rome season 1 was so perfect that it was nearly impossible to surpass it. i dont know how writers for season 1 could possibly have made season 2 so bad no matter what they had to work with. you should watch borgia season 3. it might've come years after season 2 or something because i watched borgia when it came out and do not recall at all anything about season 3 when i watched it again just now. it really is incredibly good.