Like you, I liked Rome a lot (although the second series was rather depressing), and since they ended it way too early, I thought maybe Spartacus would fill the gap. One episode is a bit quick to judge about that of course, but if they manage to put that much sex and violence in one single episode, it doesn't seem that promising (though the violence is fairly unavoidable in a show about Spartacus, I suppose). What channel is this, Showtime? Or HBO again?