The recap is back Welcome back to the Billions Recap Reality Index, where this week we provide you with due diligence on the tenth episode of Season 2, With or. The recap is back Welcome back to the Billions Recap Reality Index, where this week we provide you with due diligence on the tenth episode of Season 2, With or Without You. We are down to the final three episodes of the season, and without a doubt theyre going to be action packed. Its time for Chuck to revisit the skeletons in his closet when he meets with an opposition researcher, a specialist in digging up dirt for campaigns, to make sure they know about any landmines from his past before his opponents do. Meanwhile, Axe is spending the episode reflecting when he faces Lara taking the kids and leaving when she catches him in a lie. It seems like Taylor is the only character not having a bumpy ride when the US Attorneys office suddenly pays them a visit. Outnumbered Series 5 Episode 1 Watch more. Will Chuck have a potential scandal come back to haunt him Can Axe win Lara back Will Taylor keep getting ridiculously large unreasonable bonuses monthly Find out below THE BILLIONS RECAP REALITY INDEXREALER THAN A POLITICIAN WITH A HISTORY OF BOARDING SCHOOL HAZINGChucks dad has hired an opposition research specialist to go through Chucks closet looking for skeletons before any of his political opponents can use it against him. PLUS 1. The oppo researcher started work on Chuck by going through court records looking for DUIs and other publicly available dirt. Standard procedure. PLUS 1. Dollar Bill rockin the Fleece. Always keepin it real. PLUS 1. When Wags asks Axe how he knows which lie Lara caught him with, Axe replies because its the only one hes ever told her, to which Wags replies, You truly are a black swan. Classic. PLUS 1. When Maffee is talking to an Axe Capital analyst about a research note, theres a bro in the background rocking a fleece vest. Thats good for a. Savage. PLUS 1. 14 4. Chuck confesses to the opposition researcher that he took part in some boarding school hazing. Sound familiar, Mitt Romney PLUS 2. Of course Connertys research would find that Taylor has put their newly earned wealth towards donations to social causes and charities. PLUS 1. When Wendy asks Chuck if he has time for a coffee, he counters with wanting to meet for juice instead. Mid life crisis Chuck would definitely be into cold pressed juice. PLUS 1. It makes sense that when Taylor and Axe are discussing the short play, Maffee only looked at the company from an equities standpoint while Taylor dug into the credit. Maffee is a classic equities bro. PLUS 3. Axe has a sick pad in the city that basically never gets used. PLUS 1. When Connerty asks Taylor about Axe Capital they get into a discussion about fairness and right and wrong. Connerty sees them as the same thing, while Taylor sees them as separate ideas. This does a great job illustrating the difference in how people who work in finance see things differently than those that dont an ability to separate qualitative values from what is quantifiable. PLUS 3. Axe drinks bourbon, not scotch. This is bonkers and totally insane. MINUS 3. One of the analysts at Axe Capital has prepared a research note for Maffee. It appears to be some kind of a page and a half memo that wouldnt even cut it as a kindergarten book report. MINUS 1. Where the hell is Taylor staying paying only 1. Watch Oscar Online (2017). MINUS 2. I dont care how smart Taylor is, no way that Axe promotes them from being an intern to head of research over the span of a few months. MINUS 3. It is insanely ballsy of Wendy to confront Lara. You have to be an insane employee to cross a hedge fund wife. Steve Cohen famously canned a partnerbest friend because his wife didnt care for the guy. MINUS 1. NO WAY does Taylor meet with the US Attorneys office without first speaking with a lawyer and having them present. MINUS 3. Taylors compensation situation is just bananas. A 5. 00k bonus in the middle of the year just because MINUS 1. TOTAL FOR FAKE MINUS 1. OVERALL SCORE FOR WITH OR WITHOUT YOU PLUS 4. Plus 4, another close call this week for Billions as it stays in positive territory by the skin of its teeth. IMG_7642.jpg' alt='Watch Wags Online Season 2 Episode 10' title='Watch Wags Online Season 2 Episode 10' />The Arrangement TV show premieres on E Sunday, March 5th at 1000pm ETPT but you can watch the season one pilot episode right here and now, for free. While it was great seeing Taylor finally make the apartment upgrade after making it to the buyside, their comp numbers are starting to getting a bit ridiculous. Accordingly, the Reality Index maintains a cautious Hold rating on the show pending next weeks numbers. With only two episodes left, will Billions be able to keep a so far realistic season afloat Or are we in for a disappointing crash at the finish lineStick with the recap when we return next week. Watch The Canterbury Tales Online Full Movie. Photo Illustration Dillen Phelps. OVERALL SCORE FOR BILLIONS SEASON 2 PLUS 7. Comfortably Smug is a government relations professional with a focus on the financial services industry. He can be found on Twitter with his musings on all things finance and politics at Comfortably.