"Spartacus: Gods of the Arena" 2.05 Recap: You Thought It Was On Before? Oh, Now it's REALLY On.

Welcome to the recap of the penultimate episode of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena! It's been a crazy ride so far, and things just keep getting Spartacussier with every passing moment.

Two thoughts on this ep: 1) If you thought the ending to the last episode was shocking, holding on to your butts.

2) No peen this week (maybe a peen overload from the last episode?), but this one can be called nothing short of a grundlepalooza. As you shall soon see.

We begin with Medea checking out some wine bottles ... and without giving anything away, this is some crazy foreshadowing, so remember that image.

Gannicus shows up and is all, "Hey." And she's all, "Hey." And he's all, "Let's do it," and she's all, "Cool." So this ...

Very quickly leads to this ...

But the good times are interrupted by Doctore showing up and stabbing them both to death! Oh, it was just a dream. Good thing horrible acts like these never occur in real life on this show. Heh heh.

Heh.

So, anyhoo ... elsewhere in the villa, Lucretia Lawless is having a flashback to Gaia's unfortunate demise, and she calls on Medea to help her. Old Navy comes along, and we get a nice scene with the three of them conspiring to pull a fast one on Pappy-Batty, reminding us that women hold power only through sly strategy in this world.

You know. Or something.

In the ludus, the boys are doing what they do best, namely beating the ever-loving shee-ite out of each other. Crisco and Barracuda spar, and after being knocked flat on his back, bringing us to the first of many grundle shots of this episode —

You're welcome.

— Barracuda laughs in congratulation of Crisco's fighting skill. Because he apparently forgot about that whole, you know, killing his lover thing.

"You know what? Buy me a beer and we'll call it even."