To begin...Let's ignore the whole Tweedle Dumb/Tweedle Dee (now again Don Dee) storyline, with it's endless series of events that I stopped caring about back in 50 B.C. for Christ's sake.
Except for the massively telegraphed scene where Mrs. Dumb makes hubby promise he'd save her first (over Don Dee) in event of an emergency, because she's afraid hubby loves him more..
No shit Sherlock.
That and the highly entertaining Magic Chicken Children Saving Ceremony.
"Now for a little chat between your drug binges".
No, tonight had what all Rome viewers have been waiting for: A Roman Orgy™!...if somewhat tame (first stages only. Have you noticed there are far less giant penises this season?)
"I say, are the walls melting?"
When HBO's Rome focuses on history, albeit not terribly accurate history, it is watchable.
Shame though that even during these rare bites, there are very few scenes and dialog that makes you sit up and take notice.
Tonight's show had some that were different.
The standout was Octavian's appearance in the Senate. Beautifully played, it went from Hope to Despair. Watch Octavian's eyes...
Someday, I would like to see a re-edited version of Rome, where all the fictional nonsense is removed, because I think the makers have the seed of a good version of the rise of the Empire.
It's their lurid imagination that brings this production down. It's good to know though that Don Dee's daughter is a Judas Priest fan.
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