'Billions: Golden Frog Time' *SPOILERS*

[yallerdawg]

This battle between the two prime adversaries just took an M. Night Shyamalan turn.

Now, THAT was a twist!

Just a quick comment from NYT's Scott Tobias' review:

It’s a wonderful feeling to be hoodwinked by masterly plotting, and this episode is the long-term play that creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who wrote it, have been cooking up all season long. Our assumption that Chuck’s winning streak will have to end figures into it, along with the succession of losers Paul Giamatti has played throughout his career. (The triumphant reprise of Tom Petty’s “Even the Losers” is a laugh-out-loud moment.) But what really sells the twist is the way Koppelman and Levien have already gone to astonishing lengths to reveal the sophistication of Axe’s effort to sabotage the Ice Juice initial public offering. There’s no reasonable expectation that any counterplotting by Chuck would or could be in the offing. There was plenty to admire in Axe’s handiwork, to say nothing of the script’s expert machinations.

Dare I say - brilliant?