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“Where I come from, the dogs don't stop yapping, you don't just muzzle 'em. You hit 'em with a shock collar until they quiet up nice.🐾”

Clancy Brown as US Attorney General Waylon “Jock” Jeffcoat in Billion’s S3 E3 “A Generation Too Late”, 2018

updated 6/27/2023

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Clancy Brown in season 4 of Billions (2019)

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Waylon 'Jock' Jeffcoat: A man looking out for his own interest is a man who can be counted on.

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Billions Season 4 Trailer - Billions Season 4 premieres Sunday March 17th on Showtime. When everyone is out for revenge, no one is safe. This is never more true than in season four of BILLIONS. Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti), former enemies, and Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), the chief counselor to each, have come together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance, aimed at the eradication of all their rivals, including Grigor Andolov (guest star John Malkovich), Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon), Brian Connerty (Toby Leonard Moore) and Waylon "Jock" Jeffcoat (guest star Clancy Brown). Ambition and betrayal have long been at the heart of BILLIONS, and this season all the characters find out exactly how high a price they'll have to pay to satisfy those needs. 

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Billions Season4 Episode8

Axe helps Rebecca with a business venture. Chuck faces off with US Attorney General Jock Jeffcoat. Taylor ignites a public battle with Axe. Wendy suffers a blow that could jeopardize her career. Axe Capital and Taylor Mason Capital compete in an unlikely arena.

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Billions Thoughts

Jill and I finished watching all three seasons of Billions (meaning that our insatiable lust for good television to binge must look elsewhere for fulfillment). That means you get my scattered thoughts on the matter. Mild spoilers below. * * * * Wow, Damian Lewis is great in this -- way better than he was in Homeland! * Wow, Maggie Siff is great in this -- just like she is in everything (Rachel Menken for the win)! * What makes Billions a great show, in my view, is its almost Walzerian treatment of power. Rhodes and Axe have genuine, real power in completely different arenas, and the show takes care to show that each possesses tools and resources at their disposal that the other can't access. Axe's immense wealth can't buy him things like search warrants or prison threats. In other arenas, Rhodes' governmental power can't buy cooperation or incentives that Axe's money can. A lazier show than Billions would suggest that Axe could simply bribe the right people and become akin to his own government, or would be purely a tale of an unstoppable government official smashing through private sector business. Billions doesn't go either way, sitting in a well-crafted equilibrium. * The least-likely Showtime shows do a really good job of dealing with non-normative sexuality. House of Lies was great in dealing with a gender fluid teenager. Billions handles both the Rhodes' BDSM activity and Taylor's non-binary status very well. Who'd have guessed? * I will say that they do go a little heavy on the whole "can a robot learn to love" thing with Taylor. But there are points where Taylor indicates that the whole emotionless android thing is a front, which is easier to swallow. * I actually buy the idea that Taylor's gender non-binary status would rapidly cease to be a "thing" in a place like Axe Capital so long as they bring in the green. But it does strike me as a little hard to swallow that their rise up the ranks that quickly wouldn't breed more noticeable resentment (beyond Dollar Bill being upset at losing his poker table spot). * In a show where virtually all the characters are terrible, Lara is the worst. I mean, obviously that's not exactly true -- Spyros is the worst. But at least Spyros brings out some great facial expressions of undisguised loathing from Dollar Bill (those scenes are some of my favorites). Lara doesn't have that redeeming factor. I'm also not quite sure why their marriage completely disintegrated, seemingly on a dime. You'd think Malin Akerman would know how to be a Trophy Wife at this point. * I did appreciate that, at least prior to their marriage's dissolution, Axe was portrayed as entirely sexually faithful to his wife. Again, a lazier show would have simply assumed that the ungodly-rich billionaire would be stepping out with supermodels left, right, and center. * One of the few "good" characters is Mafee. Sadly, I don't like his chances of surviving Season 4's inevitable Axe/Taylor crossfire unscathed. Poor Mafee. * I like Wags in spite of myself. Your mileage may vary. But watching him swell with pride the first time Taylor curses was hilarious. * One character I'm definitely not sold on is Andolov. It's not just because I find him a bit crude and overdrawn. It's because one of Billions' great virtues is that it has thus far avoided the cheap play of assuming the ultra-rich can and will simply murder their way through problems without consequence or remorse. The whole point is that people like Axe have so many resources available to them that they don't need to resort to violence to get their way. And what's more, while the ability to refrain from violence is itself a function of their power, it's also crucial to their self-image: they are not mobsters or street thugs, they just move dollars and cents around. Andolov seems likely to move the show in a more hackneyed direction. * On the other hand, three years ago I would have said Jock Jeffcoat was a crude and overdrawn stereotype. Sigh. * You might have noticed I haven't said anything about the other members of Team Government. Well, let's see: Decker is well-acted but a cipher, I've completely lost track of what's motivating Connerty, Dake has no interesting characteristics at all, and Lonnie actually interests me as someone who isn't really willing to "play the game" but consequently had to be steam-rollered for the show's core thesis to make sense (hence why he's no longer in the show). via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/2zeaeb6

