Victory

I saw the last episode last night.. It seems like the whole 4 years put in a plate served with emotion, action as main course and sex on the sides..

It sounds like a cliché, but this was such a well-made finale that I really felt I owe it to the makers of this show to write this review for such an experience..

The season starts very slow, and I thought it was losing the touch, but the guys behind the show once again proved the critics wrong..

mates, "Put your eyes to purpose" this is A MUST WATCH.. every reason not to watch this would be an excuse..

FREEDOMMM!

Spartacus .......unbelievalble episode ....great fighting..... Spartacus will truly reside in hearts of people....heart touching series ,heart touching finale....Liam you were magnificent....so were Gannicus,Saxa,Crixus,Naevia,Agron,Nasser...so were all ..John Hannah ,Craig Parker,Lucy ,Viva,Nick,Jai Courtney..and who can forget ANDY WHITFIELD.....thanks for the ride ..thanks for the joy,thanks for the tears and all emotions......SPARTACUS,SPARTACUS,SPARTACUS!!! Best TV series i have ever watched.....Andy laid the foundation ...and when he left Liam surely didn't disappointed.He was equally good if not more..i have become a fan of so many from this series.Thank you Steven s Deknight.Thank you Rob Tapert for creating such a magnificent series.

Having started off loosely, with several loose threads at the beginning of the season; the finale is a multi-sided mirror to the sheer brilliance that is Spartacus.

This is one episode that summarizes several finales rolled into one. Having completed a few series such as House MD, Lost and 24 among others had the feeling most of them are forced after the shows have been milked dry. But not this one.

This one traverses history as is; with a few minor alterations armed with cinematic/TV-show-astic license. But the sheer nonchalance of bringing together everything, including the red serpent, that bodes the first victory of Spartacus is but, a gentle nod to the journey we have had for the last four years.

Liam McIntyre, take a bow; stepping into Andy's shoes was no joke. But let us not mar his acting and emoting with any form of comparison. The creator along with the other actors and crew, have stepped it up for future shows.

A great and a fitting finale. And do catch the credits; the music and the final scene is a shot to the arm.

I am still reeling from it.

If you know the story of Spartacus, you know there was no happy ending. They didn't beat the sheer size of the Roman Army, they didn't immediately ensure an end to slavery, and there was a lot more death in the final battle. But is this finale, keeping it close to the truth, as absurdly saddening as you'd expect? No, shockingly. It spends a great deal of it's time tying up all the remaining character arcs before the final battle, which is hugely epic by the way, and it rides off the theme of dying for a noble cause and succeeding in a different way. It somehow manages to make a massive historical tragedy hugely bittersweet, and even plenty of character deaths are heartwarming rather than outright tragic since they lose better than the winners won. It does all that while tying up every loose end remaining and giving a hugely satisfying conclusion despite the tragedy, which I would've never thought was possible. It ends in a much better way than some other similar series, especially those by HBO, cough, cough. It's worth watching the entire series through just for episodes like this.

This is by far the greatest ending i've ever seen.