The BEST episodes directed by Franc Roddam

#1 - Part 2

Cleopatra - Season 1 - Episode 2

#2 - Episode 2

Moby Dick - Season 1 - Episode 2

Ahab's obsession takes on increasingly disturbing proportions, to the point where his crew questions the wisdom of the orders he gives. The death of Moby Dick's mother has left the whale calf in turmoil. The young cetacean can no longer find his place in the seas, and spends his fury on fishermen's boats...

#3 - Part 1

Cleopatra - Season 1 - Episode 1

The out-of-wedlock son of Cleopatra is seen to be a threat to his future leadership. Thus Brutus and other Roman legislators plot the assassination of Caesar. Caesar's loyal general, Marc Antony, and Octavian then divide up the Roman empire. Antony takes Egypt and soon takes up the affair with Cleopatra.

#4 - Episode 1

Moby Dick - Season 1 - Episode 1

1814. Young Ishmael arrives in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to board a whaling ship. In a tavern, he befriends an Indian, Queequeg. Soon, both men are hired aboard the "Pequod". Captain Ahab is a strange character, obsessed with a white whale. In a fierce battle with the captain, she sacrificed herself to save the life of her offspring, nicknamed Moby Dick. But the captain lost a leg in the fight. Since then, he has been on a mad hunt for Moby Dick...