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La cuarta temporada de 'Billions' llega la madrugada del 17 al 18 de marzo a EE UU y de forma simultánea a Movistar Series

La cuarta temporada de ‘Billions’ llega la madrugada del 17 al 18 de marzo a EE UU y de forma simultánea a Movistar Series

Cuando todo el mundo busca venganza, nadie está a salvo. Los dos grandes sabuesos de Wall Street han dejado a un lado sus diferencias. Junto a Wendy como su principal aliada y consejera, Chuck y Axe preparan planes juntos frente a todo pronóstico. Y su objetivo está muy claro: acabar con todos sus rivales, incluyendo a Grigor Andolov, Brian Connerty, Waylon ‘Jock’ Jeffcoat y, por supuesto, Taylor…

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Finance TV Shows in 2019: The Full Round-Up

A few short years ago, the landscape of “finance tv shows” consisted of a bottomless black hole.

That black hole resembled the exit opportunities available to mid-level investment bankers, but was even less entertaining.

There were plenty of shows about dragons, drug dealers, and advertising agencies, but nothing about hedge fund managers, traders, or private equity titans.

But the TV landscape changes quickly, and in the past year alone, there have been at least three new or continuing shows set in the finance industry.

Those shows are Billions (Showtime), Succession (HBO), and Black Monday (Showtime), and I liked all of them, to varying degrees.

Here’s my mini-review for each one – but first, a word about the challenges that all finance TV shows face:

Finance TV Shows: Got Emotional Stakes?

Back when we were thinking about producing Season 2 of Cost of Capital, I met with a writer who had worked on Law & Order to brainstorm story ideas.

He explained why the producers on that show often avoided financial stories:

“You’re doing something challenging here. On Law & Order, they tried to avoid stories with purely financial goals/desires because it was too difficult to establish the emotional stakes. And it’s hard to make people on either side of a conflict about money sympathetic.”

Most books, shows, and movies attempt to solve this problem with one of the following:

Make the protagonist a “fish out of water” who comes from modest means and is trying to break into the world of finance (e.g., the original Wall Street).

Make the story about oddballs and quirky characters who have their own problems and who then try to take down the system (e.g., The Big Short).

Take a character from privilege/wealth, remove the character’s advantages, put him in a different setting, and see what happens (e.g., Trading Places).

Or, go the “drugs and hookers” route and film a bunch of crazy people stealing money and doing cocaine all the time (e.g., The Wolf of Wall Street and Boiler Room).

These techniques help, but if a show or movie is overly reliant on them, they can come across as clichés.

In light of these challenges, I judge finance TV shows based on:

Characters: Do I care about the characters? Are there stakes beyond “make more money”? If the characters are not likable, are they at least interesting (ex: Tony Soprano)?

Story: Is the story surprising but logical? If the story is strictly “logical,” it’s often boring, and if it’s too “surprising,” it often has glaring plot holes that take you out of the world. The best stories surprise you initially but are obvious in hindsight.

Learning: Do I learn something new about the finance industry by watching? Or does the show at least present well-worn themes through a new lens?

And now to the mini-reviews:

Finance TV Shows: Billions (Seasons 1 – 3)

I reviewed Season 1 of Billions a few years ago, and I’m happy to say that the show has improved a lot since then.

If you haven’t seen it, Billions is about a hedge find titan, Bobby Axelrod (played by Damian Lewis), and an up-and-coming U.S. Attorney, Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti), who goes after him for insider trading.

Of course, the U.S. Attorney’s wife also happens to be a “performance coach” at Axelrod’s hedge fund (Axe Capital), which creates the initial conflict.

Season 1 of the show was OK, but came up short in the “Characters” department.

Chuck Rhoades is a spoiled rich kid who irks everyone he meets, and Bobby Axelrod is a billionaire who made his fortune through shady-to-illegal activities.

Not only were they both unsympathetic, but they also weren’t that interesting.

Season 2 and 3 improved upon this premise by fleshing out the main characters and also by introducing an up-and-comer in the hedge fund world (Taylor Mason) who has a talent for investing but a naivete about the business.

I won’t spoil story details here, but by the end of Season 2, one character makes a “sacrifice” that makes him/her more sympathetic and adds depth by forcing him/her to make a tough choice.

By the end of Season 3, another character makes a major decision about how to deal with an “enemy” that shows this character is flawed, but still has some redemptive qualities.

Meanwhile, the series resists the urge to play out the same situations and conflicts over and over again – unlike police or medical procedurals.

