List of Billions episodes
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Billions is an American drama television series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, and starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, that premiered on Showtime on January 17, 2016. On May 8, 2019, the series was renewed for a fifth season by Showtime, which premiered on May 3, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production was postponed and only 7 of the 12 episodes aired in 2020. Season 5 resumed on September 5, 2021. On October 1, 2020, Showtime renewed the series for a sixth season, which premiered on January 23, 2022. On February 15, 2022, Showtime renewed the series for a seventh and final season, which premiered on August 13, 2023. During the course of the series, 84 episodes of Billions aired over seven seasons, between January 17, 2016, and October 29, 2023.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 12 | January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17) | April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) | |
| 2 | 12 | February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19) | May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07) | |
| 3 | 12 | March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) | June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10) | |
| 4 | 12 | March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17) | June 9, 2019 (2019-06-09) | |
| 5 | 12 | 7 | May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03) | June 14, 2020 (2020-06-14) |
| 5 | September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05) | October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03) | ||
| 6 | 12 | January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23) | April 10, 2022 (2022-04-10) | |
| 7 | 12 | August 13, 2023 (2023-08-13) | October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29) | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) | |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Neil Burger | Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Andrew Ross Sorkin | January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17) | 0 | |
| Bobby "Axe" Axelrod is a charismatic 9/11 survivor who heads up Axe Capital ("Axe Cap"), a hedge fund based in Connecticut. Ari Spyros of the SEC asks Chuck Rhoades, the U . Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to investigate him. Because of his philanthropy Axe has public support and is a bit of a folk hero, making Rhoades cautious to | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Naming Rights" | Neil Burger | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24) | 0 | |
| The Financial Journal story on Steven Birch is released. Rhoades' office publicly begins investigating Steven Birch's practices. Bobby, aware that he is likely next, fires one of his top traders, Victor Mateo, to make an example of him. Wendy visits Victor, who is furious, and advises him to stand down, pointing out the possible repercussions of tr | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "YumTime" | Scott Hornbacher | Willie Reale | January 31, 2016 (2016-01-31) | 1 | |
| June Raichlein, the widow who criticised Lara & Axe during their memorial fund meeting, has just completed a literary work titled "9-12: The Day After." It's a memoir about her life following the death of her husband in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. Lara places a call to acquire a copy of June’s book before it is released and find | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Short Squeeze" | James Foley | Young Il Kim | February 7, 2016 (2016-02-07) | 0 | |
| Axe wakes up in the middle of the night to come to the rescue of Mick Danzig, who the police pickup for walking around outside, visibly drunk carrying an open bottle and an automatic weapon. At the same time, while dropping Chuck off at work, Wendy notices Pete Decker heading into Chuck's office. She asks Chuck about this, but he refuses to comment | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Good Life" | Neil LaBute | Heidi Schreck | February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14) | 1 | |
| With Decker's information providing a lead on "Dollar Bill" Stearn, Chuck and his team decide to focus on him. Bryan and Kate find a link between Stearn and Clayton Grunwald, Pepsum Pharmaceuticals' researcher for insider information regarding an experimental product called "Vaccarazine.” The team head to Iowa and interrogate Clayton. Down in Iowa, | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Deal" | James Foley | Wes Jones | February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21) | 1 | |
| Wendy asks Chuck to recuse himself from the case. Bryan discovers that Bill has a mistress and second family. Bill accepts the reality of the situation though, and reveals that he was prepared for such a play by Chuck. He sends, via text message, a letter to his wife explaining everything ending his marriage and shocking everyone in the room. Axe s | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Punch" | Stephen Gyllenhaal | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) | 1 | |
| One of Axe’s associates, Bruce Layner, drops the Axelrod children home while under influence. The kids mention Bruce had made a lot of negative comments about their families wealth. On hearing about this, Bobby confronts Bruce and promptly knocks the man on the ground. Axe is informed that the police have come into possession of a video recording o | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Boasts and Rails" | John Dahl | Wes Jones | March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13) | 1 | |
