Written by Ryan Murphy And Matthew Hodgson
Directed by Alexis Martin Woodall
Byron (to other billionaires): "Let's get poked."
Who had Vincent D'Onofrio transform into Ashton Kutcher on their bingo card? I didn't but it made sense for such a transformation to have happened. We knew Byron was one of the early candidates for the Beauty.
It was also less of a shocker that other billionaires were roped into Dr Ray's experiment as well. We got to briefly meet Byron's contemporaries Axel Zufo (Peter Gallagher), Waylon Lemming (Billy Eichner), Roland Wylde (David Pittu) and Kitty Munson (Julie Halston). I say briefly because it didn't end well for them.
All of these billionaires took the poke. All of them suddenly became a lot younger but only Byron lived to tell the tale. Why did Byron survive and not the others? Oh, because Byron killed all the other billionaires. Byron's a man who didn't want to share.
I mean he's been pretty vile so far on the show. His lack of concern over his son alienated his wife, Franny. He's also been cheating on her and called her bluff when she wanted to burn everything down. Surely, Franny's going to kill Byron before the season ends, right?
Then there's Cooper and Jordan. It didn't take too long for Jordan to convince Cooper who she was or to fill in the gaps since the last time they saw each other. I'll give Jessica Alexander her due because she's doing a great job matching Rebecca Hall's performance but I still miss the latter as well. Cooper also made the sensible decision to not sleep with Jordan for the time being.
As for The Assassin and Jeremy, well they spent the episode hunting Nate (Matthew Laureano). Eventually they caught up with him. Under Byron's instructions, Nate's corpse was left in Cooper's apartment with that symbol smeared on the wall. I'm not sure why Byron thought that was a bright idea.
- The other billionaires made their money through mining/fossil fuels, cryptocurrency, banking and multinational retail.
- Byron referenced having two sons. Tig is played by Ray Nicholson. Jordan had dodgy contacts get her back into the US.
- Standout music: Christopher Cross's Ride Like The Wind. The Assassin really did convert Jeremy into a fan.
- Chronology: Byron has been transformed for the last few years. Half the episode was his villain origin story.
Beautiful Billionaires filled in some needed blanks about the origin of the Beauty itself. Yup, Byron's horrible as hell and definitely needs to get one massive comeuppance. I would've liked more of Cooper/Jordan but there's always next week.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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