How can this episode only have 7,5/10? Its a masterpiece epsiode with great acting and shocking end. Its one of the best episodes of the entire spartacus series.
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10/10
fuad_tarin_5820 March 2019
Knocks it out of the park
A_Different_Drummer17 March 2015
Well truth be told after Blood and Sand I was not happy with this retroactive (prequel) even though I was fully aware of the reasons for hurriedly rushing it to production.
Apologies Dominus.
While the absence of Andy W. does cost the production that "instant connection" he had with viewers (one of the most sympatico actors I have ever seen, period) the producers brought a "fierce determination to purpose" and forged this into a first-class series despite absence of star.
The rules of drama have not changed since the days of Ancient Greece or Rome. If you can build and build and build some more, the audience will naturally follow. And if they follow, you own them.
The multiple climaxes here (in the arena, in the chambers underneath, in the sick room) are mesmerizing. I was hooked.
And, being hooked, I realized I should amend the originally harsh review I gave this sub-series. All things considered, it is quite spectacular.
Special mention to Marisa Ramirez. Though it was clear the camera loved her, I began to count the actual minutes of screen time and realized that she was sometimes getting more exposure than the stars. Her beauty, stunning in its own right, adds just right balance of exhibitionism and innocence to a tale of ancient Rome. It may be a supporting role, but it is one for the ages.
Ex-Buffy alumnus Steven McKnight proves that, like the men in the actual arena, he can hold his own under personal challenge.
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Apologies Dominus.
While the absence of Andy W. does cost the production that "instant connection" he had with viewers (one of the most sympatico actors I have ever seen, period) the producers brought a "fierce determination to purpose" and forged this into a first-class series despite absence of star.
The rules of drama have not changed since the days of Ancient Greece or Rome. If you can build and build and build some more, the audience will naturally follow. And if they follow, you own them.
The multiple climaxes here (in the arena, in the chambers underneath, in the sick room) are mesmerizing. I was hooked.
And, being hooked, I realized I should amend the originally harsh review I gave this sub-series. All things considered, it is quite spectacular.
Special mention to Marisa Ramirez. Though it was clear the camera loved her, I began to count the actual minutes of screen time and realized that she was sometimes getting more exposure than the stars. Her beauty, stunning in its own right, adds just right balance of exhibitionism and innocence to a tale of ancient Rome. It may be a supporting role, but it is one for the ages.
Ex-Buffy alumnus Steven McKnight proves that, like the men in the actual arena, he can hold his own under personal challenge.
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Poisonous Wine
elo-equipamentos11 May 2017
After watched the whole first season of Spartacus that hooked me, l'd start to see this next season telling what's happen in the past before Spartacus appears, in this episode Batiatus will lost his father's support if not accept his final solution, he must leaves his wife or leave the house, so a blood son has a private chatting and is the opportunity to kill his father, then the soft conversation end up in regret, however Lucretia has own plan to poison Tittus as she says that already did before, so the death is a matter of time, second-to last episode!!!
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