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Don't underrate the change Nako. Big serialized shows like this...it always flows through and gets it's biggest strength and moments from the main guy. If he ain't up to the task, your show is gonna be stumbling in the long run.

Whether it's Michael Chiklis on The Shield, Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad, James Gandolfini on The Sopranos or Idris Elba on Luther, your lead means a ton. And you can get by ignoring him, making it more on ensemble show, focusing on the other characters, but those season finales, big turns, the meat of the story always finds a way of revolving around him.

This ain't Game of Thrones, it's Spartacus. And when the show started Andy felt like too much of a !*### to be that guy, but he manned the #%%% up. In this case though. They replaced him with an extra. Even if this guy puts it together...he just blends into the background, looks like any dude waiting to get his throat cut and doesn't have much presence so far.

Normally the show would be close to ending after something like this, but a lot of what people love isn't about Spartacus. It'd change the focus of the show; this should be Krixus' and Gannicus' show now. Or they'd just create a new character to take the lead. But that's hard because of...history.

I'll hold out hope, but almost every scene with him in it felt flat, unless someone else came through to save it. When he talks you stop paying attention. He's a create-a-character.