For your self-quarantine consideration: HBO’s other sprawling R-rated sword-swinging epic of rival families vying for power.
Treacherous rival families vying for power in an ancient foreign land.
A sprawling cast of intriguing characters that includes Ciaran Hinds, Tobias Menzies, and Indira Varma.
Sword fights and war, along with copious nudity and sex.
A dash of prophecy and magic (that may or may not have influence).
Some behind-the-scenesThronestalent is involved withRomeas well.
Ratings forRomewere solid, but not enough for HBO to justify a third season.
Later, HBO executives would privately admit cancelingRomewas probably a mistake.
And in today’s streaming universe,Romewould have worked just fine.
“The mistakes we made are the mistakesGame of Throneslearned from.
Many of the directors and producers are the same.
It ended for reasons other than running out of things to say.
I loved it.”
Romeis available on HBO Now and also currently on Amazon Prime.
