yeah, i'm really diggin' the side characters who have become more interesting than Spartacus. while i LIKE the character of Batiatus; i still keep 'seeing' him as the goofball brother from the Mummy series.

Lucy has DEFINITELY gotten better & i DEARLY hope she or Naevia 'open up a can of whup-ass' in the end on the "white woman everyone loves to hate" & "Mean Girls" personification: Ilithyia.

also i LOVE(D) the relationship between Barca & his twink-lover Pietros.