The Spoils of Babylon
The Spoils of Babylon Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
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About
"A straight-faced spoof of prestige-miniseries excess"
A six-part parody of the bloated, overwrought family-saga miniseries that dominated 1970s and 80s television, framed as the deranged passion project of a fictional drunken novelist who insists on narrating and starring in his own adaptation. Inside that frame, an oil dynasty's rise unfolds through incest-adjacent melodrama, wooden acting, and soap-opera excess played dead straight. The comedy is slow-burn and deadpan rather than joke-a-minute, built on tone and commitment rather than punchlines, and it rewards patience with genuinely inspired absurdity.
the deadpan commitment to parodying overblown 70s miniseries melodrama.
you need actual jokes rather than sustained tonal absurdity to laugh.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Foundling | 6.9 | 213 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The War Within | 7.1 | 178 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Kicking the Habit | 6.9 | 145 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Rise of the Empire | 6.9 | 141 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Age of the Bastard | 7.0 | 136 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | So Sweet the Bells | 7.1 | 133 | 23 min |