Starz Spartacus: Ashur emerges Friday, Feb. 26, Nick E. Tarabay interview
"Their appetite is a great beast whose demands must be met"- Batiatus on Spartacus asking what more did the crowds want of him, after he slayed the great beast Theokoles - episode 6, "Delicate Things"
"You provided...an end to my shame..." - Doctore on Spartacus' defeating Theokoles - episode 6, "Delicate Things"
Spartacus Fans (I know who you all are, thanks to Facebook) have turned a page with the death of Theokoles and the rise of Spartacus, as Crixus lay critically wounded.
Our conniving Batiatus (John Hannah) is swelling with pride as his equal in sordid machinations department - wife Lucretia (Lucy Lawless) - secretly wishes the battered body with the Medicus (David Austin) was that of our Thracian, and not of her lover Crixus (Manu Bennett).
And that most evil and duplicitous creature we spoke of earlier, more heartless than Theokoles? She's sill lurking about the Ludus as well.
How can the Spartacus writers and actors top the cracking good episode 5, you ask?
As was written before, brace yourself as the series is now on a rocket ride to the unbelievable finale, as the next episode 106, "Delicate Things," sees the cunning Ashur (Nick E. Tarabay) flex his thespian chops and shows us what his hobbled character is made of, and where his allegiances really are.
Hint: Not with Ludus boys.
Tarabay was the reason Starz original series "Crash" shined so brightly for season one.
