Yes, exactly. I know people didn't like her because of her replacing leslie, and also because of naevia's arc. But I personally liked it, thought it was realistic and fitting considering the horrors she had experienced. And she really acquitted herself well in 8 and 9 as you say. Her talk with Kore was brilliant, as…

yes! the way they looked at each other and he raised his sword toward her… quite possibly the most romantic moment ever. and it revolves around blood and mayhem! love it.

Thoughts on Season 4/5:

hey, thanks! found it :). i think my time zone might mean i arrive rather late at the discussion, but it's cool because i'll comment anyway. at least this way i can satisfy my continued spartacus addiction!

one of the things spartacus does so well is depict and explore sexual exploitation for both genders. for a show full of nudity and sex and violence, its handling of such subjects is really mature and thoughtful. so watching varro and crixus reduced to sex slaves is disturbing and also enlightening because that's so…

yeah, i really liked the bookending they did with the severed head pick up line. and i also find it sweet and hilarious how crixus develops an instant crush on naevia after seeing her sans dress *(when lucretia makes her try on a necklace). he's such a simple shit. love him.

yeah, that was hilarious. i really liked the dynamic between them; spartacus' unapologetic shit-eating(!) grin even as he apologizes to varro, and varro's exasperation tempered by fondness. good stuff. 

hi. just curious: can't we have the discussion on an old spartacus episode comment section? just asking because wading through 38 pages of comments was a tad daunting. no worries if that won't work; i'll be patient and find the discussion on there.

season 4 should be the latter half of asos and a fair bit from ffc and adwd. i think they've brought in the earlier bits of the next book to close both seasons to date. but i have serious apprehensions about season 5. even combining affc and adwd (obviously because you can't have a season sans dany, tyrion and jon)…

and lastly (for now!), liam mcintyre grew into this role beautifully and owned it throughout this season. the exchange between him and manu in separate paths (you have opened my eyes, spartacus. do not ask me now to close them) brought me near tears, and was a fitting end to such a rich, varied history between the…

another thing i was mulling over were the speeches given by crixus and spartacus before their big battles. crixus mainly harked back to the old days of the ludus, and you could see his still-present pride in being a gladiator. what bonded him and his followers was this shared glory (even for the many who hadn't ever…

i haven't been able to rewatch episodes 8-10 yet. really, i keep watching glorious snatches of the earlier ones (epic battles, especially the entire sequence in blood brothers starting from caesar offing nemetes), but then i stop because i'm just not ready yet. i think i might rewatch the entire series soon.

he bought crixus, a stone hauler to get in good with that evil blond little shit in gota. scheme backfired when said evil shit got batty beat up and peed upon. however, sweet crixus worked hard and morphed into a mean mutha. with glorious results!

@avclub-a6a946fbaecb91e1673d370aa16d3043:disqus : right there with you, brother (sister?). it's been months and yet, my thirst remains unslaked. i'm a fan of game of thrones and many other shows, yet they all pale in comparison. i've got a mother of a hangover (and an epic nostalgic hard-on) for spartacus, crixus (!),…

Haven't watched the trailer. Yes, that makes sense.

7 episodes in and no leeches? No leeches for Roose, none for Stannis… I NEED SOME LEECHES!!!1

Sick of the coming back to life trope, though. It was creepy with Stoneheart, now it's the fucking norm. Everyone comes back. Over it. Of course Jon Snow's coming back as Azor or the PWWP or something.

Dude, you forgot the diarrhoea!

One thing that constantly bugged me in the books is how Dany has no interest in quizzing Ser Grandfather about some important shit like, oh I don't know, HER FUCKING FAMILY?! Seriously, your bodyguard is a dude who hung out with your dad and your mum and your bro, plus the who's who of Westeros, and you don't give a…

Yet she counsels Robb not to send Theon back to Balon; she cautions him not to renege on the Frey marriage; she urges him not to let GW from sight. She fucks up, but she's a boss too.