Loyalties are tested, and the stage is set for a thrilling finale.
Much like Golden Frog Time before it, the penultimate episode of season four isBillionsat its best.
The episode begins in a panic, as Chuck Sr. has discovered that his home is bugged.
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Chuck also needs a favor from Axe.
He needs to borrow his best safe-cracker so that get the papers that prove the deal with Krakow.
Axe obliges, but hes angry that Chuck hasnt done anything about Taylor yet.
Their already tentative partnership is starting to fray…a common theme throughout Lamster.
So, Axe sends Hall to do the dirty work, while Bryan shows up with his brother Jackie.
Hall, for his part, notices the painting is askew when he enters.
Personally, I think Hall knew this was coming, and Bryan is going to be trapped.
Hes going down by the end of the season.
For now though, Chuck is still going after Jock.
His buddies learn that Jock is stealing elections by rigging votes.
Hes already installed two Governors of his liking, and now hes working on a Senate seat.
Jock is eyeballs deep in election fraud, and so Chuck goes to someone he believes he can trust.
Again, Im not sure that what we see here is the truth.
It meanssomething; perhaps its a wire, Chuck fighting back.
How much do they know, and were they anticipating Jock lashing out in this way?
Jocks order to Bryan feels like a dangerous move that could play right into Chucks hands.
So, while Chuck is busy with Jock, Axe has his own war seemingly winding down.
At the end of the episode, Taylor wonders if this means the war is coming to an end.
Lauren, optimistic, says that with Rebecca happy, maybe Axe is done.
But no, the war isnt over.
He cant let things justbe.
Now, we wait to see whos going to get crushed under that rolling, weighty sphere.
