Vae Victis
- Episode aired Aug 24, 2021
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5.8/10
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Still searching for Lucius and his knowledge of the Spear, Cait takes the fight to the redoubt, and to all those who are waiting for her.Still searching for Lucius and his knowledge of the Spear, Cait takes the fight to the redoubt, and to all those who are waiting for her.Still searching for Lucius and his knowledge of the Spear, Cait takes the fight to the redoubt, and to all those who are waiting for her.
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By now, after three seasons, you're probably into the tone of the show. Initial hopes for a "Game of Thrones" with English history are long since behind you and instead the trippy, anachronistic, series has done enough to keep you entertained, or at least, it has me. This third season is much the same but perhaps, with that, is exposed another chink in the armour that may come back to haunt the show.
Though the prophecies of the rise of the girl to lead the rebellion still trouble him, Aulus (David Morrissey) has now established himself and has a compound overlooking Verulamium. His relatively cosy existence is dismantled though when his wife, Hemple (Sophie Okonedo) a priestess of Lokka arrives and reminds Aulus about the darkest moment of his life and the true purpose of his time in Britain. Cait (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) continues to rebel against the druids and the idea that she is the chosen one, until a revelatory dream convinces her otherwise and sends her on a quest.
Performances in the show are really good. I think you can sense the fun that the actors are having, with the established tone of the show allowing them to go as over the top as they like. This is perhaps best shown with Sophie Okonedo, whose performance is a sexy, dangerous, scary and funny as any I've seen in a while. Mackenzie Crook is, alas, relegated to just one role again this year (I think) and a period out of the story for him has allowed him to do more work behind the camera. This seasons master stroke though is the comedic pairing of Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Julian Rhind-Tutt, whose bickering double act is a highlight of each episode.
But, and this is the concern that I mentioned in the first paragraph, we're three seasons in now and at the end of this run, don't appear to be much nearer Cait (or whatever her real name might be ... wink) leading a major revolt against the Roman invaders. Indeed, based on the final scene, following that genuine gut punch of a twist, we might be further away from it that we ever have been. At time of writing, a fourth season hasn't been confirmed, so that might be our lot. I do hope not though, as the show still appears to have much story left to tell.
Though the prophecies of the rise of the girl to lead the rebellion still trouble him, Aulus (David Morrissey) has now established himself and has a compound overlooking Verulamium. His relatively cosy existence is dismantled though when his wife, Hemple (Sophie Okonedo) a priestess of Lokka arrives and reminds Aulus about the darkest moment of his life and the true purpose of his time in Britain. Cait (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) continues to rebel against the druids and the idea that she is the chosen one, until a revelatory dream convinces her otherwise and sends her on a quest.
Performances in the show are really good. I think you can sense the fun that the actors are having, with the established tone of the show allowing them to go as over the top as they like. This is perhaps best shown with Sophie Okonedo, whose performance is a sexy, dangerous, scary and funny as any I've seen in a while. Mackenzie Crook is, alas, relegated to just one role again this year (I think) and a period out of the story for him has allowed him to do more work behind the camera. This seasons master stroke though is the comedic pairing of Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Julian Rhind-Tutt, whose bickering double act is a highlight of each episode.
But, and this is the concern that I mentioned in the first paragraph, we're three seasons in now and at the end of this run, don't appear to be much nearer Cait (or whatever her real name might be ... wink) leading a major revolt against the Roman invaders. Indeed, based on the final scene, following that genuine gut punch of a twist, we might be further away from it that we ever have been. At time of writing, a fourth season hasn't been confirmed, so that might be our lot. I do hope not though, as the show still appears to have much story left to tell.
- southdavid
- Oct 4, 2021
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