Spartacus “Men of Honor” Review

CAUTION: Complete looters for the episode listed below.

The activities of Spartacus’ & rsquo; band of rebels last week made it tough to like them. They proceeded down that course in this week’& rsquo; s episode, which I wished wouldn & rsquo; t be the case for an episode entitled “& ldquo; Male of Honor. & rdquo; There & rsquo; s naturally a particular understanding as to why the former slaves hold such ridicule and disgust for the Romans, yet that doesn’& rsquo; t make their activities acceptable.

On this episode, the slave military continued to treat their Roman prisoners/slaves improperly. Crixus got in on the act by forcing 2 Roman men to have combative competition for a little piece of bread. Crixus has actually been revealed to be vicious like in the past, yet as a leader for the team you would certainly hope he would certainly protest such training course. Gannicus, though he didn’& rsquo; t quit it, did not appear happy by what was taking place.

Spartacus, while definitely not a saint, continues to try and also be an ethical man and also desires the Romans dealt with rather and fed. Spartacus as well as Gannicus remain both worth rooting for, as they a minimum of appear somewhat ethical. The remainder of the crew though truly do nothing for me.

Anna Hutchison as the Roman, Laeta.

The character I really disliked today was Naevia, that started crap with the Roman Attius (the Roman that helped Spartacus catch the city) and eventually eliminated him (as well as rather brutally at that). She obviously accused him of aiding Roman’& rsquo; s, but there was no proof of that and undoubtedly such a notion wouldn’& rsquo; t even make good sense. Naevia additionally cut the hand of the successful Roman from the contest when he was grabbing the bread (she asserted he was grabbing the sword). She stated a dreadful rape tale to Crixus concerning how a Roman that showed up wonderful brutally raped her one evening. It’& rsquo; s easy to be sympathetic to her, besides she has actually been through a lot, yet it shows up currently she assumes she should have the ability to eliminate or injure any kind of Roman man she pleases due to it.

Speaking of Naevia, I’& rsquo; m truly wishing they eliminate her off in the following episode. Actually, I was really hoping Attius was mosting likely to do it in this one during his battle with her. It’& rsquo; s not due to the fact that I do not like Cynthia (she’& rsquo; s doing a great job as a more vicious Naevia), but instead because there & rsquo; s now only 7 episodes left. Historically, Crixus as well as Spartacus divided in entered various directions. Crixus, allegedly, after that took place a rampage of killing, looting, as well as raping prior to lastly dying in fight. I’& rsquo;d like to see this take place sooner rather than later on, and also I put on’& rsquo; t see it happening while he’& rsquo; s still with Naevia. So die currently Naevia.

This episode was actually all about Spartacus remaining to try as well as handle the logistics of his army as well as their need for food. He winds up striking a trade arrangement with a group of pirates. As such, this was actually a sluggish episode till the last 10 minutes or two where things really picked up in a huge means.

You assume the pirates are mosting likely to betray Spartacus on the beach, yet they didn’& rsquo; t. Instead, young Tiberius Crassus mistakenly disobeys his papa’& rsquo; s commands (and Marcus wasn’& rsquo; t on the show this week, unfortunately )as well as introduces an attack on Spartacus as well as the pirates on the coastline. Tiberius in fact did quite well in fight, even procuring some kills. Naturally his guys were no match for the Spartacus, Gannicus, Crixus, Agron, and also the others (plus the pirates). And also simply when you assumed the tide might turn when the Roman reinforcements show up, the pirate ships start raining flaming round bombs down on them. Tiberius winds up getting rather injured and also carried off, as well as Spartacus as well as the pirates are able to celebrate their victory.

Like I claimed, the program was really fairly sluggish until the fight burst out. It was a good episode, but the worst of the period up until now (and also would have been even worse had the fight at the end not been so great). I do like the story with Spartacus and Laeta (the Roman female whose famous partner Spartacus killed recently right before her). Of course that could simply be since Anna Hutchison (Laeta) is gorgeous as well as the even more she’& rsquo; s on the display the more I like it.

Overall “& ldquo; Male of Honor & rdquo; is an excellent, but slow-moving, episode. I ended up missing Crassus & hellip; such an excellent personality. At least he’& rsquo; ll be back on the next episode, which unfortunately isn’& rsquo; t up until February 22nd.

Spartacus: War of the Damned – “– & ldquo; Guy of Honor & rdquo; gets a three out of five: GOOD.