Spartacus: War of the Damned – 3.01 – Enemies of Rome
Our first scene opens with a bloody battlefield atop a hill, covered in mangled corpses! YAY. As far as I can tell, all the dead are Roman soldiers. In the lowlands below, the fighting continues in...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.02 – Wolves at the Gate
GLADIATOR TRAINING SEQUENCE, EVERYONE DRINKS! Naevia is giving Diotimos the swordsmanship lesson of his lifetime. Even though they’re just using wooden practice swords, he’s fighting for his life...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.03 – Men of Honor
Attius is busy in his smithy, melting down all the slave shackles and hammering them into swords for the rebellion. Everyone agrees that this is wonderfully symbolic, and Attius decides this is...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.04 – Decimation
It is going to be very difficult to recap this CRAZY INTENSE EPISODE while sober so I’m just going to start drinking now. You have been warned. Herocleo, Castus, and the rest of the pirates are...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.05 – Blood Brothers
Blood. There’s just gallons and gallons of blood everywhere. More blood than we’ve seen since the slaughter in the ludus in season one. Nasir and Donar are stacking up the Roman dead on the shelves in...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.06 – Spoils of War
Picking up right where we left off last week, the Roman soldiers under Crassus’ command have just smashed in the front gate at Sinuessa. Everything is helpfully on fire, thanks to Caesar’s...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.07 – Mors Indecepta
I know there are a lot of spoilers out there right now, so I’d appreciate it if we could stay relatively spoiler-free in the comments! Barn door, horse, etc. The rebels are freezing their perky little...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.08 – Separate Paths
Sparty and the rebel army are trudging through the forest on the far side of Melia Ridge. Everyone is tired and hungry and footsore and pretty damn miserable, so naturally this is when a small band of...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.09 – The Dead and The Dying
I CAN’T EVEN GET THROUGH THE “PREVIOUSLY” WITHOUT WAILING. Late night, and a small squad of Roman soldiers are roasting a hare over an open fire, out in the middle of nowhere. The leader dude grumps...
View ArticleSpartacus: War of the Damned – 3.10 – Victory
WHY WASN’T THIS 2 HOURS LONG. WHYYYY. Romans are dying horribly in a number of firey miserable ways. From the shadows, Gannicus struts out, sword in hand, telling a dying man to warn all his bros to...
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