And, We're Back
Updated 2007-02-15 16:00:00
If this week's episode seems like a lot of chess pieces moving around on the board instead of attacking each other, that's because it is. Upon returning to Rome with his army, Octavian asks to be made Consul. Not seeing the harm, Cicero agrees, and quickly regrets it when Octavian's first act is to coerce the Senate to declare Brutus and Cassius murderers and enemies of the Republic. Vorenus and Pullo return to the Collegium with the kids, who are still pissed at their father and plan to run away until Lyde (now a temple devotee) talks Vorena the Elder out of it. Vorenus makes peace with the other mob bosses, screws Gaia and insists that she take money for it, and sends Pullo to tell Octavian that Vorenus is on Octavian's side, unless of course Mark Antony returns from Gaul ready to rumble. Speaking of Antony (and his new beard), he catches a break when the legions sent by the Senate to wipe him out desert to his side in their entirety. Over in Turkey, Brutus thinks that this is great news; Octavian and Antony can wipe each other out and Brutus can swoop in to pick up the pieces. Octavian for once seems out of his depth when he learns that Brutus is returning with twenty legions (as opposed to his four). And then, believe it or not, the best chess player of the week turns out to be none other than Julii Cooper, who engineers an alliance between her son and her boyfriend. Sure, I'm impressed now, but since it was her idea, it's bound to turn out catastrophic. Also, Timon remembers how to pray, Agrippa tells Octavia he loves her some more (this time in front of her mom), and Vorena decides to make nice with her father. Except she's totally making devil-horns behind her back. Literally.