One of the interesting moments in Billions was the end sequence of season 3 episode 9. John Malkovich's character (Grigor Andolov) started to tell a story, ostensibly a memory from his own past. The thing is, the story was completely unrelated to what they were talking about at the moment. What's more, it didn't even have an ending. All in all, I enjoyed watching it, but couldn't make much sense of it.
At the end of Billions, Season 3, Episode 9, Grigor Andolov (John Malkovich) tells a story to Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) about the Christmas market in Moscow. He asks a question about what happened to a boy:  Andolov: Many years ago, I was walking along the Moskva Christmas market. You ever seen Moskva Christmas market? Always a sense of good cheer, even during the lean years. I think it was the wine. They serve warm wine with the spices in it... cinnamon and... I was waiting on the line — everyone was always waiting on the line — and finally I got my cup, I turn, and there was this little boy. Runny nose. He looking at me so desirous of my cup of this warm, warm wine that I give him a sip. He stares at me with such a gratitude. And then I notice his mother. Plump breasts. She must have known someone. So I give him my cup of wine. And I take his mother away from the square. Behind the soldiers. And after, I leave her for the soldiers. And I walked back, and this little boy is staring at me with his greedy drunken eyes. Do you know what happened to him? Axelrod: No. Andolov: I always ask. No one ever knows.  What is the real meaning of this story? And how is it connected to the Axelrod – Andolov relationship?
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