Instead, character relationships keep shifting as allies become enemies and frenemies become friends… or regress to enemies.

That said, Billions still does a few things that drive me crazy:

Dialogue filled with elaborate metaphors, as if people constantly reference Greek mythology or Yankees infielders from the 1978 World Series when speaking to friends.

Stories that require a high suspension of disbelief (think: “Look at this clever strategy I just used to win – but I had to know in advance that Events A, B, and C would happen for it to work”). They’re surprising, but the logic is sometimes questionable.

Stereotypical characters and social commentary. The Attorney General, “Jock” Jeffcoat, is particularly bad on this count. A gun-toting conservative from Texas who uses dead coyotes to make points to his subordinates… right.

Season 4 starts on March 17th, and I’m looking forward to it.

I might even make a drinking game out of it and take a shot every time a character makes an obscure cultural reference.

Finance TV Shows: Succession (Season 1)

Succession came out of nowhere and truly surprised me.

You could describe it as “Game of Thrones meets modern corporate America.”

The series is about the Roy family, owners of a global media conglomerate (Waystar Royco) who fight for control of the company when the founder and family patriarch, Logan Roy, runs into health issues.

The Roys are inspired by real-life media-conglomerate families like the Murdochs, Redstones, Hearsts, and Maxwells.

Logan Roy is a cutthroat and competent executive, while his kids are… not so competent.

One is a “former” drug addict, one has the attention span of a 5-year-old on a sugar high, one is a consultant to “professional liars” (i.e., politicians), and one lives as a man-child on a ranch in New Mexico and dreams of starting a podcast on Napoleonic history.

The finance industry comes into the story in a big way because a private equity firm gets involved with the succession struggle and attempts to make a power grab, starting with the acquisition of a minority stake in Waystar Royco.

Amid this struggle, there are affairs, backstabbing, secret plotting, and even a Bernie Sanders-like politician who goes after the Logan family.

When I heard the premise for Succession, I was extremely skeptical.

“Oh, great,” I thought, “yet another show about unlikeable people betraying each other. After The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones, do we need more of this?”

But the answer turned out to be “yes” because I ended up really, really liking the show.

It works because it’s funny; it’s more of a black comedy than a pure drama, with equal parts satire and serious conflict.

Also, even though the characters are initially unlikable, they become more likable and interesting over time as the show demonstrates that wealth and power do not resolve fundamental human issues.

Watching the episodes, Tolstoy’s famous line from Anna Karenina came to mind:

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

Despite their wealth, the Roys are just another unhappy family – and each episode reveals a new dysfunction that makes them unhappy in a different way.

On the negative side, I’d point to:

Story Leaps – There were a few corporate maneuvers (think: hidden loans, giant scandals covered up over decades, etc.) that tugged my “suspension of disbelief” strings.

Dreariness – The comedic aspects did not come through quite as strongly in the first few episodes, and I kept thinking, “OK, can we please get one sympathetic character… just one, please.”

But, overall, I was pleasantly surprised, and I’m looking forward to Season 2.

Finance TV Shows: Black Monday (Season 1 in progress)

Black Monday, a new Showtime series that’s in the middle of its first season as I write this, officially takes us from “black comedy” to straight “comedy.”

This one stars Don Cheadle as Maurice Monroe, or “Mo the Marauder,” who heads a prop trading firm called “The Jammer Group” in the 1980s.

The series follows the traders at this firm, who were somehow responsible for Black Monday in October 1987, when stock markets around the world crashed by 20%+ in a single day.

Along with Don Cheadle are Andrew Rannells as Blair Pfaff, a fresh grad from Wharton who has developed an amazing trading algorithm and is leveraging it to win job offers, and Regina Hall as Dawn Darcy, the top trader at the Jammer Group.

Black Monday is a fun, completely over-the-top portrayal of the 1980s on Wall Street.

If The Wolf of Wall Street were made into a TV series, it would resemble this show.

It’s not at all surprising that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg directed the pilot, as it’s a tonal match for many of their films.

If you’re easily offended by sexist, boorish, and completely ridiculous behavior and comments, you should not watch this show; it’s set 30 years before the #MeToo movement, and it feels more like 300 years before.

You’re unlikely to learn much about finance by watching this one, but you will learn about the atmosphere of the industry in the 1980s.

That said, I still enjoyed the six episodes of Black Monday I’ve seen so far.

In a comedy, you can get away with almost anything as long as the audience laughs, which explains this show’s appeal.

There doesn’t appear to be much substance at first, but that changes a few episodes in as the series begins to address issues like the glass ceiling, the underrepresentation of women, and the computerized and automated trading that would eventually disrupt the whole industry.

