While I kind of enjoyed the strange ways of this series, in the 3rd season it seems as if the writers were high on drugs putting the script together, and so nearly all of the main characters behaved like they were too. The season really got lost in way too much myticism, feverish nightmares & insane prophecies. It had it's moments, but it seemed like even the creators didn't know where they wanted to go with it, comparable to LOST. And the last minutes made no sense at all, especially with the Jesus hymn. Sorry, but I will not watch another season, I don't even think there will be an order for it anyway.
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Season Three Review
southdavid5 October 2021
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.
I am so disappointed
dwfubar14 March 2022
I really enjoyed most of the season, but if this is how they are ending the series I will probably not watch any series produced by these people. If they are continuing the series, that's great, but if this is how it was intended to end, I can't afford to invest my future time and take the chance of having another similar conclusion. I hope there is another season as I really enjoyed many of the characters.
A twist after a twist after a twist..
kaktusztea223 January 2022
Never kill your main enemy when you have the chance - just for continuing the neverending story..
It's a shame because the characters, actors, design, makeup are all great, just the story line is dumb. It's like Lost (the series): there is always "something big" but it has no roots, it leads nowhere, it never ends, it never has a closure, just to stick you to the screen.
If anything happens, then there is always an evil laugh, that "yes this was always the plan, hahha". Very cheap.
It's a shame because the characters, actors, design, makeup are all great, just the story line is dumb. It's like Lost (the series): there is always "something big" but it has no roots, it leads nowhere, it never ends, it never has a closure, just to stick you to the screen.
If anything happens, then there is always an evil laugh, that "yes this was always the plan, hahha". Very cheap.
Worst ending ever
clg19837 March 2022
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