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Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare): Directed by Adam Davidson. With Ray Stevenson, Kevin McKidd, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan. Having learned that Vorenus' children are alive, Pullo sets off to find him in Gaul where he is again a serving soldier in Mark Antony's army.
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- Adam Davidson
- 2007-02-04
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The plot to poison Atia unravels and has severe consequences for Servilia. Pullo discovers that Vorenus' children yet live and rushes to the front lines to tell Vorenus the news.
43 BC. Servilia's spy Duro has been taken into service at Atia's villa by Castor, Atia's lead male house slave, in exchange for sexual favors. Duro slips into Atia's kitchen where he secretly poisons the dinner stew being prepared by the cook. The cook is Althea, a female kitchen slave who thinks Duro's attention to her is because he is genuinely attracted to her. Althea secretly tastes the stew on her way to taking it to Atia's table and dies before Atia has touched it. Duro is captured by Castor and Atia orders her Jewish henchman, Timon, to torture him. Duro confesses to Atia, after several hours of torture by Timon and his men, that it was Servilia who had employed him. Timon takes Duro out into the poorer district and kills him but feels guilty. His guilt is further intensified when at home his brother Levi criticizes him for doing Atia's dirty work, and he unintentionally scares his children while arguing with Levi. Timon is later told by Atia to kidnap Servilia while she is praying at her villa. He brings Servilia before Atia, where she is brutally tortured by Timon and raped by his men in Atia's basement. After hours of torturing Servilia, Timon feels pity on her and frees her. The bloodied Servilia runs out on the streets while Atia asks why Timon set her free. Timon seizes Atia's throat in his hand, and tells her he's not an animal. He storms out, presumably without intent to ever return.
Meanwhile, Octavian and Antony's legions clash in the Battle of Mutina. After Octavian wins the battle, he sends his aide, Agrippa, to tell his mother and sister, Atia and Octavia. Agrippa arrives at Atia's villa and tells Octavia and Atia that Antony has fled to Transalpine Gaul and Octavian has won. He also begins to profess his feelings for Octavia, blurting out he would rather die than cause her unhappiness, but Octavia quickly changes the subject. Atia, meanwhile, is happy that both her lover, Antony, and son Octavian are alive.
•This is the first episode to feature Simon Woods as Octavian, taking over the role from Max Pirkis. Woods portrayed the character for the remainder of the series' run.
Cicero: Oh, how I tire of young men and their ambitions.
Mark Anthony: How many dead in total?
Centurion: 8,000 men, sir, give or take.
Posca: 8,000?!
Mark Anthony: Oh, do cheer up! You're still alive, aren't you!?
Posca: I do hope so; if this is the afterlife, it is extremely disappointing!
•Introduction from http://www.tv.com/shows/rome/episodes/
Two armies clash in Philippi, and the future of Rome is at stake. Pullo goes on a brutal mission. Vorenus is ordered to execute many of Rome's elite.
Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare) Rome. Summaries. Having learned that Vorenus' children are alive, Pullo sets off to find him in Gaul where he is again a serving soldier in Mark Antony's army. He had hoped to arrive before Octavian and Antony's armies meet in battle.
Her treachery exposed, Servilia finds herself in Atia's villa at the mercy of Timon, and Pullo runs into Octavian who has just bested Mark Anthony.
Directed by: Adam Davidson. Watch Rome Season 2 Episode 4 Testudo Et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare) Free Online. Atia flips on Servilia; Octavian wins a clash; Vorenus learns of his kids' fate.
Generally Favorable. "Rome" is the saga of two ordinary Roman soldiers and their families. An intimate drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, and husbands and wives, it chronicles epic times that saw the fall of a republic and the creation of an empire.
