This episode clearly shows that Sparty has met his match.  Crassus is no bumbling Batiatus.  The idea that Crassus's strategic genius in business can be applied to war is illustrated in a bloody, devastating way.  I saw the inevitable betrayal by Heracleo coming, but I didn't think it would happen this soon!  DeKnight…

An important theme of this episode(and series) is about humanity's tendency to divide itself into packs.  One reason Rick drives by the hitchhiker was because Team Prison has gone through so much together, they can't be bothered with bonding with someone new.  I had flashbacks of my uber-cliquey High School when they…