Dubbed by the New York Times as a «12 - round, bare - knuckled brawl fought by men with manicured hands,» the series, about to enter its second season, centers on U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades's (Paul Giamatti) zealous pursuit of
ridiculously wealthy financier Bobby «Axe» Axelrod (Damian Lewis), and on Chuck's wife Wendy (Maggie Siff), who is caught in the middle.