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[LOCK]

If this show doesn't win any technical awards at the Emmy's I will riot.

I cried so much. Andy made me cry all over again. It was so good, and sad.

 

[Pkaz01]

If this show doesn't win any technical awards at the Emmy's I will riot.

I cried so much. Andy made me cry all over again. It was so good, and sad.

Fuck the emmys they have no credibility and their opinion doesnt mean shit

 

[Rur0ni]

The entire article is worth a read, plus there's a 75+ min podcast w/ DeKnight linked, but I just wanted to post the intro to Maureen Ryan's writeup on the show and the finale:

I just finished that review actually. Completely agree. And that was an excellent reminder about starting the pilot and being "Eh?".

 

[LOCK]

Fuck the emmys they have no credibility and their opinion doesnt mean shit

Well you do have a point.

 

[Monocle]

Ending sucked tbh. Spartacus vs. Crassus was too brief and concluded poorly, Gannicus didn't escape and didn't even get a worthy death scene (Caesar should have bested him in one-on-one combat), and the big battle just sort of tapered off without a proper sense of resolution. I guess it's cool Agron and Nasir survived, but who didn't see that one coming after all the complaints about the earlier seasons' gay couples meeting tragic ends? I discovered that I still can't reconcile Liam's Spartacus with Andy's. As a result, the Sura flashbacks fell flat for me. (Incidentally, I wonder why she was covered up with CG cloth in the flashback where she was taken by the Romans.) Overall the finale felt like one of the weaker season 2 episodes.

A very unsatisfying note for a once great series to end on. I liked the credits so I guess that's something.

 

[REV 09]

not sure where this is from. thought it might cheer everyone up. pretty sure that's Sibyl (Gwendoline Taylor).

 

[PinkCrayon]

Fantastic end to the series. Credits got me right in the feels.

 

[Sirpopopop]

Fantastic finale to a fantastic show.

 

[Tokubetsu]

Ending sucked tbh. Spartacus vs. Crassus was too brief and concluded poorly, Gannicus didn't escape and didn't even get a worthy death scene (Caesar should have bested him in one-on-one combat), and the big battle just sort of tapered off without a proper sense of resolution. I guess it's cool Agron and Nasir survived, but who didn't see that one coming after all the complaints about the earlier seasons' gay couples meeting tragic ends? I discovered that I still can't reconcile Liam's Spartacus with Andy's. As a result, the Sura flashbacks fell flat for me. (Incidentally, I wonder why she was covered up with CG cloth in the flashback where she was taken by the Romans.) Overall the finale felt like one of the weaker season 2 episodes.

A very unsatisfying note for a once great series to end on. I liked the credits so I guess that's something.

May you die on fire, to lugo's hammer.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Very well done. Sad to see the series end but it ended quite nicely and without dragging on.

And bring on the new series. My cock rages on.

 

[hwalker84]

So many man tears we're shed tonight. Seeing Andy sealed it.

 

[Anbokr]

Wow. Best television finale I have ever seen. In fact, that was better than most feature films I've seen in the last few years. Perfect ending. Hope we get some more with a Caesar spinoff.

 

[Dennis]

Fantastic end. And this episode was way beyond the rest of the season in quality.

 

[LQX]

Awesome series finale. Loved this show from the first episode. I'm going to miss the gore. Time to go slip cock into hand.

 

[MrHicks]

.......amazing...........

 

[Dennis]

Spartacus final battle with Crassus was amazing - so well done.

I never really liked Liam as Spartacus but dammit he really nailed it here at the very end.

 

[Jayhawk]

I am so glad I stuck with this show. I am surprised how this kind of show was able to draw emotions from me. If the Caesar spinoff does not happen, I hope they at least release a Blu-ray box set.

 

[Rodney McKay]

I am so glad I stuck with this show. I am surprised how this kind of show was able to draw emotions from me. If the Caesar spinoff does not happen, I hope they at least release a Blu-ray box set.

Haha, me too. I remember watching the first episode and I thought it was such a shitty, lower budget, ripoff of 300 it wasn't even funny.

The ridiculous special effects and everything really turned me off. I eventually went back to it and I think after a few episodes it started to get better and I got hooked.

 

[Monocle]

May you die on fire, to lugo's hammer.

It seemed to me that a bunch of story threads were building throughout the season toward a grand conclusion, and the only one that really ended with appropriate gravitas was Crixus's arc, thanks to the excellent funeral scene. In that sense episode 9 was a better cap for the series than episode 10. There's a big problem when a secondary character like Lugo (great though he was) gets the best death in an episode where so many of the season's leads kick the bucket.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Spartacus is over and I am weeping.

