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T2 WHATS UP! May 3 - 9, 2020 BY DANA SIMPSON TV Media F asten your seatbelts for another year of dollars and deceit. "Billions," Showtime's most pro- vocative corporate drama, re- turns for its fifth season on Sunday, May 3, and fans of the show can't wait to see more of their favorite fictional billion- aires as they scheme and slith- er their way to the top of the Wall Street food chain. The Season 5 trailer, which was re- leased earlier this year, intro- duces viewers to a whole new set of power dynamics and be- trayal, making it evident that the fifth year of this captivat- ing show is amping up the dra- ma from the get-go. The 12-episode season will be released in two parts this year, due to filming complica- tions caused by the coronavi- rus pandemic. The first seven episodes will air starting this week, and the show will take a break mid-June at a natural point in the story arc. At this stage, there is no way to know when the second part of the season will air, but the much- anticipated remaining epi- sodes will be filmed and re- leased as soon as the produc- tion process is safe to resume. In the meantime, Part 1 of the season continues to follow dueling New York City high- society members Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti, "Sideways," 2004) and Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (Damian Lewis, "Band of Brothers") as they try to take each other down in a grueling game of cat and mouse. Providing more twists and turns than a Shakespearean production, Chuck and Axe have been on a collision course with one another since 2016. From Chuck getting a tip about insider trading and Axe's subsequent disappear- ance in Season 1 to the two men going head to head in court in Season 3, it appears the billionaires will squabble over just about anything from money and business to women and politics. Just when it seemed they would band together to form an alliance — especially with Damian Lewis stars in "Billions" Money problems continued on page T10 TV FEATURE