We didn't hear the entire conversation between Lucretia and Ilythia.  I was left with the impression that those two hatched the entire plan as a set-up for Seppia that would both get rid of her and get Ilythia back into Glaber's good graces.  Not necessarily because Ilythia still loves Glaber, but because he is, at…

No, his left eye is a goner, but he still has the right one.

Same here.  I thought for sure he was a goner last night as he started to open the wagon door.  Knowing a bit about the actual history of Spartacus's rebellion, I don't worry as much about some of the other main characters (at least not for another season or two).  I've come to like Agron as well, and this show's…

I don't see Ilithyia ever working for Spartacus's cause.  Even if she occasionally rubs one out in memory of their night together, she's still far too much a product of her culture to ever debase herself by aiding a lowly band of escaped slaves.  In some ways, she's like the female Ashur of the show - completely…

True, although when it comes to inventive deaths I can't imagine how they're going to top last week's episode of Spartacus: Face Off.  Maybe by having someone get vertically cleaved in half, Conan the Librarian style.

No, I always had the impression Glaber was more of a political appointee than a military man.  He has some training with a sword, but nothing approaching gladiator or even common soldier level.  His skills lie more with sending in the troops and watching the outcome from a safe vantage point at the rear.

Doesn't Spartacus know that Ilithiya seduced that kid into having Varro killed back in Season 1?  I'm trying to remember, but since Varro's wife was with them for a while, I'm pretty sure she told Spartacus what happened.

Just when I thought Ashur's rape-fest with Lucretia couldn't get any worse, I was proved wrong.  Agron's "Gratitude" to Mira may have made Ryan snort, but Lucretia's repeated (forced) "Gratitude" to Ashur as he raped her made me flat-out cringe.

I've felt that for a while now.  The guy's a good actor, and shows it even though, as Ryan pointed out, he hasn't been given any major changes to play this season.  I still see occasional comments on these boards to the effect that yeah, he's OK, but he's not Andy Whitfield.  But that's the worst possible objection,…

I just figured they haven't reached that point yet.  They'll get to the tens of thousands point sooner or later, and I don't see them copping out and doing it offscreen, either.  If video software allowed the Lord of the Rings movies to depict armies of thousands ten years ago, they'll be able to afford it for this…

Good point.  Seems to me that if you're trying to lead a group based on equality, adopting a "You killed it - you clean it" policy is only fair.

Ashur cares for only one person - Ashur.  Everyone else is a pawn, and if his plans called for him to cast Lucretia aside or kill her, he'd do it without a second thought, because that's what sociopaths do.  Although I do agree with zxcvb's post elsewhere in the discussions that Ashur is just as much a product of the…

So in other words, the Germans have their own version of "My cock rages on…"

I noticed the back half of his brain landed with a little splat after it slowly slid out of his skull.

I disagree with a couple of points in this review.  Yes, the show has established that Crixus and Agron hate each other on both a personal and ethnic basis, and doesn't need to dwell on it any further. But that's not really what tonight was about.  It wouldn't have mattered if the new recruits were Germans, Gauls, or…

Whoever's responsible for dyeing Alec Baldwin's hair either needs to be fired or learn the difference between brown and orange.

That line made me drop my juice box and squirt apple juice out of my nerdy Star Wars-loving nose.

@avclub-9d2a55e022c81f34efea658e08a1f8f3:disqus : But doesn't it bug the shit out of you when you spend your hard-earned cash on a DVD release only to find out they're holding back the really good stuff for some sort of "Collector's Edition" release six months later?  It drives me nuts when studios do that (Paramount…

If it's something I truly enjoy and know I'll want to watch again, I want to physically own it.  I like the idea of streaming on a rental basis, since that lets you check something out without committing to an actual purchase.
     
A perfect example of this is Mad Men.  I'd never watched it until last year, but after…

Regarding the girl in the blue dress with the smug bitchy look on her face in the "GCB" ads currently plastered all over the sidebars of this website - am I alone in thinking she looks like she'd fit right in with Ilithyia and Lucretia's Clique of Conniving Schemers?