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I think "Spartacus" probably made one of best turnarounds of any series. Those first few episodes were painfully bad. Melodramatic garbage, that just made you cringe the whole way through. Looked cheap as hell, too. It was like watching an hour long terrible music video. It found it's footing though after those rough beginnings, and it never looked back. I had no problem with the new guy either. Although, I never found Whitfield to be all that impressive in the first place. I think what made that show were the villains and the supporting cast. They made the most of that green screened series. It was like watching a very good play.
Agreed on Spartacus.
I thought the show was pretty terrible the first couple of episodes and I only started watching it because I ran out of great shows to binge watch.
I wonder if new writers took over after episode 2 or 3. the character development took full swing, and you emotionally invested in several of them, like Crixus (sp?)
Season 1 was 8/10. the guy who replaced the original Spartacus did a fair job, but it just wasn't the same.