That way, they both win: She has an ally, and he has someone to help him get his law license back. Kate apparently played a big role in getting him out sooner, but she still worked with Chuck to wrongfully imprison him, so Connerty could be a problem for her political career.Ĭonnerty promises Kate he won’t blab, but he advises her to befriend him as well. ![]() Kate visits Connerty at his new gig because she’s afraid he - and his safecracker brother - will be liabilities for her. The onetime lawyer, who went to prison at the end of season four (courtesy of a seasonlong ruse masterminded by Chuck), is now a free man and working as a hibachi chef in Queens. There was also a half-baked subplot in “The Gulag Archipelago” that briefly caught us up with Chuck and Kate Sacker’s former colleague, Bryan Connerty. Maybe he needs Ira to stick around should he need an even bigger sacrifice down the line? Who knows. Something feels off about how easily Chuck let Dave take over the Prince investigation. But as Dave acerbically reminds Chuck, “Sharing is caring.” And he cares too much about Ira to let him suffer public ruin. Brava, Dave! She knows how to play hardball, and we know the last thing Chuck wants is for someone else to oversee the conviction of Mike Prince. Then, he boorishly rebuffed her when she visited his office earlier, sweet-potato pie in hand, asking to rejoin the Prince case.ĭave’s demands are simple: Make her First Chair, Special Assistant United States Attorney to any federal prosecution of Michael Prince, and she’ll hand over the phone. First, he screwed her over when he got impatient with her plan to keep him involved with the Mike Prince investigation. And Chuck isn’t one of her favorite people these days. ![]() The trouble is, that person is New York Attorney General Dave Mahar. Now Chuck must attend the party celebrating Gomez’s new job and sweet-talk the hell out of the person holding Ira’s phone hostage. He starts by fibbing to newly named NYPD commissioner/frenemy Raul Gomez that Ira’s phone held documents with “national security implications.” Gomez agrees to Chuck’s request for CCTV access, but once the mugger is caught, well, there’s no way the phone can be handed back over to its owner because it’s now evidence in a national security matter. Chuck then goes to work pulling every string he can possibly think of to retrieve Ira’s phone. Ira is mugged one night, and now Chuck’s BFF is petrified that the explicit videos he made with his wife will go public. Chuck Rhoades, the man who succeeded in shifting the Overton window regarding his BDSM proclivities, is now spending his time helping his deputy avoid, to quote Ira Schirmer directly, a “vanilla” sex scandal. ![]() The Chuck story line was by far the most disappointing, as it just felt weak. The only significant developments came in the form of Taylor officially joining Wendy and Wags in their fledgling Rebel Alliance/Fifth Column, Wags obtaining investment sign-off privileges - and Dave Mahar wresting the Mike Prince investigation from Chuck’s firm grip. Unfortunately, “The Gulag Archipelago,” like most of the episodes in this final season of Billions, offered very little payoff. If you’re feeling restless after five episodes, I assure you you’re not alone. It will make its Showtime debut on Sunday, September 10, at 8 p.m. “The Gulag Archipelago” is available to stream now via Paramount+ with Showtime.
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