| Kate acquires a redacted chapter of June’s memoir, revealing to Chuck that Bobby's 9/11 backstory is a lie. Instead of being in the World Trade Center, Bobby was at his lawyer's office negotiating his severance, as his partners were pushing him out due to suspicions of illegal trades. Their deaths on 9/11 saved his career, allowing him to take over | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Where the F*** is Donnie?" | Susanna White | Peter K. Blake | March 20, 2016 (2016-03-20) | 1 | |
| Bobby Axelrod grows suspicious of Donnie Caan, one of his traders at Axe Capital, after suspecting that there may be a mole within the firm leaking insider information. As Donnie goes missing, Bobby becomes increasingly paranoid and takes steps to track him down, fearing the implications for his hedge fund. Meanwhile, U . Attorney Chuck Rhoades c | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Quality of Life" | Karyn Kusama | Willie Reale | March 27, 2016 (2016-03-27) | 1 | |
| Bobby Axelrod is devastated by the sudden death of his close friend and trusted employee, Donnie Caan, who had been secretly battling a terminal illness. Donnie’s passing not only affects Bobby emotionally but also presents him with an opportunity to leverage the situation to his advantage in his ongoing rivalry with U . Attorney Chuck Rhoades. As | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Magical Thinking" | Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck | Story by : Wes Jones & Heidi Schreck Teleplay by : Wes Jones | April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03) | 1 | |
| The tensions between Bobby Axelrod and U . Attorney Chuck Rhoades escalate as both sides prepare for their next strategic moves. Bobby, reeling from recent events, begins to rely on his instincts as he seeks ways to protect Axe Capital from legal threats. He makes high-stakes decisions, despite the risks, believing his gut will lead him to success | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Conversation" | Michael Cuesta | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) | 1 | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) | |
| 13 | 1 | "Risk Management" | Reed Morano | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10) (online) February 19, 2017 (2017-02-19) (Showtime) | 0 | |
| The $5-million payment from Robert "Bobby" Axelrod into the account of his corporate therapist Wendy Rhoades on the same day that Chuck Rhoades drops his SDNY suit against Axelrod creates a cloud of suspicion on the U . Attorney Chuck Rhoades. Axelrod finances a class-action Bivens claim against Chuck Rhoades for violation of his Fourth Amendment | |||||||
| 14 | 2 | "Dead Cat Bounce" | Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden | Wes Jones | February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) | 0 | |
| Bobby Axelrod offers the company intern Taylor Mason an annual salary of $750,000/year even though they want to get an MBA under Eugene Fama at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. They (Taylor) accept to join Axe for $1 million/year. | |||||||
| 15 | 3 | "Optimal Play" | Alex Gibney | Willie Reale | March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05) | 0 | |
| Chuck Rhoades gets his hands on a recording of Lawrence Boyd in the middle of an intimate moment. | |||||||
| 16 | 4 | "The Oath" | Noah Emmerich | Adam R. Perlman | March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12) | 0 | |
| 17 | 5 | "Currency" | Steph Green | Brian Chamberlayne | March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19) | 0 | |
| Bobby Axelrod (Axe) confronts the possibility of Axe Capital experiencing its first-ever down quarter, primarily due to the collapse of a tech investment in Sansomic. The company’s new glass interface proves defective, leading to a significant financial setback. Determined to avert this, Axe demands his team devise a groundbreaking strategy to reve | |||||||
| 18 | 6 | "Indian Four" | Adam Arkin | Alice O'Neill | March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26) | 0 | |
| Bobby Axelrod negotiates with Wendy Rhoades to re-hire her. | |||||||
| 19 | 7 | "Victory Lap" | John Singleton | Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Alice O'Neill | April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02) | 0 | |
| Bryan Connerty admits to Chuck Rhoades that he was the one who called the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) on Rhoades. | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | "The Kingmaker" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Adam R. Perlman | April 9, 2017 (2017-04-09) | 1 | |
| Chuck Rhoades forms an alliance with the "kingmaker" Jack Foley in order to run for the governorship of the state of New York. | |||||||
| 21 | 9 | "Sic Transit Imperium" | Colin Bucksey | Wes Jones | April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16) | 0 | |
| Chuck Rhoades angles to become governor of New York state. | |||||||
| 22 | 10 | "With or Without You" | Ed Bianchi | Willie Reale | April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23) | 0 | |
| 23 | 11 | "Golden Frog Time" | Karyn Kusama | Story by : Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Brian Chamberlayne Teleplay by : Brian Koppelman & David Levien | April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) | 0 | |
| Chuck Rhoades sets up a sting operation to catch Bobby Axelrod manipulating a stock IPO. Chuck loses all his trust fund in doing so, compromising both himself and his father. | |||||||
| 24 | 12 | "Ball in Hand" | Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden | Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Adam R. Perlman | May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07) | 1 | |
