Bit of a thread revival here - but finally got around to watching the final season.
I think I'd been putting it off because I knew how it had to end - and I'd forged some attachment to the show / characters. I wasn't looking forward to the fates that I knew they had to have coming.
I don't think this series was as good as Season 1 / Gods of the Arena - but then again John Hannah was absolutely outstanding as Batiatus and it was going to be a massive challenge for anybody to live up to him. It was still a solid season, clearly edged out Season 2 - the last few episodes really built to an amazing finale, and Starz should be applauded for not skimping on the budget and giving us an ending worthy of the great show its been.
Not going to lie and say I didn't feel a bit emotional at the end credits, the tribute to Andy and then that god damn Haka video a couple of pages back really didn't help either.
Great show, sad to see it end - but feel all the richer for having watched it.