If you didn't like Pullo in Episode 5...

[chris]

*SPOILERS*

...ye gods, you'll hate him after this episode. The killing of the girl's "husband" by basically curbing him against a pillar was disturbingly violent, even by Rome standards (note that they had a "graphic violence" tag at the beginning of the episode [but no "nudity" tag, alas]).

It was truly an act of passion on Pullo's part, and he seemed genuinely sorry, if at a loss to express it. And now he's going to be flirting with joining the mob, possibly having his loyalty to Vorenus tested.

[Jeff]

Egad. Pullo cracked his skull like an egg. But when Vorenus told him not to ever come back, I still felt bad when Pullo shot back a look of unexpected injury. Art is so strange. In real life I'd be calling 911 and looking for a bat, but when I am a cathode ray tube distant from a brute like Pullo, the safety lets me feel for him. (I think that is a political thought, too.)