| Chuck Rhoades arranges for Bobby Axelrod to be arrested by the Eastern District on condition that his illegal setting up of Axelrod be hidden forever. Connerty goes to Eastern District to prosecute the case against Axelrod. Sacker gets Head of Crim in Southern District under Rhoades. Lonnie leaves the U . Attorney’s office. Bobby, on bail, leaves | |||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) | |
| 25 | 1 | "Tie Goes to the Runner" | Colin Bucksey | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) | 0 | |
| Chuck meets the new U . Attorney General, who informs him of his policy to lay off Wall Street crime. Chuck relents and informs Sacker, the new Chief of Crim. Axe is out of prison, but is separated from Lara. Dake, now U . Attorney of the Eastern District, is prosecuting the case with Connerty, and have frozen all of Axe's capital, which leaves T | |||||||
| 26 | 2 | "The Wrong Maria Gonzalez" | Noah Emmerich | Adam R. Perlman | April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01) | 0 | |
| With Axe's license to trade suspended, he tries to find creative ways to do so anyway, by contacting previous employees with their own shops. Dake and Connerty get a judge known for favouring the free market, and Chuck can't risk the case like this and pulls in favours in order to get the judge changed. Meanwhile, due to a freak Tsunami in Brazil, | |||||||
| 27 | 3 | "A Generation Too Late" | Colin Bucksey | Wes Taylor | April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08) | 0 | |
| Axe approaches Ira, now broke and humiliated, with an offer that if he testifies against Chuck and drop the civil suits, he'll pay him $30 million. After initially refusing, Ira, having to deal with the shame of having to postpone proposing to his girlfriend, accepts the deal. In a meeting to inform Connerty and Dake of his change of heart, he half | |||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Hell of a Ride" | John Dahl | Randall Green | April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15) | 0 | |
| 29 | 5 | "Flaw in the Death Star" | Matt Shakman | Willie Reale & Adam R. Perlman | April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22) | 0 | |
| 30 | 6 | "The Third Ortolan" | John Dahl | Alice O'Neill | April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29) | 0 | |
| 31 | 7 | "Not You, Mr. Dake" | Michael Morris | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | May 6, 2018 (2018-05-06) | 0 | |
| 32 | 8 | "All the Wilburys" | Mike Binder | Story by : Randall Green & Alice O'Neill Teleplay by : Brian Koppelman & David Levien | May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13) | 0 | |
| 33 | 9 | "Icebreaker" | Stacie Passon | Adam R. Perlman & Willie Reale | May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20) | 0 | |
| Bobby Axelrod gets new info of Grigor Andolov's past dealings. In the office, someone steals Dollar Bill's lucky dollar attached to his trading desk ahead of comp. Kate is having conscience problems as she is being forced to prosecute an innocent man. Axe asks Spartan-Ives for help in his capital raise. Taylor shares an investment plan with Grigor' | |||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Redemption" | Jake Polonsky | Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Matt Fennell | May 27, 2018 (2018-05-27) | 0 | |
| 35 | 11 | "Kompenso" | Jessica Yu | Adam R. Perlman | June 3, 2018 (2018-06-03) | 0 | |
| Axe determines his employees' worth at the year-end "comp" meetings, at the dismay of Taylor. Chuck advances his plan against Jock by building a case with the Attorney General of New York, Alvin Epstein. Chuck helps rebuild his relationship with Ira by moving against his unfaithful wife by securing his friend's financial and married life. Taylor an | |||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Elmsley Count" | Colin Bucksey | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10) | 0 | |
| Axe dominates a capital raise event, but is betrayed by Taylor, who takes most of the pledges for themself after secretly building the foundations of their own investment firm. Taylor approaches Wendy to jump ship, but she remains loyal to Axe. Chuck looks to strike the final blow against Jock, but is betrayed by Sacker and Epstein. It is revealed | |||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) |
| 37 | 1 | "Chucky Rhoades's Greatest Game" | Colin Bucksey | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17) | 0 |
| 38 | 2 | "Arousal Template" | Adam Bernstein | Adam R. Perlman | March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24) | 0 |
| 39 | 3 | "Chickentown" | Neil Burger | Lenore Zion | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) | 0 |
| 40 | 4 | "Overton Window" | Clement Virgo | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07) | 0 |
| 41 | 5 | "A Proper Sendoff" | Matthew McLoota | Michael Russell Gunn | April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14) | 0 |
| 42 | 6 | "Maximum Recreational Depth" | Jessica Yu | Adam R. Perlman | April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21) | 0 |
| 43 | 7 | "Infinite Game" | Laurie Collyer | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28) | 0 |
| 44 | 8 | "Fight Night" | Colin Bucksey | Story by : Lenore Zion Teleplay by : Alice O'Neill | May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05) | 0 |
| 45 | 9 | "American Champion" | Naomi Geraghty | Adam R. Perlman | May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12) | 0 |
| 46 | 10 | "New Year's Day" | Adam Bernstein | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | May 26, 2019 (2019-05-26) | 0 |
| 47 | 11 | "Lamster" | Matthew McLoota | Adam R. Perlman | June 2, 2019 (2019-06-02) | 0 |
| 48 | 12 | "Extreme Sandbox" | Colin Bucksey | Brian Koppelman & David Levien | June 9, 2019 (2019-06-09) | 0 |
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