As if one Glaber isn't already rattling the cages enough, we got TWO Glabers now. I believe Legatus Claudius Glaber has been MIA since the 1st episode, but we find out in 'Revelations' that even though he's been gone very very long, he's still the biggest royal pain in the ass.

First he makes Batiatus run to the city gates of Capua under extremely short notice to greet him (what a diva!), then he complains about his host's tardiness, and ditches the ludus master almost instantly to go speak to someone who's actually "of authority" (namely, not Batiatus). Asked when should the ludus expect his arrival, the Legatus merely barks back: "When I arrive!" Wow, if that isn't major douchebaggery, I don't know what is.

Not surprisingly enough, he continues his douchebaggery under the roof of Batiatus as well.

"What does it say that your finest gladiator was
my worst soldier?"

Ouch.

Behind closed doors, he referred to his hostess (Lucretia) as a "faded bitch." Oh LOLZ.

What exactly does the rank "Legatus" mean anyway? An military general, I presume? Is there only one Legatus in the entire Rome Republic? Because Glaber is acting like he's the Emperor himself. Overcompensation perhaps? Or such douchebaggery just run in the blood of all military men? SERIOUSLY, HE IS SUCH AN ASS. If he were anyone else I bet Batiatus would've already arranged for his murder in no time. Fortunately for Glaber, this timebomb of a ludus master still needs the Legatus' patronage in his I'll-race-you-to-the-Senate-seat social political climbing ambitions. Batiatus even held his tongue and was on his best behavior when Glaber puts his prized cash cow gladiator to a test fight with well-military-trained Roman soldiers. Imagine if Spartacus had been slain then and there, that would've been DYING FOR NOTHING. But that was such an awesome scene. Yeah, Spartacus! Show the Roman douchebag what you're really made of! Betcha Glaber is feeling pretty pissed now that Batiatus had achieved something that he himself failed in doing: breaking the Thracian into obedience.

Speaking of Spartacus, he continues to decline all of Mira's advances. Oh for the love of the Roman gods, Spartacus, please just boink the girl already and save her dignity! She's practically pining for you already. As a matter of fact, I think she jumps for joy on the inside everytime Domina commands her to "service" Spartacus, except that none of the so-called commanded advances has led to a successful copulation to date. That must've been pretty big blows for the girl. THEN, he proceeds to express that her life means nothing to him (or any other slave in the ludus), when she begged him not to proceed with his plans to kill Batiatus in fear of the Roman law, where it says that if one slave slays his/her master, then all the other slaves will be put to death as well. Nope, Spartacus didn't care. But just one sight of Aurelia, Varro's wife, who is now apparently under employment of the ludus, he aborts his plans. Yeah, it's probably like taking a blunt knife straight to the heart and getting it twisted and turned.

By the way, is there a hierarchical dress code among the slaves too? It just seems to me that the higher your slave rank is, the more garment you have covering your body. The guards were fully clothed in armory. Ashur gets to put on some robes and such now that he's the Dominus' right hand man. The slave girls wear some kind of a hanging tattered fabric which barely covers much, I noticed because previously Aurelia was decently clothed, but now she's wearing.... that. Then again, the slavegirls' costume comes in pretty handy when you need to get quickly undressed/dressed, as is proven by Naevia, who went from naked to dressed in 0.00001 nanoseconds when she hears Domina calling her. ...and last but not least, of course, are the gladiators. The bottom of the food chain. They wear BARELY NOTHING but giant diapers. Oy vey.

I can't believe the season is coming to an end! When I started out this year, never have I thought this little show with a bunch of unknown people would capture my heart so. It took Supernatural and True Blood TWO AND A HALF SEASONS to get me emotionally attached to it. Spartacus did it in just 3 episodes. I'm very curious as to how they will end this season, and what kind of a Season 2 setup they're gonna lay down for us in the finale. We know the roots of the revolt is gonna kinda start in this season finale, as things has changed in the ludus now, especially with the discovery of Crixus and Naevia's secret relationship. Crixus was punished, Naevia was banished, and the rest of the gladiators no longer have the luxuries they had before, including the Champion of Capua, who lost his private quarters. Most importantly, Doctore now knows the truth about Barca's death. This changes everything.

I got some serious goosebumps when Spartacus ended the episode with the words: "Kill them all," Those three little words are pretty profound as they have been recurring throughout the season, and spoken all by Sura. In the first episode when Spartacus leaves for war, Sura's parting words for him were: "kill them all." Again she said those words when she came to him as a mirage, when he was fighting for his life in the pits. "Kill them all" is a pretty strong phrase in that sense, and it makes one helluva title for the finale.

I don't know how many times I've watched the trailer for the season finale. I guess I'll just keep watching until Saturday comes. YEAH BABY. KILL. THEM. ALL.