In this week’s “Rome” re-watch, Vorenus dares the gods, Octavian defies his mother’s lover, and Mark Antony crosses paths with the woman who will change his world and only the entire world.
It’s a rich character-driven episode, is what I’m saying.
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‘Rome’: Two funerals, a wedding, and one helluva curse
Picking up just seconds from the season one finale, “Rome’s” sophomore premiere, “Passover” (airdate Jan. 14, 2007), finds Caesar in puddles of his own blood and Vorenus cradling the body of his beloved Niobe.
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‘Rome’: Thud!
In “Rome’s” epic season one finale, one character makes an anticipated exit, while another quite unexpectedly suffers a brutal fall from fortune.
‘Rome’: Welcome to hell
In this week’s episode of “Rome,” Niobe shows off her new dress, Vorenus bribes and blackmails an old friend, and Caesar and Brutus meet for a round of checkers.
What I’m trying to say is that this episode is one of the finest hours of television ever made, one that sealed my devotion to the HBO series and its makers for all time.
You want to know why I’m still writing about this series 15 years after it debuted? This episode is the best example I can cite. It’s astonishing.
‘Rome’: Love between strangers
Pillow talk alters the course of an empire.
Just another gripping, unexpected hour from television’s greatest historical drama.
Mark Perigard 