clip 2 Spartacus: War Of The Damned episode 2 : Wolves At The Gate
One thing that was interesting about the invasion of Sinuessa, to be
fair, was the extent to which Spartacus and his rebels have become the
monsters the Romans fear. Scenes of Spartacus walking through the town,
meeting its inhabitants and taking their measure were compelling purely
because we knew what was to come – and when we see the citizens he
encountered slain under his directive, we're forced to wonder whether
their freedom is actually worth such brutality.
clip 1 Spartacus: War Of The Damned episode 2 : Wolves At The Gate
Don't get me wrong, there was a lot to like, but much of this episode
seemed to be heading towards the flatly inevitable conclusion. Did we
ever think Spartacus and his rebels wouldn't take the town of Sinuessa?
When he promises something in one episode, we know by now that it'll
happen in the next, and that made this plot thread pretty much
drama-free, leaving the court of Crassus to pick up the slack in that
department.
clip1: Spartacus: War Of The Damned episode 1 : Enemies Of Rome
With pretty much every bad guy we ever knew getting killed at the end of last season, Spartacus: War of the Damned clearly
has a lot of ground to cover with regards to setting up an antagonist.
It's with great interest, then, that we observe the careful and
deliberate building of Crassus. Last season, Glaber took weeks to become
interesting. Here, Crassus goes from faceless to formidable in the
space of one episode.
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