"Bulge Bracket" TV Show on Amazon Prime

Thinking about watching it to prep for my internship.

HAHAHA

Watched the first 3 mins of this and oh my fuck.... just watch it for yourself.

Starts off with a group head screaming his head off at some FTers who failed the S79... like wtf

The amazon reviews are really good and some former IB analysts are even saying its accurate... not sure what to believe lmao

I started watching the 1 minute trailer on YouTube and didn't even bother to finish it. Lame AF.

Don't even bother watching this fake media driven depiction of IB

Terrible. I got about 5 mins in and had to turn it off.

Seems like a show my mom would watch

Lol watched half of the first episode and it was worse than I even expected it to be

Surely this is a purposely satirical representation? I mean, the trailer basically screams C-list.

Looks like the entire show is just six episodes (10-15 mins each). Might actually consider watching it if I have an hour to kill lol.

Though yes, based on the trailer, this is extremely exaggerated.

Investment bankers? Lame. A show about IB? No difference.

Mmmmmm another show for non-target kids to jerk off to

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I will guarantee you all that in the next few weeks, we will see some high school or college kid sincerely ask WSO if the show is actually what IB is like.

We're going to have to add this to the list (along with shows like Wolf of WS and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) of shows that "inspire" people to become bankers.

if they're gonna make a shitty show about what the media thinks IB is, and center it all around the main character being a woman and "SmAsHinG tHe PaTriArChY", the LEAST they could have done is make the main character hot. Or hell, at least somewhat pleasing on the eye.

This comment is exactly why main street perception of Wall Street is a patriarchal frat house

tried to finish the first episode but i got a seizure from cringing too hard

Just from watching the trailer I can tell it’s meant to be satirical/outrageously trash. You guys should loosen up a bit and maybe and y’know L A U G H?

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i thought the whole mark ups, turning decks, printing stuff and working on useless pitch books that no one ends up reading seemed quite accurate. don't care for the whole "taking down the patriarchy" angle but did find it interesting that the whole leadership of the TMT group was minority. But then again the asshole MD had a redeeming arc and the white clients turned out total douches so i guess not surprising.

This must be how lawyers feel about Suits

Just watched it now and found it to be pretty funny and somewhat accurate. Gave me PTSD for sure.

13 five star reviews what the fuck

Watched the first episode and the show seems terrible. Hints of being accurate, but a joke overall and the acting is subpar at best.

After reading these comments and watching half of the first episode, it was even worse than I expected.

it’s like Mrs.Dow Jones wrote this show only based off of what shes seen through finmeme accounts

Hey man, they’re at least trying to make banking sexy again (at least I hope). So kudos to amazon

All the analysts wear ties and jackets all day...

I would love to talk with the creators of the show about what research they did about the industry and why they made some of these narrative decisions.

IDK where everyone's sense of humor went but I got some good laughs out of it. It's 13min micro content and not meant to be taken seriously (for those of you who didn't catch that...).

Goldberg reminds me of a buddy of mine and had me laughin' quite a bit.

lmao this board is full of the most insecure pussies I’ve ever seen on the internet

Major cringe.

Where can you watch it if outside of the U.S.? I have Amazon prime. tried purchasing the 1st episode but it won’t let me.

Binged the entire thing, thought it was great. Came in thinking it was gonna just be some cringe SJW BS, but the cast is good and there were some funny moments. Danny is my favorite, and I love that they included the typical rich/well-connected thot that always somehow ends up in a prestigious position.

I never wanted to watch a show less

Okay I’ve just watched the pilot and it really is that bad but ngl I laughed at the reference to the Good Will Hunting when Steve got fired.

Accurate depictions of IB/PE doesn't work for good TV/movie entertainment; it needs an interesting twist, e.g. American Psycho Murders and Executions. It's easier to write good scripts/dialogue of the drama that happens in hedge funds (Billions), sales & trading (Wall Street, Wolf of Wall Street).

On the other hand, I love House of Cards and there's bits of accurate management consulting so I dunno maybe it just depends on the lead actors and the creative team producing it.

Doubt even HBO will make me want to watch Lena Dunham as an investment banker though...

The actor who plays the MD definitely watched the Wolf of Wall Street before his scenes.

Just watched it, honestly they’re probably better off just serializing Leveraged Sellout.

Some parts are accurate but the production value felt off for me. Very hard to believe that a BB would be pitching a huge IPO with one MD, one associate, and one analyst haha. Also smallest bullpen ever...

did anybody actually bother to watch it before going on a crusade? clearly, the show has never claimed to represent the "true life" nor does it aim to do so. yes, the show exaggerates but isnt that the role of satire?

i actually enjoyed the show with its hints of realism:

"i just saw you alt-tab you little prick" "what is this shit, we are not fucking Raymond James. You are the in a BB now" "why are the numbers not fucking blue" "where did you get 6%? DCM. The DCM dont know what the fuck they are talking about okay?"

cmon guys give a try

Inept post-MBA Associate has existential meltdown when tasked with constructing a nested formula in Excel

Why does this warrant an entire season

It’s awful. I thought it would be like Suits but the acting, screenwriting, production, and storyline just suck. I expected more considering there are 6 13-minute episodes, so ideally the creators would have enough good writing to be able to make each episode watchable.

is it a great piece of theatre? No!

Did it have the budget or cast for one? No

Its just a low budget just for laughs thing. Get over yourself and laugh a little.

No one is seeing or expecting this to be depiction of mainstream banking but I def think people who have been part of the industry were consulted.

Deck on which the main character spent an all nighter being discarded without even being opened certainly brought back some memories

No one can deny that most jokes are real around what actually happens / what people think in the back (eg whys analyst not here and some VP stuck dealing w it, should I be in med school, wondering who should go to the free tickets games). It’s just banking people who made a joke show around if I could say what I meant. No one is trying to win an Emmy here

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-07-18/-bulge-bracket-b…

Just watched it.....it wasn't uh, that good?

When's season 2 coming out???

I read the comments here before watching but thought you guys were exaggerating. Watched the whole season (like an hour and a half) and it’s pretty bad. The main character has the personality of a mop - pretty much anything not including her was more interesting than anything she did.

I watehced the first season, the acting is cheesy as hell and its generally super corney. But there are extreme elemnts of PTSD and some funny anecdotes such as seeing "v3" on their computers, the excel shortcut references.

Other than that its complete satire, detached far far from reality...

Lol if I relate to this show because of the culture at my previous firm is that a bad sign?

Maybe the fact that it's so relatable makes it hard to watch? Or maybe it's the lackluster story line and character development? I will give it props that the analysts are funny but overall it's just bad acting.. however it's worth the binge given that each episode is like 10 minutes long.

I just skimmed through this thread, and the first episode...y'all take shit way too serious holy shit.