 

[royalan]

not sure where this is from. thought it might cheer everyone up. pretty sure that's Sibyl (Gwendoline Taylor).

It's not.

It's Lucy Lawless from this HILARIOUS behind-the-scenes video she did for the prequel season.

Anyway...I'm still processing that finale (and crying...just a little). Fucking brilliant end to the most unexpectedly good show I've watched in years.

 

[Commodore]

Loved this paragraph from the AV Club review:

Spoiler

Still, the absolute genius, the evil fucking genius, of “Victory” is that DeKnight and company make us think that maybe, just maybe, history won’t unfold before our eyes. A sense of dread and hope co-exist throughout the hour, as history and fiction merge into a single point at which anything is possible. Surely, the show wouldn’t go Inglorious Basterds on us now. Right? And yet, right off the bat during the series’ climatic battle, Spartacus shows incredible guile and trickery. And yet, look at the horde of Rome. Trickery can only delay the inevitable. And yet, there’s Gannicus, leading the cavalry onto this show’s Pellenor Fields, flinging spears past the ears of Crassus and Caesar. And yet, one by one Spartacus’ primary soldiers fall to superior numbers. And yet, there goes Spartacus, knocking Crassus off his horse. And yet, Caesar distracts Gannicus long enough for the legions to surround him. And yet, there goes Spartacus up the hill to confront Crassus one-on-one. And yet, even though he’s badly wounded, and even though it seems like Crassus’ rope-a-dope technique learned in the season première will finally end a wounded Spartacus and complete the inevitable circle of history, Spartacus blocks the damn move with a counter that not even Crassus could expect.

Who else needs a fucking cigarette?

I. AM. SPARTACUS. Damn fine ending to one hell of a journey.

 

[Rizific]

His first wife was an oracle of the gods. She saw a red serpent in a vision, and had told Spartacus its meaning: that he was destined for "great and unfortunate things".

fun fact. the shot with spartacus (in season 1) in the middle of the arena with him screaming "i...am...SPARTACUS" is from episode 7 titled "great and unfortunate things".

 

[Grimm Fandango]

The "bringer of rain" part of the ending. Just a small but great touch.

 

[isual]

superb ending. 5/5 jupiter's cocks with an additional 2 cocks of mars

SUPER HYPED UP FOR TOTAL WAR ROME 2 !!! SHIETTT

 

[PhoenixDark]

Manly tears, holy shit. That finale...

the credits were amazing

RIP Andy, RIP Spartacus

 

[royalan]

Manly tears, holy shit. That finale...

the credits were amazing

RIP Andy, RIP Spartacus

Yep. The tears started at that final ending credits montage...

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Fuck man that was an amazing finale. Tears were flowing all throughout the last 20 minutes or so, but seeing Andy in the ending credits completely broke me. ;____________;

It really shouldn't have been this good. Which is clearly evident when you've seen other shows/creaters on stars and other networks try and duplicate the formula.

What other shows have tried to duplicate the formula?

 

[bunbun777]

Good ending. Flashbacks to Braveheart while I was watching a few times. No tears but seeing Kore saddened me the most.

 

[Van Owen]

Great finale. Didn't like how Gannicus met his end though.

 

[Radec]

That was some God-like Finale. It fucking played with my emotions.

Spartacus vs Crassus was very well done.

 

[985boi]

Damn, so sad the show is over that I couldn't watch that new starz show afterwards. Just wanted to read the online reactions about the finale.

 

[flintstryker]

Man what a show this was, it will always be remembered by me as one of the most entertaining I have seen.

 

[Lyonaz]

Good god, that was an amazing finale!
Man so many feels during that final hour. I even got this crazy notion in my head for a split second that maybe Spartacus and Gannicus would kill Crassus and Caesar and impersonate them to take on Rome from the inside! Now that's a Caesar spin-off I would watch.

Also the credits were fantastic, got all teary eyed when Andy came on at the end.

Now I want a glorious Blu-ray boxset.

 

[params7]

That Andy part at the end was brilliant. Final was amazing.

Thank you for such a brilliant, top-notch show.

 

[Reneledarker]

There goes one of my favorite tv shows ;(

Hope they do the Caesar spin-off, I need more Rome in my life.

 

[Tagg9]

Were you not entertained?!

Great finale, I'll miss the show (but I think it definitely ended at the perfect time).

 

[hateradio]

I thought it was alright, just barely emotional. I don't really understand the pacing on the season and the way it became the last seemed forced.

In any case, RIP.

