The Borgias
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 9 – Nessuno (Nobody)
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 9 – Nessuno (Nobody)
Summary: In the season finale, Pope Alexander, abandoned by his cardinals, faces Charles, whom he crowns “King of France and Naples” and hopes that gesture and his humility will be enough to save his papacy. Meanwhile, Della Rovere is concerned after Charles More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 8 – The Art of War
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 8 – The Art of War
Summary: Paolo helps Lucrezia and Giulia escape Giovanni’s estate, but the women wind up as captives of the advancing French army. At the Vatican, Pope Alexander worries whether his few remaining troops will be able to stop the invaders’ march More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 7 – Death, on a Pale Horse
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 7 – Death, on a Pale Horse
Summary: The armies of the French invade Italy and decimate the town of Lucca as Della Rovere comes to comprehend what damage he has wrought with his warmongering as many powerful Italian leaders flee the onslaught. Meanwhile, the pope More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 6 – The French King
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 6 – The French King
Summary: When Pope Alexander learns that Della Rovere is seeking to form an alliance with France’s King Charles, he decides to forge a union between Rome and Naples by marrying off his youngest son to the older Neapolitan princess. Meanwhile, with More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 5 – The Borgias in Love
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 5 – The Borgias in Love
Summary: Lucrezia turns her attentions to a handsome young stable boy as a temporary escape from her loveless marriage. Meanwhile, Cesare has fallen in love with an influential baron’s wife and takes drastic steps to ensure she will become his. More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 4 – Lucrezia’s Wedding
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 4 – Lucrezia’s Wedding
Summary: Lucrezia is deeply disappointed to discover her real mother has been banned from her wedding to Giovanni Sforza, whom she’s never met. Meanwhile, Della Rovere goes to Florence to broker a deal with the powerful Medici family and meets with their More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 3 – The Moor
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 3 – The Moor
Summary: ews displaced by the Spanish Inquisition receive a welcome in Rome—for a price. Meanwhile, the pope contemplates a marriage of political expedience for Lucrezia; Cesare sends Micheletto to Naples to assassinate Cardinal Della Rovere; and young Juan is given the task More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 2 – The Assassin
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 2 – The Assassin
Summary: Rodrigo schemes and bribes his way into being elected head of the Catholic Church as Pope Alexander VI, and has his son Cesare named a cardinal. Another son, Juan, is put in charge of the papal armies, and daughter Lucrezia is More >
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 1 – The Poisoned Chalice
The Borgias: Season 1, Episode 1 – The Poisoned Chalice
Summary: Rodrigo schemes and bribes his way into being elected head of the Catholic Church as Pope Alexander VI, and has his son Cesare named a cardinal. Another son, Juan, is put in charge of the papal armies, and daughter Lucrezia More >