Andinsofar as the show contributes to loosening standards and deadening the senses, that bloody victory over the cultural scolds might just be Spartacus most enduring form of revenge.
Well written and acted, almost perfectly paced, and entirely unlike anything else on television, Spartacus isn't just bloody good, it's bloody excellent.
With overripe dialogue that sounds like Shakespeare ground through a blender of baroque profanity, punctuated by action sequences of almost comical brutality amid orgies of debauchery, Spartacus is back with a vengeance.