 

[Irish]

The complete turnaround this show made from its first few episodes is absolutely fucking incredible. I mean, I liked those first couple of eps well enough, but I was never expecting the leaps it made afterwards. Insane.

 

[MegaKungFuRadio]

That was some God-like Finale. It fucking played with my emotions.

Spartacus vs Crassus was very well done.

The callback to Crassus training in episode one of this season was brilliant.

 

[Van Owen]

Would you guys honestly root for Ceaser or Crassus in a spinoff? I mean, both characters have redeeming qualities, but they've ultimately been portrayed as bad and aren't really protagonists.

Rome had Vorenus and Pullo as anchors since the other Romans were kind of dicks.

 

[I'm new be nice]

Great end.

Liam McIntyre grew on me and though I think Andy would have been better I think Liam did the best anyone could have considering the circumstances.

It's hilarious how throw away this series felt in the beginning, and how it snuck up on me. The great portrayal of gay dudes definitely helped.

I definitely think a spin-off is in-order, but it's hard to imagine them topping the climax of Spartacus since you knew the whole series was building up to this final episode.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Good God, what am I supposed to do with ALL THESE FEELS. What a finale. Amazing, amazing, amazing. The cinematography, the flashbacks, the close quarters and battle choreography, all the alpha scenes from Spartacus and Gannicus, Gannicus hallucinating, Spartacus getting pierced by the spears, ALL THESE MAN-TEARS.

What a ride. To think of how many people jumped off the ship after the first 2-3 episodes. Continuing to watch this was one of the best TV related decisions I've ever made.

And Andy right at the end :'(





Now gimme a Ceasar spinoff.

 

[royalan]

Would you guys honestly root for Ceaser or Crassus in a spinoff? I mean, both characters have redeeming qualities, but they've ultimately been portrayed as bad and aren't really protagonists.

Rome had Vorenus and Pullo as anchors since the other Romans were kind of dicks.

After that obnoxious shit-eating grin Ceasar wore on his face most of this episode, a Ceasar spinoff is the last thing I'd want.

Well, that, and the fact that I just didn't find his character to be that interesting, overall.

 

[Mxrz]

Would you guys honestly root for Ceaser or Crassus in a spinoff? I mean, both characters have redeeming qualities, but they've ultimately been portrayed as bad and aren't really protagonists.

Rome had Vorenus and Pullo as anchors since the other Romans were kind of dicks.

Caesar had his moments. The half dead roman girl, protecting Kore, being outraged at Crassus firing on his men. His douchebag moments had more to do fighting his enemies, hard to fault him there.

Crassus turned a blind eye to everything but his own ambition. Historically he meets a pretty bad end himself. I'd like to see it. Between the writing staff and the actor himself, I think they could pull of another tragic fall.

 

[Enosh]

Would you guys honestly root for Ceaser or Crassus in a spinoff? I mean, both characters have redeeming qualities, but they've ultimately been portrayed as bad and aren't really protagonists.

it's Caesar, one of the greatest men in history, of course I would
plus he killed Naevia, that's +100 points in the "favorite character" rankings

good finale, didn't expect Kore to be up there with the other slaves, but I guess leaving her alive would be kinda out of character for Crassus

 

[Anbokr]

Yeah I liked Caesar. A spinoff would be cool to see his character change and his rise to power. Plus I need more Roman period drama .

 

[Pkaz01]

Would you guys honestly root for Ceaser or Crassus in a spinoff? I mean, both characters have redeeming qualities, but they've ultimately been portrayed as bad and aren't really protagonists.

Rome had Vorenus and Pullo as anchors since the other Romans were kind of dicks.

Yea so I could see the death scene where he gets fucked up and yell out thats for gannicus you bitch

 

[demolitio]

superb ending. 5/5 jupiter's cocks with an additional 2 cocks of mars

SUPER HYPED UP FOR TOTAL WAR ROME 2 !!! SHIETTT

It's pretty bad that I want even just minor modding to be available in Rome 2 just so I could make/edit a faction of rebels lead by Spartacus. I'd try to mix units from all the major factions of the game and set them all as skirmishers while their "Generals" would be nearly unstoppable and could take out a whole unit by itself meaning they could only die by an overwhelming force. Then I'd try and find a blood mod to make it as "showy" as the series and call it a day.

It would be...AWESOME.

 

[jerry113]

That might've been the most spectacular series finale I've ever seen. They did not wimp out in any way.

Oh, and the Andy Whitfield tribute at the end of the credits was a great touch. YES YOU ARE!

It's pretty incredible how suspenseful everything was even though you knew the history.