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Wendy's psychotherapy for Bobby is out of the way: Bobby is not a sociopath, he walks between sociopath and normal people.
He sacrificed months of life that Donnie might have had for his own sake, and after Donnie died he kept berating himself. Sociopath doesn't feel guilty about any (negative) decisions he makes, and normal people are hesitant to save him at all (maybe even thinking that life is more important than money and saving Donnie hurts the company).
It can be said that he is "scum", because even if he is asked to make a new choice, he will still sacrifice Donnie immediately. But this "dark and twisted choice" is exactly the choice a high-end capitalist would make in the real world. And his past hard work experience and his character also determined that in the embattled environment at that time, Donnie, who was terminally ill with cancer, could only be called a pawn, and he would never and could not sacrifice his key interests for a loyal employee.
The character portrayals of the main characters are impressive.
Bobby was born into a low-level family and made a fortune by violating financial laws, holding revenge (the Axe Building matter), daring and taking risks. While he will protect his own employees (bribing the police to free the shooting staff, helping Donnie take care of the funeral), he is essentially a self-interested (sacrifice of loyal employee Donnie, suspected of belittling long-time colleague and friend Wendy), and he himself Say "everything except family can be used and thrown away".
The wives Lara and Bobby can be said to be "not a family that does not enter the same house", in order to defend the reputation and interests of their husband and his company, they used a trick to deal with the widow in the 9/11 incident. At the same time, she and Bobby have unconditional mutual trust and mutual help. Even knowing that Bobby started his business from the 9/11 incident, and the first pot of gold he made was her brother's blood money, the original family and friends always firmly supported her husband when they opposed their husband and wife. But from another point of view, she is also desperately trying to protect her position - from the play, it is reasonable to infer that Lara met Bobby after he made a fortune. In a poor family environment, she was eager to live a rich life, so she completely abandoned her. The family history before going (abandoned brother in a way) followed Bobby and went after him. In addition, it can be seen from Bobby's refusal to have a one-night stand with a female singer, Lara's charm for Bobby is very sufficient, and it is a strong charm.
Chuck was born into a white elite, the child of a "prosecutors' family". He disliked his father's use of power for personal gain, and spared no effort to crack down on illegal transactions. What's interesting is that he, who advocates fairness, can do illegal things to achieve his goals. If only watching this show shows his relentless pursuit of Bobby, he is only for his own career, by fighting other people's evil to grow his own prestige. From this point of view, his clamoring for dog walkers to clean up dog litter is not just a decency that he can't tolerate any illegal/immoral behavior, but his pride/vanity built on fighting the law.
Even though the main characters of this show are Bobby and Chuck, I think Wendy is a lot better than them. Wendy is Chuck's wife, and she became a "queen" for Chuck's study. She is also a psychological consultant for Bobby's company. Bobby himself also relies on Wendy's psychological help. Both men need Wendy very much, and she is indispensable. But the two people around her are deadly enemies, but she has dealt with her relationship with them for a long time (ten years), making herself the object of their frank treatment at the same time. But she does not position herself as "the glue between the two" and still maintains a strong personal independence. When Wendy was betrayed by Chuck and Bobby at the same time in the later episodes of this season, she confessed herself and left them voluntarily. In the last episode, the two male protagonists said "We both lost her." Compared with Chuck and Bobby's impulsiveness, Wendy was very clear about handling things (after all, a senior psychological consultant), and the two male protagonists broke blood. In the end, Wendy's departure was angered but still so graceful.
While Wendy's character is brilliant, I think she's the most unreal character on the show, or the most daring and capable person in life if someone like Wendy is. Because most people don't put themselves in such a dilemma as her, they usually either choose Axe Capital to "make black money"; or cut off all connections with Axe Capital and follow Chuck. It may also be that personal ability limits one's imagination. Maybe someone is so awesome that he can reconcile such a Mars-filled situation and live in it for a long time.
There are a lot of financial terms that they don’t understand, and the decisions they make are only a little bit clearer after checking online or reading the explanations of netizens.
The disadvantage is that the sense of substitution in watching the drama is very low, and it is difficult to follow the ups and downs of the plot and characters.
On the one hand, I don't understand what millions of dollars mean... And Bobby makes millions or loses like millions of dollars on every transaction, so it's impossible to imagine the pressure he and his staff face every day. On the other hand, I feel that the plot of this season is a bit ridiculous. Although it looks cool when doing it, there is no sufficient reason for the characters to do things, and there are some episodes of flooding.
Dialogue-based drama, lines and translations are well done, very suitable for learning English. (Although sometimes three sentences can be finished in one sentence)
The money in the eyes of the capitalists in the show is different from the money of the common people like me...
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