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Questions about the Show and Season 1


Can someone explain these questions to me? I have just finished watching S1 and my head/brain is spinning a little bit.

1. What exactly does Bobby do? ( I don't know much about hedge funds/Wall Street)
2. Is Chuck a lawyer? What is his job as the US attorney for the Southern District?

3. Why did Lara sell the farm and the Restaurant, especially after they got their first M. Star?
4. Why didn't Lara keep one?(farm or the restaurant)

5. Correct me if I'm wrong but Lu seems to want to work as a chef in a kitchen where the food is natural and people are nice and gracious?
6. How come Lu and the other family members could not save the restaurant? (i.e., buy Lara/Bobby out)

7. Why is Wendy married to Chuck. If she knew Bobby longer, why aren't they together?

8. Whose kids are older: Rhoades or the Axelrods?
9. What is the Attorney General and why was she up in Chuck's ass al season?

10. Do you think the Axelrods and the Rhoades ever went out on a double date with their spouses?

11. Why do the two men hate each other(yes I saw the finale but I would like other's opinions.)
12. Does Lara feel threatened by Wendy?

13. Does Wags have a family? (Happy to seem him playing a "nice" guy after his role on Suits) I would like to see him with a gf next season

14. Which family has more money? I wanna say Axe and Co. do but the show makes them look comparable.
15. Who is Chuck's dad and why is he famous/ rich?

16. Did Chuck really get kicked out of Donnie's funeral and why?

17. Chuck still has more to loose, doesn't he? (His kids, his job, any chance at salvaging his marriage with Wendy)
18. I want to see more Rob Morrow next season. Anyone else agree?

19. Why was Chuck clearing T's plate? What's next for her?

20. The Axelrods had a plan to leave the country and go where?? When would they come back? Bobby doesn't seem like the type of guy to run.

21. Who would you want to Kill, Marry, *beep*?
22. Who would you want to be best friends with?

23. Anyone else want a "Suits" Crossover during S3 or S4 of Billions (Imagine Harvey vs Chuck)

24. Season 2 predictions/ hopes

Sorry for all the questions:)

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Sorry some of the questions I can't answer in depth.

1. Hedge Fund manager on Wall street which is where you trade stocks on the market and apparently make Billions of dollars.

2.Yes. He defends the public. He is an elected official.

3.The show claimed it was to have her shed her weaknesses because people were coming at her to get to Bobby through the farm and restaurant. I think that was silly because she seems to have even less to do of importance then before. Maybe the show is positioning her for a different part of the story in season 2.

4.See above. But yeah I would have kept the restaurant.

5.Sorry could give no cares about Lu. I appreciate the show trying to flesh out Lara's backstory but blah

6.The family doesn't seem to like Bobby. They think he is criminal.

7. No idea. Season 2 really needs to start answering these questions. Why are Chuck and Wendy together. Is there more between Axe and Wendy etc.

8.Looks like the Axelrods. However the Rhodes have a son who may be the same age as the Axelrods boys now that I think about it. The little girl they have is the youngest.

9. The AG has to answer to the president and Chuck is under her so maybe it's her way of keeping tabs on him. Sorry not sure

10. Maybe. Lara did suggest Wendy bring the family over once in episode 5 before she remembered Chuck is going after Axe. But I doubt they have.

11. You know I think this might be the biggest problem with this show. You have these two men going at each other and it seems to be so personal but you can't really pin point why. The last episode during their argument they both went on and on about their views on the markets and insider trading and the laws so I guess we are suppose to think they are coming at each other because they both have a different world view. I just feel like that explanation came too late in the series. It may be Chuck's job to prosecute Axe for breaking the law but he has made it so vindictive and personal. Maybe Chuck feels inferior to Axe because of Wendy but also because society looks at Axe as a hero and looks at Chuck as nothing. Maybe season 2 will do better with this.

12.Yes. Because her husband has more chemistry with Wendy then her lol

13. I think the show mentioned he is married with kids

14. I want to say Axe although Chuck's father is wealthy I don't think he has billions

15. Not sure why he is famous and can't remember where they said his wealth came from. I want to say real estate because they referenced some incident that ruined his reputation and path to higher office which is why he lives vicariously through his son.

16. Yes because his presence there was antagonistic and inappropriate.

17. Yes absolutely. Not to mention his position as an elected official makes the stakes very high for him. People are more forgiving of billionaire celebrities doing bad things then elected officials IMO

18.NO. Underwhelmed by his performance. In fact the show needs to do better with supporting actors they cast many of them are stiff and can't act.

19.I think at one point he thought he was going to have to bring her in to replace Bryan on the Axe case. You know Chuck wants someone he can control.

20. Weird. Big bad Axelrods getting ready to cut and run. I don't know did Lara say Switzerland who knows when and if they would have come back. They both better thank Wendy for having the integrity to call Chuck out on his illegal activities.

21. N/A

22. At this point in the show I like Wendy, Wags, Mafee, and Hall sooo maybe them

23.I have seen a few episodes of Suits a long time ago, but people do compare that show to this one a lot. Harvey and Axe are both attractive men with lots of swagger so.

24. I want to see a more interesting hedge fund based story that you can actually follow and not be confused about since this show is based on Wallstreet. I would like to see Chuck's side of the canvass do a better job at building a logical case against Axe, and I would like to see more of the Axe/Wendy/Chuck dynamic.

Sorry for all the questions:)
Yes child, way too many!

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23. God i'd love for Harvey and Axe to be in the same room. It'd be a dream come true aha

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Are you sure you actually watched it?

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Is Chuck a lawyer? What is his job as the US attorney


Are you sure you actually watched it?


I think they put more effort into the list of questions than into watching the show.


My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2

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