# Kings 25 July NBC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541 "2009-07-28T12:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/1 "2009-07-28T12:48:41Z")
Again Silas has the best line. > [@](#): > > …Bringing guns to a tank battle. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/2 "2009-07-28T16:31:54Z")
Too bad the show won’t live. But then, who does? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/3 "2009-07-28T17:28:04Z")
Great show, killed before its time. Damn, I would’ve loved to see this story continue. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/4 "2009-07-28T17:28:45Z")
Yes, I would have loved to see David’s rise to the throne. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/5 "2009-07-28T17:48:16Z")
I still don’t understand the reason for David’s unreasonable loyalty. Naive patriotism, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/6 "2009-07-28T17:59:07Z")
That, and I’m assuming God told him to be? I can’t really remember though. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/7 "2009-07-28T17:59:16Z")
He’s loyal to the realm, not to the King. He was originally loyal to the King until he realized that he didn’t deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/8 "2009-07-28T18:02:36Z")
Is this the last episode? If not, how many more left? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/9 "2009-07-28T18:15:05Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Is this the last episode? If not, how many more left? Yes, that’s it. NBC dropped it with initial bad ratings. I’m happy. It couldn’t have gone on without Ian McShane, and Silas would have to go at some point soon, lest it become Tom & Jerry or a really bad soap. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/10 "2009-07-28T18:27:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Yes, that’s it. NBC dropped it with initial bad ratings. > I’m happy. It couldn’t have gone on without Ian McShane, and Silas would have to go at some point soon, lest it become Tom & Jerry or a really bad soap. 🙂 Well the story would have been about David’s rise to the throne, so they could’ve carried it until that point, which would’ve been logical. A two-season run would’ve been perfect. But that being said, the marketing department at NBC must be run by a bunch of serious morons if they couldn’t get a bible story high ratings. They had a bunch of vague glossy advertisements all over New York, but obviously they failed at letting the bible belt market know that it’s a biblical story. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/11 "2009-07-28T18:44:40Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > They had a bunch of vague glossy advertisements all over New York, but obviously they failed at letting the bible belt market know that it’s a biblical story. Which implies that they couldn’t tell with Silas last name being “Benjamin” and a name like “David Shepherd”. 🙂 Nonetheless, this is the outfit that dropped _Star Trek_ like a hot rock. I agree, a second season would have been great; Saul asked his shield bearer or squire or whatever to kill him after losing a battle to avoid capture, was refused and fell on his own sword. That would have been a great way to end it. Silas bodyguard and “will no one rid me of this truculent priest” woman would have the courage to do it for him, or course. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kings-25-july-nbc/504541/12 "2009-07-28T18:52:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Again Silas has the best line. Naw best line was from his body guard to the prince. “It should be so hard pretend your doing in with someone who’s dead” Sorry if i got it wrong but dahm was that a statement with some deep sting to it.