The Borgias

In the fifteenth century, Pope Alexander VI tries to control all power in Italy with the help of his several sons, through murder, intrigue, war, and marriage alliances.

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Cast:Jeremy Irons , FranÃ§ois Arnaud , Holliday Grainger , Peter Sullivan , Sean Harris , Joanne Whalley , Lotte Verbeek , Colm Feore , Vernon Dobtcheff , David Oakes , Bosco Hogan , Gina McKee , David Alpay , Julian Bleach , Sebastian De Souza , Thure Lindhardt , Steven Berkoff , Ruta Gedmintas

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ The Poisoned Chalice

Sun, Apr 3, 2011

Extremely ruthless and ambitious cardinal Rodrigo Borgia uses bribery to take advantage of the death of the current Pope and rise to the Papacy.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Assassin

Sun, Apr 3, 2011

Micheletto, Orsini's assassin is recruited by Cesare to defect into the service of Della Rovere who is trying to prove Rodrigo has taken on a mistress.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Moor

Sun, Apr 10, 2011

Sultan Cem of the Ottoman Empire arrives at Rome. Cesare declines his brothers request of using Michelotto. The Pope tries to decide who is to marry his daughter.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Lucrezia's Wedding

Sun, Apr 17, 2011

Rodrigo's children insist that their mother be invited to Lucrezia's arranged political marriage to a Sforza, but the Pope resists.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Borgias in Love

Sun, Apr 24, 2011

Cesare Borgia takes the beautiful Ursula Bornadeo as his mistress and vows to revenge himself on her husband who has insulted his mother.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The French King

Sun, May 1, 2011

In order to ensure a lasting alliance with Naples, the Pope betroths his 13 year old son to his bastard daughter while Della Rovere conspires in France.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Death, on a Pale Horse

Sun, May 8, 2011

Della Rovere convinces the French king to invade Milan and is aghast at the slaughter while Cesare discovers the abbey where Ursula has retreated after her husband's death.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Art of War

Sun, May 15, 2011

Paolo helps Lucrezia and Guilia escape Sforza, but they are captured by advancing French forces as the Pope's cardinals flee Rome before King Charles' military juggernaut.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Nessuno (Nobody)

Sun, May 22, 2011

The Pope disarms King Charles by promising his support for his Neapolitan claims, and wishes to annul Lucrezia's marriage on grounds of her husband's impotency.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Borgia Bull

Tue, Jun 26, 2012

The King of France revenges himself on King Alfonso of Naples for the plague, and after finding pornographic frescoes the Pope decides to revive Roman bacchanalia.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Paolo

Tue, Jul 3, 2012

Paolo searches for Lucrezia and their son, and the Pope inspects the lives of commoners with Vittoria and Guilia in disguise.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Beautiful Deception

Tue, Jul 10, 2012

Lucrezia is inconsolable after Paolo's death, but it is ruled a suicide as King Charles marches north to revenge themselves on the Pope and the Eternal City.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Stray Dogs

Tue, Jul 17, 2012

Cesare learns that Ursula and others at the convent have been slaughtered by the French, and he plans revenge as the Pope organizes a coalition to attack the retreating French.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Choice

Tue, Jul 24, 2012

Cesare goes to Forli to convince Catherina Sforza to pledge allegiance to the Pope while the Pontiff tries to find a way to buy off Cardinal Savarona.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Day of Ashes

Tue, Jul 31, 2012

Machiavelli gives Cesare information on De Medici gold, and Rodrigo pressures Lucrezia into another political marriage.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Siege at Forli

Tue, Aug 7, 2012

Juan returns from Spain with gifts after contracting a STD. He lays siege to Forli and takes Cathrina Sforza's son hostage.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Truth and Lies

Tue, Aug 14, 2012

A wounded Juan Borgia returns to Rome with lies about his bravery, and Lucrezia agrees to marry the son of a rich Genovese merchant but lusts after his brother.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ World of Wonders

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

The Pope excommunicates Friar Savanarola and he fails a test by fire while Giovanni haunted by shame and the agonies of syphilis threatens Lucrezia's son.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Confession

Tue, Aug 28, 2012

Pope Alexander authorizes a search for missing son Juan as Savonarola continues to resist torture, and Lucrezia seduces her fiancé.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Face of Death

Sun, Apr 14, 2013

Thanks to Lucezia's remedy for cantarella, Rodrigo makes a miraculous recovery to everyone's surprise, but there is a Sforza plot to kill the Pope's family.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Purge

Sun, Apr 21, 2013

Alexander tasks Cardinal Sforza with purging the College of Cardinals, old Roman families conspire against the Pope, and Lucrezia tries to seduce Cesare.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Siblings

Tue, Jun 11, 2013

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.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Banquet of Chestnuts

Sun, May 5, 2013

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.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Wolf and the Lamb

Sun, May 12, 2013

Lucrezia and Micheletto plot the death of King Ferdinand II when he refuses her her baby as Cesare's promise of an annulment for Louis XII gain him a wife and army.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Relics

Tue, Jul 2, 2013

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.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Lucrezia's Gambit

Tue, Jul 9, 2013

After the French king occupies a deserted Milan, he tasks Cesare with killing Ludivico, and Lucretia becomes involved in Neapolitan palace intrigue.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Tears of Blood

Sun, Jun 2, 2013

Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic, and Fredirigo puts Lucrezia under house arrest.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ The Gunpowder Plot

Sun, Jun 9, 2013

Lucrezia escapes with Alfonso and her baby from Naples while the Pope corners the market in sulfur, restricting others from manufacturing gunpowder.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ The Prince

Tue, Jul 30, 2013

Micheletto returns to Cesare briefly to help him destroy the walls of Forli and capture Caterina Sforza and later recruit her assassin Rufio.