My favorite quote is spoken by Maurice to Blair, as he explains why the fresh grad lost $50,000 trading on his first day:

“Your little algorithm doesn’t work so well against real traders, huh? Pro-tip kid – computers, don’t make trades, okay? Men do.”

If only he could steal a DeLorean time machine from another 1980s movie and see what trading is like today.

Finance TV Shows: Top-Tier Television?

It’s difficult to compare these shows because they’re all quite different, despite sharing topics and themes.

And, not to be a TV snob, but I wouldn’t consider any of them to be “top-tier series” – i.e., do not go in expecting The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Leftovers, etc.

But they’re all enjoyable shows that improve from start to finish.

If you want an authentic flavor of the hedge fund world and you don’t mind ridiculous dialogue, check out Billions.

If you want a black comedy about a dysfunctional family that’s entertaining but sometimes a bit too dreary, check out Succession.

And if you fantasize about doing cocaine at the office and buying expensive cars, start binging Black Monday.

Finance TV shows have come a long way, and they’re not nearly as bleak as exit opportunities for mid-level bankers anymore.

I’d say they’re almost up to the standard of Associate exit opportunities, and with time, they might even reach the Analyst level.

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Erik Malpica Flores vio: Apúntate, o vete a la mierda: Tráiler de la 4ª temporada de ‘Billions’

Showtime ha lanzado el tráiler oficial de la cuarta temporada de ‘Billions’, la estupenda y exitosa serie de televisión creada por Brian Koppelman, David Levien y Andrew Ross Sorkin sobre la política del poder y la doble cara del ansiado sueño americano.

Cuando todos buscan venganza, nadie está a salvo. Esto nunca ha sido tan cierto como en esta nueva temporada en la que los antiguos enemigos Bobby Axelrod (Damien Lewis) y Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti), y la consejera principal de ambos, Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), se han unido para formar una alianza, incómoda pero altamente efectiva, con el propósito de erradicar a sus respectivos rivales: Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon) y Grigor Andolov (John Malkovich) por un lado, Brian Connerty (Toby Leonard Moore) y Waylon ‘Jock’ Jeffcoat (Clancy Brown) por el otro.

Malin Akerman, David Costabile, Condola Rashad, Kelly AuCoin y Jeffrey DeMunn también repiten al frente de un reparto al que ahora se incorporan nombres como los de Samantha Mathis, Kevin Pollak, Jade Eshete o Nina Arianda, entre otros.

Su estreno se anuncia para el próximo 17 de marzo de 2019, tanto en Estados Unidos como en España (cortesía una vez más de Movistar+).

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STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

ALVIN EPSTEIN Attorney General

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Pastor Zebulon Jeffcoat 2666 Kurgan Drive Amarillo, Texas 79124

BY ELECTRONIC MAIL AND CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

I am writing to inform you that you are the target of an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) of New York State. This investigation involves claims that from in or about February 2007 through the present you engaged in a scheme and conspiracy to defraud, among others, the parishioners of the West Texas Church of Our Lord, and to falsify business records, in concert with others, in violation of New York State Penal Law.

In the near future, we may ask a Grand Jury to return an indictment charging you in connection with this investigation. Before doing so, we are offering you an opportunity to provide testimony and/or relevant evidence to the Grand Jury investigating this matter. If you would like to resolve this matter before an indictment and the possible issuance of an arrest warrant, please have an attorney representing you contact me immediately.

Sincerely,

Alvin Epstein

Alvin Epstein Attorney General for the State of New York

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Clancy Brown as US Attorney General Waylon “Jock” Jeffcoat in Billion’s Season 3 premiere “Tie Goes the Runner” 

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Erik Malpica Flores Erik Malpica Flores recommends: Showtime Announces Premiere Date for Season 4

Today Showtime announced that the fourth season of BILLIONS will premiere on Sunday, March 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

According to the cable channel: “When everyone is out for revenge, no one is safe. This is never more true than in season four of BILLIONS. Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti), former enemies, and Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), the chief counselor to each, have come together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance, aimed at the eradication of all their rivals, including Grigor Andolov (guest star John Malkovich), Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon), Brian Connerty (Toby Leonard Moore) and Waylon “Jock” Jeffcoat (guest star Clancy Brown). Ambition and betrayal have long been at the heart of BILLIONS, and this season all the characters find out exactly how high a price they’ll have to pay to satisfy those needs.”

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Waylon 'Jock' Jeffcoat: Men need targets. Keep things neat. Sometimes men become targets.

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Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) has only begun his investigation, and Waylon ‘Jock’ Jeffcoat (Clancy Brown) already knows he may be the target.

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Billions: ‘Billions’ Season 3, Episode 10: Defcon 6

Ian Bagley's New Blog Post

“Billions” is centered on the contrast between Bobby Axelrod and Chuck Rhoades. But in Attorney General Jock Jeffcoat, Chuck has met an even better match.

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