Egeria

Greetings from Lithuania.

Sixth episode of Rome was its most boring one yet. There was so many love scenes, dialogs about love, naked dudes and women that i felt like watching some soft romantic soup opera. There was little to none action. Plot barely moved forward and everyone felt like were just doing it by the book.

Overall, a boring and disappointing episode.

I'm no prude, but a full third of this episode was in various bedrooms. These scenes added little to the plot and the intimacy rarely advanced the plot, developed new themes, or revealed character traits.

I know many prudish people who deride HBO series, directors, and actors for the base appeal to the senses. I disagree. S*x is a major part of humanity. It can and should be titillating and often can be used as a meaningful foil for character development or story progression. Many shows strike this balance.

This episode rehashes the well-established lust of many characters. It forces an untested character into that realm, and doesn't really depict Roman sexuality in a new way we haven't seen. The sex is wanton and takes up a significant portion of the episode. It was very distracting. I found myself skipping so much because I had enough.

Truly, I love this show, but this is HBO at its worst.

Does anyone know why this episode is missing on DIRECTV ondemand for HBO?