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The first episode of Rome season two aired on BBC2 last night. Man, I'd forgotten what a heartbreaking episode that is, picking up in the direct wake of so much tragedy. The contrast of Caesar's state funeral and Niobe's small, simple little send off...Vorenus so broken after losing his entire family, and Pullo trying so hard to take care of his friend in the same way that Vorenus has always been there for him. Mark Antony floundering without Caesar there to guide him; he's an excellent soldier and an excellent deputy, but nature did not intend for him to be a politician, and that's his problem for the entire season to come. Octavian still so young and earnest. Atia and Servilia's feud at its height. Brutus and Cassius struggling with what they've done. The end of Erastes Fulmen. Ah, every time I watch this show I fall in love with the characters all over again. It's a shame so many of them die in the course of the show, but this was, after all, a particularly bloody period in history.
I think the Beeb might have filmed their last in my building last week, because the courtroom is now being ripped up to be converted into a proper meeting room. Shame - it was kinda cool having a fully fitted courtroom on the premises! The BBC Wales certainly found it useful; they are going to have to find another location for court scenes now. Dunno if they will continue to use the room upstairs, but they won't be filming courtroom scenes here any more.
And I'm sure I had something else to say this morning, but I'm blowed if I can remember what it was!
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