The pursuing contains spoilers astir the "Billions" play finale.
(CNN)"Billions" closed a large relationship successful its fifth-season finale, arsenic the amusement pivots to a caller billionaire and star.
In a large twist, the quality of Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (Damian Lewis) got axed -- oregon rather, outmaneuvered by New York Attorney General Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and rival billionaire Michael Prince (Corey Stoll). Pulling different treble cross, Prince bought retired Axelrod's interests, which allowed him to fly the state portion marking Lewis' exit from the show.
In a tweet, bid co-creator Brian Koppelman thanked Lewis for his service, and the histrion told the New York Times that portion the doorway remains unfastened "maybe for maine to return" successful the future, for now, "Axe has been vanquished" and he'll beryllium leaving the series.
Axelrod had been defiant going to proceedings passim the episode, earlier astonishing everyone by escaping to Switzerland. In his last country with Prince, the quality admitted defeat, musing, "Wow, truthful this is what it is to lose."
Showtime announced that the sixth play volition instrumentality successful January, teasing upcoming episodes successful which Rhoades has acceptable his sights connected toppling Prince arsenic payback for depriving him the accidental to enactment Axelrod down bars. (The 5th play was presented successful 2 parts, with a spread successful between, due to the fact that of accumulation delays owed to Covid-19.)
The casting alteration comes astatine a clip erstwhile the amusement had played retired galore of its arcs, offering a accidental to shingle up those dynamics. Lewis' departure follows the decease successful April of his wife, histrion Helen McCrory, aft a conflict with cancer.
The tease for play six makes wide that Prince and Rhoades volition go the show's caller cardinal combatants, supplanting the feud with Axelrod, which -- successful the mediate of the bid -- saw the 2 concisely go allies.
"Now you're my problem," Rhoades told Prince successful the finale.
Lewis has a agelong affiliation with Showtime, winning an Emmy for the archetypal play of "Homeland."
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