After a bloody second season, Paramount’s Yellowstone began its third in remarkable peace. Last season ended in a deadly shootout between the Dutton family and its allies and white supremacists militia members who were hired to kidnap and traumatize John Dutton’s only grandson, Tate.
As the family moves forward in the third season premiere Tate's mom Monica rants to her students about evil…
Non-traditional marriage and sex has been embraced by Billions throughout its tenure on Showtime. It did it again with this week’s implied threesome between New York State Attorney General Chuck Rhoades, Jr., his new girlfriend Cat Bryant and a woman who appears to be a prostitute.
Cat is a sociology professor who favors decriminalization of prostitution, which she insists must be called “sex…
Attorney General Chuck Rhoades, Jr. will stop at nothing to stop his enemy Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, including committing robbery.
This week Chuck and his assistant Kate try to convince banking official Leah Calder to stall and then deny Axe a state banking charter. She is initially resistant, until they offer to help get back an heirloom engagement ring from her son’s ex-fiancee.
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Like Hatfields and McCoys, the feud between New York Attorney General Chuck Rhoades, Jr., and hedge fund manager Bobby “Axe” Axelrod is the never ending battle fueling the drama on Showtime’s Billions.
Both are corrupt, ruthless and willing to fight dirty. Rhoades tried and failed to enlist rival CEO Mike Prince in his effort to defeat Axe, in this week’s episode: Opportunity Zone.
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Fictional hedge fund manager Bobby “Axe” Axelrod delivered his own variation of Gordon Gekko’s famous “greed is good” monologue on this week’s Billions.
In so doing, it revealed more than just Axe’s ruthlessness. It proved that his idea of what capitalism is, is not the same capitalist theory of economics supported by Adam Smith or Milton Friedman and lauded by conservatives and libertarians.
Are capitalists monsters? Does making a lot of money require a person act like a “monster” to get there?
Showtime’s Billions answered that question with a resounding, expletive-laden “yes” on May 10, in “The Chris Rock Test.” As hedge fund manager Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) faces off with billionaire rival Michael Prince (Corey Stoll) during Prince’s financial annual conference “The Mike…
Focusing on Red Flag laws, the New Amsterdam season finale subtly promoted gun control by featuring an unsympathetic gun owner whose firearm was taken when his wife petitioned the court, complaining he was dangerous. Dr. Frome is the court-appointed evaluator over an extreme risk protection order (ERPO) against Brendan Philips.
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School shootings were one theme of the latest episode of NBC’s New Amsterdam, but with a bit of a twist.
Instead of a plot line about a school shooting, it revolved around students traumatized by an active shooter drill at their school. One of the students, Danica, gets referred to New Amsterdam shrink Dr. Iggy Frome. She is so traumatized she never wants to return to the school.
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NBC’s medical drama New Amsterdam had an unusual diagnosis this week in the episode, “Sabbath.”
After Dr. Helen Sharpe finds her 13-year-old patient Cephas has four benign tumors growing in his stomach and that the boy has elevated levels of stress hormones, psychiatrist Dr. Iggy Frome determines the tumors were caused by racism.
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A series of “miraculous” events turned Dr. Max Goodwin from an annoyed skeptic to reluctant seeker in tonight’s New Amsterdam episode, 14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days.
Throughout the episode the crusading medical director is challenged by unexplainable miracles in the hospital, all happening while an interfaith prayer group called “Prayers for Healing” holds a prayer session in the hospital lobby.…