Esther Hall

Ends 12/31/13. 'About Your Father.' (Series Finale) In the aftermath of the battle of Actium, Mark Antony returns to Alexandria, settling into numbing debauchery with Cleopatra. Meanwhile, Octavian turns to Pullo to try to convince Vorenus to give up Cleopatra's palace. Predictably, Vorenus refuses, but Cleopatra seems all too willing to dupe Mark Antony in order to save her life. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU

Ends 12/31/13. 'No God Can Stop a Hungry Man.' Rome is facing a dire shortage of grain, forcing Octavian to barter with Mark Antony to get new shipments sent from Egypt. But instead of agreeing to Octavian's price--money and territory--Mark Antony flatly turns him down, pointing towards an inevitable conflict between the two former allies and, perhaps, Vorenus and Pullo. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU

Ends 12/31/13. 'Philippi.' Brutus and Cassius see their military advantage vanish in the wake of Octavian's alliance with Mark Antony. Vorenus receives orders to execute scores of Rome's elite. Mark Antony adds a few names to the list of condemned, as does Atia. Pullo is sent on a brutal mission. On the plains of Philippi, two armies clash, with the future of Rome at stake. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU

Ends 12/31/13. 'Heroes of the Republic.' Vorenus returns to the Collegium. Octavian urges Cicero to embrace his request to be made Consul; in exchange, Octavian promises not to make a move without consulting Cicero first. Later, his first act as Consul takes Cicero and the Senate by surprise. To gain advantage over Brutus and Cassius's army, two adversaries patch up their differences. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU

Ends 12/31/13. 'These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero.' As Brutus and Cassius struggle to raise foreign money for an army, Mark Antony changes his post-consul itinerary from Macedonia to Gaul. The plan is derailed when Cicero delivers an in-absentia message to the Senate, then throws his support to Octavian, the new Caesar. Vorenus, meantime, is in a battle of his own. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU

Ends 12/31/13. 'Son of Hades.' Cleopatra arrives in Rome to pay her respects to Caesar--and to attempt to get her son legitimized. Frustrated by Mark Antony in his attempt to secure his inheritance, Octavian takes out a loan to pay off Caesar's promise to the people. Mark Antony orders Vorenus to assume Erastes' captaincy, and he and Pullo bully the warring gangs into an uneasy truce. Also available on Amazon Instant Video and VUDU

Ends 12/31/13. 'Passover.' (Season Two premiere) In the wake of Caesar's murder, a cauldron of contrary emotions bubbles across Rome. Narrowly escaping Quintus Pompey and his henchmen outside the Senate, Mark Antony decides to flee north to raise an army, and makes plans to leave the city with Atia, her children and Caesar's widow Calpurnia. Meanwhile, Vorenus issues a curse he soon regrets. Also available on Amazon Instant Video, iTunes and VUDU

Ends 12/31/13. 'Egeria.' Mark Antony is running Rome while Caesar pursues Pompey, but when news comes that the tide has turned and that Pompey now pursues Caesar, Antony must decide whether to stick by his old commander or turn against him. Pullo takes Octavian to a brothel; Atia attempts to mend fences with Servilia; and Vorenus and Niobe rediscover their intimacy, albeit briefly. Also available on Amazon Instant Video, iTunes and VUDU

The Grid is taken by immense surprise when a known Irish splinter group leader, Patrick McCann (Lorcan Cranitch), walks into a safe house, armed with a grenade and demands to talk to someone about Asabiyah. He has crucial information on the Middle-Eastern terrorist group and will only talk to someone high-ranking, who has prior knowledge of its existence. An emergency meeting is called, at which Tom offers to meet McCann. Harry, however, has doubts and is deeply suspicious of McCann's motivation. A vote is called, and it's agreed that Tom will meet McCann - no wires, no back-up, as requested.

Tom's mentor uses such an unconventional approach when he infiltrates a protest group that the operatives question whether he's still loyal to MI-5. Also available on Amazon Instant Video