Rome

"The Cutting And Stabbing, Et Cetera"

By M. Giant | Aired on 04.06.2007

The Roger Young Interview - I gave "A" grades to two episodes of Rome. One of them was the Season 1 finale, "Kalends Of February," in which Julius Caesar is murdered (spoiler!). The second one was the second-season episode called "Philippi." It stood out...

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2-11 Extra	"The Cutting And Stabbing, Et Cetera" The Roger Young Interview - Only one episode of Rome ever included a large-scale battle scene. M. Giant talks to the director of that episode.	04.06.2007	N/A	M. Giant
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
2-10 Recap	There's No Place Like Rome De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) - Vorenus suddenly remembers what this show is called, just as he realizes he's sick to death of being in Egypt.	03.24.2007 03.31.2007	B+	M. Giant
2-9 Recap	Antony And Cleopatra Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop A Hungry Man) - It's the famous couple we've all been waiting for. Too bad they turned out to be such assholes.	03.17.2007 03.24.2007	B	M. Giant
2-8 Recap	Lock Up Your Women A Necessary Fiction - In which we learn that the one thing Octavian can't do is mind his own business.	03.10.2007 03.17.2007	B-	M. Giant
2-7 Recap	Screw My Mother-In-Law Death Mask - Things get twisted between Pullo and Gaia, between Timon and Levi, and especially between Mark Antony and Julii Cooper.	03.03.2007 03.08.2007	B-	M. Giant
2-6 Recap	Shall I Loot A Peach? Philippi - While wishing he could join the epic battle for control of Rome, Pullo instead becomes Cicero's assassin, a future baby daddy, and a hander-out of many fish.	02.17.2007 02.22.2007	A	M. Giant
2-5 Recap	And, We're Back Heroes Of The Republic - Octavian learns that being Consul is harder than he thought. Vorenus hasn't yet learned that reuniting his family is also harder than he thought, but he will.	02.10.2007 02.15.2007	C+	M. Giant
2-4 Recap	A New Man Testudo Et Lepus (The Tortoise And The Hare) - Meet the new Octavian. War hero! Leader of men! Defender of the Republic! Brunet!	02.03.2007 02.08.2007	B-	M. Giant
2-3 Recap	What Else You Got? These Being The Words Of Marcus Tullius Cicero - Vorenus dared the gods to punish him further, but the people around him suffer too. And Mark Antony threatens Cicero one time too many.	01.27.2007 02.01.2007	B+	M. Giant
2-2 Recap	Heir Heads Son Of Hades - Octavian tries to claim his inheritance from Caesar, and Vorenus tries to claim his inheritance from Erastes Fulmen. Guess which attempt goes better?	01.20.2007 01.25.2007	B-	M. Giant
2-1 Recap	Ashes To Ashes Passover - Caesar is dead. Niobe is dead. And they tell us over and over and over.	01.13.2007 01.20.2007	C+	Al Lowe
1-12 Recap	Caesar Finale Kalends Of February - As Rome's domination of HBO Sunday night comes to an end, so too does Caesar's domination of Rome. Catch you on the flip side, Jules.	11.19.2005 11.25.2005	A	M. Giant
1-11 Recap	Veteran's Day The Spoils - Rome celebrates the holiday weekend with a very special episode showing just how much it sucks to be an ex-soldier. Might as well keep fighting, because that's what's going to happen anyway.	11.12.2005 11.16.2005	B+	M. Giant
1-10 Recap	If You Love Someone, Set Them Free Triumph - And then, when she turns out to be in love with someone else, bash the poor bastard's head in. In other news, Caesar completes his rise to power, not yet suspecting that maybe he left some of the wrong people alive.	11.05.2005 11.09.2005	B-	M. Giant
1-9 Recap	Here Comes The Judge Utica - Caesar talks Vorenus into becoming a magistrate, which disappoints Pullo, for some reason. And Julii Cooper freaks when she finds out that her children are having sex -- with each other.	10.29.2005 11.04.2005	B-	M. Giant
1-8 Recap	Boink Like An Egyptian Caesarion - Caesar goes to Egypt, and conquers it in just one episode. He even has a son by the famous Cleopatra. Let's not tell him that the kid's actually Pullo's, hmm?	10.15.2005 10.20.2005	C+	M. Giant
1-7 Recap	Pompey's Circumstance Pharsalus - Pompey presses the insurmountable numerical and positional advantage he has over Caesar. And how does that turn out? Well, Americans don't exactly celebrate the Fourth of Pomp, do we?	10.08.2005 10.12.2005	C+	M. Giant
1-6 Recap	J.C. Phone Rome Egeria - Caesar's luck finally turns, and he has to ask Mark Antony to come to Greece with reinforcements. Antony doesn't want to go, until Julii Cooper advises him not to. Yes, you read that right.	10.01.2005 10.07.2005	B+	M. Giant
1-5 Recap	In The Army Now -- Again The Ram Has Touched The Wall - Vorenus goes from slave-owner to corpse-owner, and from there to bodyguard to enforcer to unemployed loser, and then back to soldier. Julii Cooper breaks up Caesar and Servilia, so that the former is free to go after Pompey.	09.24.2005 09.29.2005	B+	M. Giant
1-4 Recap	Toga Parties Stealing From Saturn - Julii Cooper and Vorenus each throw a party to celebrate their new status in Rome, but things don't go well for either of them. And fortune continues to favor Caesar while shitting on Pompey's head. Some epic battle that's turning out to be.	09.17.2005 09.22.2005	C	M. Giant
1-3 Recap	We're On A Mission From Caesar An Owl In A Thornbush - Vorenus and Pullo scout out Caesar's approach to Rome, a potentially deadly journey that ends up being little more arduous than the average morning commute. Their romantic prospects are looking up, as well.	09.10.2005 09.15.2005	C+	M. Giant
1-2 Recap	How Titus Pullo Brought Down The Republic How Titus Pullo Brought Down The Republic - There's a whole lot of blah blah blah about Caesar's return to Rome. Vorenus and Pullo hit the streets of Rome, where Vorenus finds his wife cradling a baby he knows isn't his. As for Pullo, he ends up in a huge brawl, getting his head bashed in for good measure. Eventually, Antony gathers his troops and heads to the Senate to try and figure out the whole Caesar's Return To Rome thing without further incident. But then the guy who smashed in Pullo's head earlier goes after him with a knife.	09.03.2005 09.08.2005	B-	Jessica
1-1 Recap	Bloody Romans! The Stolen Eagle - The premiere of HBO's latest Emmy-baiting Sunday-night extravaganza offers just enough killing, crucifying, fighting, swearing, and screwing to keep us awake during all the political scheming. Plus a literal bloodbath. Okay, a blood shower.	08.27.2005 09.02.2005	B-	M. Giant