Kaka

An excellent episode that stands out thanks to the precise work with time zones and excellently edited flashbacks.

Much more interesting than the spiritual digression of one of the protagonists, which looks like a rusty nail in a realistic procedural drama about killer brokers, is the excellent work with media influences and the crowd psychosis that starts the moment the unfair information about Axe surfaces.

An episode that shows loud and clear that the US General Attorney is a spineless piece of shit and the system around him (meaning the state apparatus) is set up to create more spineless pieces of shit who are actually often much worse than the bad guys in question.

After the high bar set by the previous episode, this is an overly cinematic, tidy and purposeful episode that understandably has its merits and will certainly find fans, but lacks a stronger story line and more meaningful decision-making by the main characters. The opening, in particular, gives the impression that something sensational is going on, just so something new can be played out.

Naturally, the brilliantly staged meeting of the titans is a major highlight of the episode and was handled brilliantly, with the appropriate level of drama.

Excellent maneuvering, but something tells me that real trading is a bit different and the speed and dynamics were a flaw. The uninitiated viewer is completely at loss about what is going on, or should be going on.

An unforgettable cameo by Metallica; the compulsion to do something that could brutally backfire and the strength not to do it in the finale – all depicted in an excellent, almost "from life" realistic way.

A battle of (desperate) wives that was apt, well timed and perfectly to the point. At the same time, it's a great showcase of influence and power through position, status and, of course, money.

A traditionally slower second episode, where multiple new characters come in and out in the blink of an eye, so that the viewer starts to get outrageously lost midway through, with names flying in all directions like a treadmill. The puzzle can be put together, but it will take effort and time.

Absence of good guys, unpredictability, machinations and intrigues in the world of big finance. The characters will probably go a long way in future episodes, and the whole thing will probably go back and forth 20 times, but the pilot already lays it out so well that it will be fun to watch every twist and turn. Let’s get on with it, then.