Domina

Starts out the first couple episodes and looks like it's going to be some millennial thing for the CW, but then it gets pretty good. Historical femme fatale material, but of course they have to make her less vicious and give her a cause being the woke era and all. Still pretty good though since she is one of the more overlooked historical women and there is a lot of story left if they continue on until her end. They could get a good 3 or 4 seasons out of this at least at the pace they are going and still keep things alive.

I have to refute all the negativity about this series. I watched it over 3 evenings and, while not the best ever, yes it has it's flaws, I thoroughly enjoyed this series. I have read a lot of Roman history from this era and this series stays close enough to the truth for a fictional TV series. And that is the point - it's not a documentary, it's not even docu-drama, it's fiction. I found the story engaging, the characters and acting decent, the sets were gorgeous even if not historically accurate. Rome, which this has been compared to, and which I also really enjoyed, was so much more inaccurate it was laughable. But that's not why you watch a series like this. I like to follow up after for the truth and the details. A simple Wikipedia search will fill all that in for you. My only critique is that it fell really flat in the last two episodes. The drama and action seems to drag when it should have had a more fulfilling ending. But there is so much more story to cover for another or even into a third season.

One tip to help you in keeping track of all the names and characters, especially in the first few episodes and when they change the principle actors - turn on your subtitles! Even when reading about Ancient Rome, it's really hard to keep the names and characters straight so this helped a lot.

Started out okay. Stuck with it as it gradually got better and better. I found it both clever and entertaining. At the end and I'm already anxious for the next season. I've seen some criticism concerning language. Seems a silly critique. They are speaking English for a modern audience. I can't imagine sitting through a lengthy series listening to the entire cast speak Latin just for the sake of being historically correct.

I had no great expectations and was pleasantly surprised! I don't understand why people trash this show for allegedly inaccurate history. This is a series and not a documentary! The modern language only made the characters more believable to me. Again, I don't understand the criticism, should the actors have spoken in Latin?

Watch it! ;-)

7/10.

Just finished watching the final episode of the first series of Domina, a very smart new show from Sky, based on the life of Liva Drusilla - wife of Augustus Caesar. I really liked it, mainly because it continued the theme of complexity and double-dealing initiated in the character by Sian Phillips, who played Livia in the series I, Claudius. I saw that when it originally broadcast in 1976, and have seen it a couple of times since.. This version of her story presents a much younger version of Livia, but I found many similarities and links which enhanced both series. You do need to concentrate to keep up with her, but its a worthwhile effort . . . Give her a watch!