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The season culminates with Spartacus and Crixus teaming up with the other slaves to destroy House Batiatus.Īfter a short prequel entitled Gods of the Arena (detailing Batiatus’ rise to power as well as origins for a few other characters like Crixus), season 2, Spartacus: Vengeance, sees Spartacus and the others on the run from Rome as they try to free as many slaves as they can. Threaded through Spartacus’s plight are the machinations of House Batiatus as both husband and wife seek power, much to Crixus’ chagrin, who is forced into a relationship with Lucretia while being in love with Navia (played by Lucifer’s Leslie Ann Brandt in the first two seasons and later Cynthia Adlai Robinson in Vengeance and War of the Damned). Now, Spartacus must gain the respect of his brothers, particularly the champion Crixus (played by Manu Bennett), all the while begrudgingly trusting his new master to reunite him with his wife, something that is later revealed to be a lie as Batiatus orchestrates her murder. Just before he is killed, the Laništa Quintus Batiatus (played by The Mummy’s John Hannah) requests that he take Spartacus to his kudus to train him as a gladiator, an effort that he hopes will “gain favor” with the Legatus and earn his patronage. After Spartacus reunites with his wife, saving her from an attack by the Getae, an enraged Glaber separates the two and sentences our hero to die in the arena. Our hero soon becomes disillusioned after Glauber wants the Thracians to attack Greece, and this disagreement ends in bloodshed. After saying goodbye to his wife, Sura (played by The Astronaut Wives Club and The John Campea Show’s Erin Cummings), he goes to war. We then flash back to how he got into this position as the Romans – led by Legatus and, subsequently, Praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber (played by Craig Parker, who, at the time, was pulling double duty on another Raimi production, Legend of The Seeker, as Darken Rahl) – warn the Thracians that the Getae will be advancing and that they should join their ranks something Spartacus convinces his fellow Thracians to go along with. Spartacus: Blood and Sand opens on a battle in the arena, the crowd in an uproar as our titular character sits chained underneath the arena awaiting his turn. What was it about this Sam Raimi-produced show that made everyone excited and served as a worthy successor to the 1960 iteration? Let’s take a look. At first, I was a bit surprised that this was going forward the legacy of Kirk Douglas’ iconic take on the character isn’t an easy thing to live up to. When Spartacus: Blood and Sand premiered on Starz, we were both pretty excited. However, we were also big into history, checking out shows like Rome and, occasionally, some things on The History Channel.
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Usually, it was sci-fi series like the Star Trek franchise or Sliders.
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My dad and I watched together several TV shows together over the years.