The Peloton brand has been taking some serious fictional hits as of late. On Sunday night’s season 6 premiere of “Billions”, a prominent character had a heart attack while exercising on a Peloton bike, much like on a recent episode of another TV series.
In the episode, David Costabile’s character Mike “Wags” Wagner suffers a cardiac event after using the popular at-home exercise bike, and thankfully survives.
Chris Noth’s “Sex and the City” character Mr. Big wasn’t so lucky in the premiere of the revival series “And Just Like That…”, in which he died from a heart attack after riding a Peloton. READ MORE: Peloton Responds To Controversial ‘And Just Like That…’ Appearance Of the similarity between the shows, creator Brian Koppelman explained it was just a coincidence, telling USA Today, “That was all in the show, written a year ago and shot in April.” Despite that, Koppelman said that after “And Just Like That…” premiered, “Our phones blew up from everyone on the show texting each other.
So all we did different was add one line.” In the “Billions” episode, as Wags returns to the office triumphant after surviving the heart attack, he proudly announces to his colleagues, “I’m not going out like Mr.
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