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Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
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Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
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Jeremy IronsRodrigo Borgia
David OakesJuan Borgia
François ArnaudCesare Borgia
Holliday GraingerLucrezia Borgia
Joanne WhalleyVanozza Cattaneo
Colm FeoreGiuliano Della Rovere
Peter SullivanCardinal Ascanio Sforza
Sean HarrisMicheletto
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Episode 1
Pope Alexander fights for his life; the cardinals fight for control of the papacy; Cesare and Micheletto track the assassin; Della Rovere prepares to make his move.
Directed by Kari SkoglandWritten by Guy BurtGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Colm Feore, Peter Sullivan, Vernon Dobtcheff, Lotte Verbeek, Lukács Bicskey, Horváth Ákos, André Gower
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Episode 2
Alexander tasks Cardinal Sforza with purging the College of Cardinals, old Roman families conspire against the Pope, and Lucrezia tries to seduce Cesare.
Directed by Kari SkoglandWritten by Neil JordanGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Peter Sullivan, Vernon Dobtcheff, Lotte Verbeek, Prometheus Aleifer, Pilou Asbæk, Oliver Doherty, László Keszég
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Episode 3
The King of Naples refuses to accept Lucrzia's child as part of the marriage agreement and pointedly invites Caterins Sforza and other Borgia enemies to the wedding.
Written by Guy BurtGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Peter Sullivan, Vernon Dobtcheff, Prometheus Aleifer, Pilou Asbæk, Gados Béla, Mike Kelly, Iván Fenyő
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Episode 4
Cardinal Farnese exposes the embezzlement of Cardinal Versucci while the King of Naples insists the consummation of Lucrezia's marriage to his cousin be witnessed.
Written by Guy BurtGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Peter Sullivan, Vernon Dobtcheff, Lotte Verbeek, Jonah Russell, Szilvia Pintér, Réka Sinkó, Péter Polgár
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Episode 5
Lucrezia and Micheletto plot the death of King Ferdinand when he refuses her her baby as Cesare's promise of an annulment for Louis X!. gain him a wife and army.
Directed by Kari SkoglandWritten by Neil JordanGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Peter Sullivan, Prometheus Aleifer, Pilou Asbæk, Ana Ularu, András Ábel, András Sándor, Gabi Fón
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Episode 6
Cesare unites the sons of the five Romagna families with his own army against Forli, and the Pope negotiates for a with Constantinople Jews for a holy relic.
Directed by Kari SkoglandWritten by Guy BurtGuest stars Peter Sullivan, Prometheus Aleifer, Pilou Asbæk, Tom Keller, Jonah Russell, Árpád Barta, Csaba Vékes, Matt Devere
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Episode 7
After the French king occupies a deserted Milan, he tasks Cesare with killing Ludivico, and Lucretia becomes involved in Neapolitan palace intrigue.
Written by Neil JordanGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Peter Sullivan, Lotte Verbeek, Luke Allen-Gale, Prometheus Aleifer, Pilou Asbæk, Callum Turner, Barney Glover
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Episode 8
Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic, and Alfonso puts Lucrezia under house arrest.
Written by Neil JordanGuest stars Peter Sullivan, Luke Allen-Gale, András Ábel, Pál Makrai, Andrea Takáts, Dénes Bernáth, Zsolt Viczei, Inotay Ákos
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Episode 9
Lucrezia escapes with Alfonso and her baby from Naples while the Pope corners the market in sulfur, restricting others from manufacturing gunpowder.
Directed by Neil JordanWritten by Neil JordanGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Luke Allen-Gale, Prometheus Aleifer, Pilou Asbæk, Kata Sarbó, Tom Keller, András Ábel, Liam McMahon
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Episode 10
Micheletto returns to Cesare briefly to help him destroy the walls of Forli and capture Caterina Sforza and later recruit her assassin Rufio.
Directed by Neil JordanWritten by Neil JordanGuest stars Joanne Whalley, Peter Sullivan, Prometheus Aleifer, Pilou Asbæk, Jamie Beamish, András Ábel, Simon Gregor, Gyula Mesterházy
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