Billions is a wild ride. It shows a clash between rich Bobby Axelrod and determined Chuck Rhoades. Each episode is packed with power plays and money moves. Characters dance through a tangled web of high finance. Expect drama, tension and lots of scheming. It’s like watching a game of chess, but with more cash and fewer pieces.

Meet the characters from Billions

Charles Rhoades

Oh man, Chuck is that deliciously complicated blend of prosecutor and man-about-Manhattan who insists on honor but plays chess with people’s lives — and then complains when someone else makes a dirty move. Razor-sharp, relentless, and weirdly sentimental about old law-school grudges, he’ll smile and then quietly dismantle you; also he drinks bourbon like it’s a moral philosophy. He’s all about control and yet sometimes improvises in ways that make you think he secretly loves chaos (or maybe he’s just bored). Little weird detail: he claims to hate reality TV but can’t stop watching entrepreneurial competitions at 2 a.m. — don’t ask why.

Robert Axelrod

Bobby is the kind of self-made, take-no-prisoners trader who’ll hug you and then short your company before lunch — lovable shark vibes, honestly. Brilliant market sense, fierce loyalty to his people, and a temper that could fund a hedge fund by itself; he’s both charmingly rough and ruthlessly smart. He hoards small superstitions like a lucky coin or a weird pancake ritual (I think?), and sometimes acts like a guy who’d rather be at the soccer field than a boardroom — which is probably half-true. Also, he laughs loudly inappropriately and then apologizes like it was a strategy all along.

Wendy Rhoades

Wendy is the puppet-master-in-plain-clothes: performance coach, therapist, enabler, truth-teller — basically a human Swiss Army knife for other people’s emotions. She sees everyone’s lever and knows when to push; tender and terrifying at the same time, which is the best combo. She’s a fortress of calm but will absolutely explode if someone crosses a line with her family or her rules; also she carries a weirdly specific chocolate stash that fuels her empathy. Fun little contradiction: she swears therapy alone fixed her, but secretly still keeps a journal like an emotional hoarder.

Lara Axelrod

Lara is blunt, ferocious, and honestly the sort of person who would torch a boardroom in heels and still make time to host a decadent dinner afterward. Protective to a fault, she’s fierce for family and business, loud when she needs to be, and quietly strategic when people aren’t looking. She loves the spoils of success in a very unapologetic way — scented candles, runway shoes, tiny champagne flutes — while pretending she’s “not into money” (classic Lara). Also, she cooks these absurdly fancy dinners and then calls them “no big deal,” which is both endearing and slightly infuriating.

Bryan Connerty

Bryan is the uptight-turned-complex prosecutor with a nervous smile and ambitions taped to his sleeve; he wants to do the right thing but sometimes forgets what that even means. Charming in a clean-cut, anxious way, he’s constantly balancing loyalty and duty and usually loses at least one shoe in the process. He has this tiny habit of fiddling with vintage pens when he’s stressed — like it helps him think — and then makes a really bold, sorta reckless decision that makes everyone surprised (including him). He’s moral but messy, which is the best kind of character tbh.

Mike Wagner

Mike is the steady, street-smart legal guy who feels like your dad’s cooler friend; practical, a little gruff, but solid as bedrock when things get messy. He’s loyal to a fault, not flashy, hates politics as a word but plays it like a pro when he must, and somehow keeps a surprisingly upbeat humor in the worst meetings. He drinks cheap beer and tells worse jokes and then somehow produces the exact right legal angle when you’re in a bind — very underrated. Tiny detail: he carries gum everywhere like it’s a talisman and will offer it mid-interrogation.

Kate Sacker

Kate is snarky, brilliant, and low-key ferocious; think fast-talking prosecutor with a side of fashion sense and a sarcasm quota. She’s young but not naive, loyal to the team and merciless to mistakes, and somehow juggles court prep, social life, and a relationship that’s half chaos, half devotion. She eats granola bars at 3 a.m. between meetings and then gives the most precise legal takedowns you’ve ever heard, which is wildly endearing. Also, she’ll pretend to hate anything sentimental but will absolutely cry at a weird viral video about puppies — don’t tell her I said that.

Taylor Amber Mason

Taylor is the delightfully cold, hyper-competent quant who thinks in algorithms and occasionally in feelings — a walking paradox in the best possible way. So precise, so calm, and also quietly revolutionary; they’ll explain a trading strategy like it’s poetry and then flip your worldview with a single spreadsheet. They love routines, cats maybe (or was it plants?), and have this uncanny way of making emotional honesty sound like a data point — weirdly soothing. Small contradiction: Taylor insists emotions are inefficient but absolutely cares about people, which is why you can’t help rooting for them.

Bill Stearn

Bill Stearn vibes like the old-school, slightly crusty institutional figure who’s seen every power play and has the scars (and the stories) to prove it. Steady, procedural, and maybe a little nostalgic for the “good old days” of law and order, he plays the long game and rarely loses his cool — unless you get personal, then watch out. He owns a ridiculous collection of ties and tells fishing stories that are probably exaggerated, which is charming and infuriating at once. Also, he moves slow but thinks three moves ahead, like chess with a fishing rod, I guess.