"Rome" The Spoils (2005)

Director:

Mikael Salomon

Writers:

John Milius (creator) and
William J. MacDonald (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Rome" (2005)

Original Air Date:

13 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 11)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

Rejected by Vorenus and Eirene and racked by guilt for the killing of Eirene's fiancé out of a jealous rage...

Plot Keywords:

Julius Caesar | Soldier | Sword Fight | Male Nudity | Place Name In Title

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin McKidd	...	Lucius Vorenus
Ray Stevenson	...	Titus Pullo
Polly Walker	...	Atia of the Julii
Lindsay Duncan	...	Servilia of the Junii
Tobias Menzies	...	Marcus Junius Brutus
Kerry Condon	...	Octavia of the Julii
Indira Varma	...	Niobe
Max Pirkis	...	Gaius Octavian
Lee Boardman	...	Timon
Nicholas Woodeson	...	Posca
Lorcan Cranitch	...	Erastes Fulmen
Chiara Mastalli	...	Eirene
Anna Francolini	...	Clarissa
Coral Amiga	...	Vorena the Elder
James Purefoy	...	Mark Antony

Runtime:

48 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | USA:TV-MA | France:-12 (TV rating)

Company:

Insomnia Media Group

Goofs:

Continuity: During the gladiator fight, when Pollo chops off a gladiator's head with a shield, the head is still attached to the body in the next shot. Later in the fight the head is chopped off again.

Quotes:

[In his cell, awaiting execution, Pullo catches a single cockroach and holds it up to the sky]
Titus Pullo: Janus, Gaia and Dis, I humbly beg you accept this creature as my offering, and if it pleases you, I ask you to give Eirene long life... and same for my friend Lucius Vorenus and his family, if it's not too much. And let Eirene know, I'm sorry for what I did.
[crushes the cockroach]

I gratefully accept and cherish more Vorenus and Pullo

This is the episode I have been waiting for... Kinda.

I'm not going to discuss what happened outside of Vorenus and Pullo's story. It didn't hold my attention and I found it to be the letdown of 'The Spoils'. Thankfully, Vorenus and Pullo make up more than half of the episode which is a first.

Pullo discovers the one thing he involved himself emotionally in wasn't real. He begins the inevitable down spiral involving: murder, solitude, more murder, and giving up completely.

When this is all done and giving up doesn't work, he stands up and remains loyal to the only thing left in his life that he can be proud of and that is: the thirteenth. Vorenus is touched and has forgiven Pullo on a very personal level. He helps Pullo and shows his loyalty and pride for the thirteenth. Vorenus has made a sacrifice and I suspect there will be great consequence to his actions.