Season 1 is the first season of Billions has ordered by Showtime on March 24, 2015. It premiered on January 17 and has concluded on April 10, 2016.
Summary[]
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? Chuck Rhoades' sexual appetite can only be filled by a dominatrix and his wife, a psychiatrist, not only allows but actively participates in this sexual conundrum dominating her husband who by the is a United States Attorney.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Paul Giamatti as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades, Jr.
- Damian Lewis as Robert 'Bobby' Axelrod
- Maggie Siff as Wendy Rhoades
- Malin Åkerman as Lara Axelrod
- Toby Leonard Moore as Bryan Connerty
- David Costabile as Mike 'Wags' Wagner
- Condola Rashad as Kate Sacker
Guest Starring[]
- Susan Misner as Agent Terri McCue
- Terry Kinney as Hall
- Glenn Fleshler as Orrin Bach
- David Cromer as Donnie Caan
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Charles 'Chuck' Rhoades Sr.
- Christopher Paul Richards as Dean Axelrod
- Jack Gore as Gordie Axelrod
- Frank Harts as Dale Christo
- Stephen Kunken as Ari Spyros
- Louisa Krause as Lu
- Rob Morrow as Adam DeGiulio
- Nathan Darrow as Mick Danzig
- Arthur J. Nascarella as Bruno Capparelo
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Raul Gomez
- Malachi Weir as Lonnie Watley
- Kelly AuCoin as 'Dollar' Bill Stern
Special Guest[]
- John Carroll Lynch as Mr. Gilbert
- Steven Pasquale as Chase
- Anthony Edwards as Whit Wilcox
- Kathryn Erbe as Zenobia Manager
Episodes[]
| No. in series | No. in season | Image | Title | Air date | Director | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 
|
Pilot | January 1, 2016 (Online) January 17, 2016 (Showtime) |
Neil Burger | Brian Koppelman & David Levien & Andrew Ross Sorkin |
| 2 | 2 | 
|
Naming Rights | January 24, 2016 | Neil Burger | Brian Koppelman & David Levien |
| 3 | 3 | 
|
YumTime | January 31, 2016 | Scott Hornbacher | Willie Reale |
| 4 | 4 | 
|
Short Squeeze | February 7, 2016 | James Foley | Young Il Kim |
| 5 | 5 | 
|
The Good Life | February 14, 2016 | Neil LaBute | Heidi Schreck |
| 6 | 6 | 
|
The Deal | February 21, 2016 | James Foley | Wes Jones |
| 7 | 7 | 
|
The Punch | March 6, 2016 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | Brian Koppelman & David Levien |
| 8 | 8 | 
|
Boasts and Rails | March 13, 2016 | John Dahl | Wes Jones |
| 9 | 9 | 
|
Where the F*** is Donnie? | March 20, 2016 | Susanna White | Peter K. Blake |
| 10 | 10 | 
|
Quality of Life | March 27, 2016 | Karyn Kusama | Wes Jones |
| 11 | 11 | 
|
Magical Thinking | April 3, 2016 | Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck | Wes Jones (story/teleplay) & Heidi Schreck (story) |
| 12 | 12 | 
|
The Conversation | April 10, 2016 | Michael Cuesta | Brian Koppelman & David Levien |
| Seasons |
|---|
| Season 1 - Season 2 - Season 3 - Season 4 - Season 5 - Season 6 - Season 7 |