YumTime
Jan 31, 2016 · 56 min · ★ 7.6
Axe makes an activist play, and the move reverberates back to Chuck.
Directed by: Scott Hornbacher · Written by: Willie Reale · Starring: Jeffrey DeMunn, Kelly AuCoin, Arthur J. Nascarella, Melissa Errico
1x04 Short Squeeze
Feb 7, 2016 · 56 min · ★ 8.2
Axe deals with a betrayal. Chuck learns the inner workings of Axe Capital.
Directed by: James Foley · Written by: Young Il Kim · Starring: Jeffrey DeMunn, Kelly AuCoin, Nathan Darrow, Susan Misner
1x05 The Good Life
Feb 14, 2016 · 59 min · ★ 7.1
Axe unceremoniously disappears. Chuck intensifies his investigation.
Directing: Neil LaBute · Writer: Heidi Schreck · Starring: Kelly AuCoin, Nathan Darrow, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore
1x06 The Deal
Feb 21, 2016 · 59 min · ★ 8.4
Wendy facilitates a deal that hinges on a meeting between Chuck and Axe.
Directing: James Foley · Writer: Wes Jones · Starring: Jeffrey DeMunn, Kelly AuCoin, Deborah Rush, Christopher Paul Richards
1x07 The Punch
Mar 6, 2016 · 58 min · ★ 7.6
The pressure starts to affect Axe. Chuck uses the past to his advantage.
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal · Written by: David Levien, Brian Koppelman · Starring: Nathan Darrow, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore, Susan Misner
1x08 Boasts and Rails
Mar 13, 2016 · 57 min · ★ 7.8
A tip throws the case into jeopardy. Secrets surface from Axe's past.
Directed by: John Dahl · Written by: Wes Jones · Starring: Nathan Darrow, Arthur J. Nascarella, Susan Misner, David Cromer
1x09 Where the F-ck is Donnie?
Mar 20, 2016 · 56 min · ★ 7.6
A sudden and mysterious disappearance sends both Axe and Chuck spinning.
Directing: Susanna White · Writer: Peter Blake · Starring: Kelly AuCoin, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore, Susan Misner
1x10 Quality of Life
Mar 27, 2016 · 58 min · ★ 8.0
Axe and Wendy do some soul searching. Chuck suffers a devastating setback.
Directing: Karyn Kusama · Writer: Willie Reale · Starring: Jeffrey DeMunn, Kelly AuCoin, Nathan Darrow, Christopher Paul Richards
1x11 Magical Thinking
Apr 3, 2016 · 57 min · ★ 7.7
Axe loses big on a bad trade. Chuck finds proof that could save the case.
Directed by: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden · Written by: Andrew Ross Sorkin, David Levien, Brian Koppelman · Starring: Jeffrey DeMunn, Susan Misner, Kate Arrington, Louisa Krause
1x12 The Conversation Season Finale
Apr 10, 2016 · 57 min · ★ 8.5
Chuck goes in search of Axe and an explosive confrontation.
Directing: Michael Cuesta · Writers: David Levien, Brian Koppelman · Starring: Kelly AuCoin, Nathan Darrow, Arthur J. Nascarella, Susan Misner