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Billions: Admirals Fund (2023)
Good ending, can't decide if shallow or multifaceted
To start off, loved this show in total. This review is probably somewhat scattered but I felt like writing one. To sum up the ending:
Antagonist capitalist power broker lost all his money in a market manipulation coup coordinated by capitalist power broker and judicial power broker. Politicians, government officials and employees made use of a flexible attitude towards the law, as well as loyalty, and were rewarded for it. All employees got rich through aforementioned market manipulation. Every social relation apart from the ones with the antagonist was improved or substantiated.
I really like Billions. The ending was in some ways a tad disappointing. Still, I can't help the feeling that this episode portrayed reality as it is. Like in the Wire (not putting Billions on the same level) humans are inherently both good and dirty. And sometimes people just win, not since they are all good but since they won. And we like wins.
So, in short, a good ending but I can't decide if it's just a somewhat shallow and appealing to the viewers appetite for "likeable characters getting a win", or multifaceted with both likeable wins and a complex depiction of how we as a society put individuals with quite liberal moral compasses on piedestals.