No, 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' isn't at the top of the TV heap, and yes, the show probably exists more to push boundaries than it does to tell a meaningful story, but it still manages to offer a whole lot of good-old-fashioned entertainment that gets the blood pumping and the senses excited, all the while entwining some well-constructed drama and good character development amidst the cartoonish violence and almost nonstop parade of nudity, sexual intercourse, and the kind of explicit dialogue that might even make Quentin Tarantino blush. The series' first episode is particularly steamy and violent, but viewers who tuned out the show after its first outing missed out on a season that quickly turns into a far more emotionally engaging and thematically challenging story arc than its 'blood and boobs' early veneer may have otherwise suggested.
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