Gannicus........+ The Ludus
Ok, I've read quite a few things about Gannicus & why he is the way he is. The Rockstar, selfish, a-hole These are my own personal thought and Gannicus.
A) In the beginning, Gannicus is a rock star, the groupies & the lifestyle. He embraces it, he loves it, he has more "freedom" than the other gladiators. Hell, he's fricking Gannicus! He kills people blindfolded!!!! Over the course of the 6 episodes we see Gannicus change, he 2 episodes in and he has to put up with BS, by the 4th-5th episode, he's fought someone blindfolded, had relations with his best friends wife, fell in love with her, couldnt tell his best friend, treated like crap by his dominus father, his ass is offered to a Roman official (thank god he declines. And toward the end of the 6 episodes, he's broken down. He wants to get out. The Melitta gets killed and he wants revenge 1, because he loved her 2 because thats his homies best friend. which brings me to the Ludus
2) The producers want to show us that this Ludus is a bad place to be and it can & will break down the strongest man, looked what it did to Gannicus, Crixis, Spartacus, Varro, Barca (they killed their most loyal guy), Oenomaus , hell even Quintus Batiatus & Lucretia. It destroys everybody, Nobody started and finished the same, nobody!
Can't wait to see Gannicus in Jan, the above words were just me thoughts!