How does spartacus die in the show

Lost being a tipping point for series that have announced an end date, will you seek advice from anyone for the series finale, maybe Damon Lindelof or Joss Whedon? We actually just finished breaking the series finale. I sought the wise counsel of my writers room. Was it more of a challenge to write? We really wanted to honor him as much as possible to continue the story; he wanted us to continue the story. He felt very strongly that it was a story that needed to be told, that should be told in this day and age.

And it was an inspiring story; that certainly helped. Liam McIntyre always talks about how he hopes his performance honors Andy. We all just loved the guy so much. What does War of the Damned represent? War of the Damned was actually one of the first ideas we came up with. We came up with some more stuff and came back to that. We wanted to have a title that was epic but also carried that slight sense of doom and foreboding, that it was definitely a dark title.

One of the things I love about War of the Damned is, how do we find victory in the face of defeat? And the flip side of that, what happens when you win but you lose? He then jumps up into the air and drives the swords through his eyes, killing him and drawing forth a huge roar from the rebels. Gannicus is called out by Spartacus, who claims that two Romans is not enough. He orders three to fight him.

During the fight, as Spartacus returns to his seat next to Laeta , she says that Gannicus seeks to best him. He replies with, "Gladiators seek to best all, it is how they survive. Gannicus beheading one Roman and kicking the others over the cliff. He grabs hold of a spear, and performs an incredible leap to get him out of the corner.

Spartacus compliments Gannicus on how he is the only one of the gladiators to win his freedom upon the sands; Laeta questions why Gannicus fights for the rebels if he was freed, and Spartacus says he did it to honor a fallen brother Oenomaus , and says it is the bond that joins all men in such pursuit.

Gannicus launches a kick into his opponents, knocking a Roman off the cliff. He then easily impales another through the stomach, and leaves but one, who is injured from Gannicus slicing his leg.

Laeta looks disturbed, and Spartacus questions this. Laeta states that they are no longer her people. She does not like the gory sights, but revels in its meaning. Gannicus decapitates the Roman and tosses his head into the crowd.

Saxa , Lugo and Nasir are among the rebels to fight the rest of the captured Romans, and they have no problem with killing them all. Rabanus and Pollux , two former Gladiators from The House of Batiatus , are also given a match to fight. When all the Roman soldiers have been slain, signaling Tiberius' turn, Naevia has the honor of fighting.

Naevia about to kill Tiberius. However, during the fight, Caesar arrives to offer the trade; Spartacus is first hesitant but finally agrees to it. Just before she tries to behead Tiberius, Spartacus stops Naevia and tells her of the trade, telling her that it is her choice.

She lets Tiberius live, but tells him she will have his life someday. Tiberius dies at the hands of Kore. When an injured Tiberius hobbles towards an amused Caesar, Kore runs at him in anger to claim her vengeance and kills Tiberius by stabbing him in the back. Spartacus then tells her in anger that she has just taken lives. She replies that Crassus will still make the trade, offering to go in Tiberius' place. Even in real life the man who led upwards of 70, Roman slaves in rebellion had to die sometime.

Before all-out war, Crassus requests a last meeting with Spartacus to see if they will surrender before thousands are slain. Are you kidding me? This is Spartacus. Most people seemed to see the violence or the nudity but, damn, all these people felt real!

I stopped watching Spartacus with Gods of the Arena a few years back. My heart still aches today, but I find some comfort every time I see a butterfly. A couple of years later I started watching Spartacus again from the beginning and it felt so cringy seeing him being intimate with Sura.

I brought myself into watching the prequel with Gannicus and I ended up disliking him even more for what happened with Oenomaus and Melitta AND getting away with walking a free man. Here we are today, years later, watching the last episode of the Spartacus saga, crying my eyes out and sobbing uncontrollably for Gannicus. I never imagined I could get to love his character so much in the end. On the other hand, I felt totally disconnected from Spartacus because of Liam throughout the remainder of the series.

His voice, his intonation, his manner but pale shadows of what Andy brought to the character. My heart was void of emotion when Spartacus died, to be brutally honest. Skip to content. These were the highlights for me: 1. The Spartacus-Crassus confrontation. I hated this.

But it made perfect sense.