# The Bastard Executioner **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443 "2015-09-16T04:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/21 "2015-09-20T04:01:31Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > šŸ˜• There were tons of Welsh accents. Speaking of Welsh accents I just saw John Cale in season two of ā€œThe Bridgeā€ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/22 "2015-09-20T06:01:40Z")
I recorded it, and was looking forward to watching it with the Druidess on Friday night. We made it maybe 15 minutes in and turned it off. Gratuitous violence without enough of a plot hook to make us care who was killing whom for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/23 "2015-09-28T15:18:37Z")
Iā€™m trying to find this on (legal) streaming so I can catch up. The FX website has episodes 1 and 3 but not 2. Is it available elsewhere that you know of? ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/24 "2015-09-28T15:22:21Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Iā€™m trying to find this on (legal) streaming so I can catch up. The FX website has episodes 1 and 3 but not 2. Is it available elsewhere that you know of? OK - looks like episodes 1 & 2 are available for free on iTunes. Weird, but OK Iā€™ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/25 "2015-09-28T15:30:29Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Iā€™m trying to find this on (legal) streaming so I can catch up. The FX website has episodes 1 and 3 but not 2. Is it available elsewhere that you know of? I think that the episode 1 was the pilot and episode 2 combined. I have not noticed that any plot was missing between the premier and episode 3. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/26 "2015-09-28T15:45:53Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I think that the episode 1 was the pilot and episode 2 combined. > > I have not noticed that any plot was missing between the premier and episode 3. Thanks - I think youā€™re right. The ā€œEpisode 1ā€ on the website is 91 minutes long. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/27 "2015-09-28T15:54:15Z")
I thought it was OK. I donā€™t mind the violence but the CGI blood and slicing is badly done and takes me out of it. They blew past realistic and went straight to cartoony. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/28 "2015-09-30T23:47:33Z")
Well last nightā€™s episode cleared up some confusion I had over who exactly gets Ventrishire; I was wondering if it was Lady Loveā€™s fief and her husband only held it _jure uxoris_. She needs a man fast, ideally a peasant she can have killed as soon as heā€™s served his purpose. Bonus points if has any resemblance to the late baron. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443/29 "2015-10-01T15:52:50Z")
I havenā€™t seen the 2nd episode, but I sure wasnā€™t impressed with the first. Lots of stolen material: Katy Sagal (and her weird accent) gives a soon-to-be tortured and executed girl a drug to dull the pain. Can you say _ **Braveheart** _. Also, thereā€™s the obligatory black fellow named (and get this) Berber the Moor. Can you say _ **Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.** _ I havenā€™t been bored enough to try episode 2, but Iā€™ll eventually get around to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bastard-executioner/731443.md?page=1)