There are not enough superlatives I can rain on the Season Finale of Spartacus: Vengeance, but I will use one here ‘Breathtaking’ from start to finish this has to be one of the best season finales of a TV Show ever and I have seen some corkies such as Spartacus: Blood and Sand season 1 finale, Lost’s Through the Looking Glass Season 3 finale and also its truly mind blowing season 5 finale The Incident. Starz retelling of Spartacus has been critically acclaimed since its debut and holds a 4 and a half star rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website. There was a delay of 2 years of this season coming out due to the unfortunate death of Andy Whitfield (who lost his battle against cancer may his soul rest in peace) who played Spartacus in its debut season. His portrayal of Spartacus was highly regarded as he played Spartacus with aplomb and intensity, so like a lot of people I thought where will the show go with a new actor playing Spartacus? The mantle passed to Liam McIntyre who has done a real good job, and he fully shined in this season’s Finale where all hell breaks loose into a bloody climax of madness. The climatic end scenes with the juxtapositions of different scenes, the non diegetic music and choreographed fighting; is furious, brutal and beautiful all at the same time. In these scenes are some of the best choreographed fight scenes I have seen not just on this show but movies as well. Spartacus Blood and Sand’s (season 1) finale was also a magnificent piece of TV so for Starz to do it again with this finale I was truly taken aback. The art of good TV is to keep the viewers guessing and be unpredictable with where you’re going, they did this last night as you honestly did not have an idea to what was going to happen. Bring on the next season of Spartacus in 2013.You can watch a preview of it below:
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