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Between ’s two current streaming shows, one would think that the series with the shimmering time portal in the ground would have the more off-the-wall ending. But that honor instead belongs to Adapted from Tom Wolfe’s novel, the Netflix limited series centers on Jeff Daniels’ Charlie Croker, an overextended billionaire who owes various banks over a billion dollars in overdue loans, and Pelphrey’s Raymond Peepgrass is one of the bankers who’s tired of being stepped on by Charlie both personally and professionally. All season long, Raymond and Harry Zale (Bill Camp) are on the verge of seizing Charlie’s assets, but he works the system to his advantage to stave off collection.

Frustrated, Raymond makes one last move to acquire controlling interest in Charlie’s life’s work — a building called the Concourse, by way of his ex-wife, Martha (Diane Lane), and teenage son. Raymond had already been involved in a surprisingly genuine relationship with Martha, and so the series comes to a close with Charlie confronting Raymond and Martha mid-copulation. What then transpires has to be seen to be believed, as Martha leaves the room to retrieve her mobile phone and call the police, while a fully nude Raymond taunts Charlie, leaving nothing to the imagination.



Charlie then grabs Raymond by the throat and strangles him to death, but not before he triggers his own fatal heart attack. To pull off this particularly wild scene that is both dramatic and comedic, Pelphrey says that.

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