'Billions' Season 5 Episode 8: Taylor Mason takes a sly dig at 'The Bachelor' cast
Spoilers for 'Billions' Season 5 Episode 8: 'Copenhagen'
'Billions' Season 5 returned on Showtime and the response was positive. From the trash-talking to the shrewd business moves blended with a copious supply of drama, 'Copenhagen' was well-received by the audience after a rather dismal mid-season finale. And while at it, the show also took a subtle dig at the contestants of 'The Bachelor.'
The quip comes from Asia Kate Dillons' Taylor Mason who gets a bit of a shock to see her employee Rian (Eva Victor) work another job in the evening. When asked about it, Rian coolly calls it, "a gig economy." To which Taylor responds: "For some people, not for mid-six-figure analysts." The talk ends with her employee getting the better by asking Taylor to mind her own business.
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Taylor re-engages Rian, this time in a milder way talking about how she quit her PhD for a high-profile job at Axe Cap. "I never even called the professor I was supposed to go work with" she adds. The conversation also sees Rian talk about having a sturdy career and in something she is good at. In an episode that saw a lot of things happen, this minor, yet key storyline just added more depth to Taylor's character.
One of the conversations involves 'The Bachelor' that Taylor says helps put her to sleep. Except, it wasn't meant in a way that most expected. "Their (the contestants) insipid self-confidence and beauty is somnolent," Taylor says in one of the conversations with Rian. Quite a dig at a top show. The episode ends with both making peace and watching 'The Bachelor.'
The rest of the episode revolves Axe (Damian Lewis) trying to go one-up over his rival, Mike Prince (Corey Stoll), and tries to expose his weakness of sports betting only to be countered. However, Axe catches a tell and uses it to win the first round. Meanwhile, Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) is in trouble after a clip of him rigging the student election at Yale during his college-aged days emerges. It ends with him quitting his role at the university.