1 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:43,820 The peninsula of Italy is threatened by invasion from France 2 00:01:43,890 --> 00:01:46,060 and the Muslim Turks. 3 00:01:50,230 --> 00:01:55,170 Italy itself is divided into ten warring kingdoms. 4 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,510 At the center are the Papal States 5 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:05,550 ruled by Pope Innocent VIII. 6 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:13,290 Rome, its capital, is also divided into warring factions, 7 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,830 the Orsini, the Colonna and the Borgia. 8 00:03:15,820 --> 00:03:18,870 This is for calling my uncle a Jew. 9 00:03:18,940 --> 00:03:22,720 This is for calling my uncle a Moor. 10 00:03:22,790 --> 00:03:26,340 This is because I feel like beating the shit out of you. 11 00:03:26,410 --> 00:03:28,480 Cesare, stop. You'll kill him. 12 00:03:29,350 --> 00:03:30,350 (PEOPLE GASP) 13 00:03:33,650 --> 00:03:36,640 I thought you'd never get here. 14 00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:06,270 (TWITTERING) 15 00:04:37,370 --> 00:04:38,670 Mama. 16 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,140 Mama. 17 00:04:44,390 --> 00:04:45,720 Mama! 18 00:04:45,790 --> 00:04:46,820 Mama. 19 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,630 Mama, help me. Mama, I'm dying. 20 00:04:54,900 --> 00:05:00,640 No, Lucrezia. You are a woman now. Come, we will wash you. 21 00:05:04,010 --> 00:05:05,680 Come on, Ottaviano. 22 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:13,770 GUARD: His Holiness will not be receiving petitions today. 23 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:16,900 He is meeting with the College of Cardinals. 24 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,040 Verbum incarnatum. 25 00:05:23,110 --> 00:05:26,330 BURCHARD: His Holiness, Pope Innocent VIII of that name 26 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,540 calls to order a meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals 27 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,570 on this third day in the month of March 28 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,410 in the year of our Lord, fourteen ninety and two. 29 00:05:43,350 --> 00:05:49,290 The Supreme Pontiff will hear from Vice-Chancellor Rodrigo Cardinal Borgia. 30 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:54,730 Holy Father, I have received the joyous report from King Ferdinand of Aragon, 31 00:05:54,790 --> 00:05:57,040 and his Queen, Isabella of Castile. 32 00:05:57,110 --> 00:06:02,880 Their armies have driven the Muslims from Granada, uniting the country of Spain. 33 00:06:02,950 --> 00:06:04,050 (CARDINALS APPLAUDING) 34 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,490 CARDINAL: Bravo. 35 00:06:09,220 --> 00:06:12,810 In honor of this momentous victory for the Christian faith, 36 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,750 I beseech Your Holiness to grant to Ferdinand and Isabella 37 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:21,050 the title of Most Catholic Majesty. 38 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,370 (CARDINALS MURMURING) 39 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,520 (CLEARS THROAT) 40 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:29,610 The Supreme Pontiff will hear from the Dean of the Sacred College, 41 00:06:38,740 --> 00:06:41,390 will certainly anger all the other monarchs of Europe. 42 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:48,450 King Charles of France has been no less ardent in defending the one, true faith. 43 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,450 Vice-Chancellor. 44 00:06:53,450 --> 00:06:57,140 Your Holiness has asked the French King to initiate a new Crusade 45 00:06:57,210 --> 00:07:00,940 to defend the Italian coast from the heathen Muslims. 46 00:07:01,940 --> 00:07:04,330 Yet His Highness equivocates. 47 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:09,500 Though the army of France is the greatest military force in the known world, 48 00:07:09,570 --> 00:07:11,200 he equivocates. 49 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:13,650 Why? 50 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:18,310 Perhaps his faith is not married to his passion. 51 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:32,290 What says the consistory? Assent? 52 00:07:34,980 --> 00:07:36,310 16. 53 00:07:38,380 --> 00:07:39,660 Dissent? 54 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:43,720 Four. 55 00:07:47,340 --> 00:07:48,710 BURCHARD: Vice-Chancellor? 56 00:07:48,770 --> 00:07:55,180 Now to a request from Lorenzo de Medici regarding his son, Giovanni. 57 00:07:55,250 --> 00:07:58,300 ALESSANDRO: The highest being of consciousness on Earth is man, 58 00:07:58,370 --> 00:08:00,870 but our existence must have purpose. 59 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:04,000 God commands each of us to think, observe and create. 60 00:08:04,070 --> 00:08:09,340 No, Alessandro. He commands us to perform unselfish service for the good of humanity. 61 00:08:09,410 --> 00:08:12,400 That is the only way to save one's soul. 62 00:08:12,460 --> 00:08:13,330 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 63 00:08:25,530 --> 00:08:27,210 From His Holiness. 64 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,000 It's for you. Giovanni de Medici. 65 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:45,730 I... 66 00:08:46,780 --> 00:08:48,800 I am named a cardinal. 67 00:08:48,930 --> 00:08:50,080 (STUDENTS APPLAUDING) 68 00:08:56,090 --> 00:08:58,230 Well done, old friend. 69 00:08:58,290 --> 00:08:59,760 Congratulations. 70 00:08:59,830 --> 00:09:03,330 (ALL CONGRATULATING) 71 00:09:13,910 --> 00:09:14,940 (BOYS LAUGHING) 72 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:27,420 Invasion by the French, the Germans, the Muslim Turks hangs above us like a noose, 73 00:09:27,490 --> 00:09:29,690 and yet Italy remains fractured. 74 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,740 Ten independent countries squabbling. 75 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,060 20 points. 76 00:09:37,130 --> 00:09:40,720 The threat of war between Naples and Milan grows more pungent each day. 77 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:43,470 You, Orsini, have made things worse 78 00:09:43,540 --> 00:09:45,870 by signing a contract with Naples. 79 00:09:45,940 --> 00:09:49,630 You, Colonna, tried to do the same, only we outbid you. 80 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,860 (CHUCKLING) 40 points. 81 00:09:55,330 --> 00:09:56,740 You cheat. 82 00:09:57,290 --> 00:09:59,090 Cheat? Me? 83 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:00,760 Orsini dog! 84 00:10:00,820 --> 00:10:02,760 Colonna whore! 85 00:10:02,820 --> 00:10:04,180 No. 86 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,130 Stop. In the name of Almighty God, stop. 87 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,330 These petty rivalries endanger Rome. Rome! 88 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,920 Will you murder the Eternal City simply to prove your family is the strongest? 89 00:10:16,990 --> 00:10:21,630 No. These factions must end. We must work in unity. 90 00:10:23,260 --> 00:10:29,350 Gianbattista, Giovanni, I want you to offer each other the sign of peace. 91 00:10:29,420 --> 00:10:32,370 Our three families, we are the masters of Rome. 92 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:37,090 We can leave our children a legacy of plenty or of waste. Choose. 93 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:41,340 When the city is safe, 94 00:10:41,410 --> 00:10:43,230 you can kill each other. 95 00:10:43,300 --> 00:10:44,380 (MAN CHUCKLES) 96 00:11:05,420 --> 00:11:07,370 VANNOZZA: Lucrezia. 97 00:11:08,170 --> 00:11:09,560 Lucrezia. 98 00:11:10,590 --> 00:11:11,680 Lucrezia. 99 00:11:13,850 --> 00:11:15,680 Lucrezia. 100 00:11:15,750 --> 00:11:18,380 Did you not hear me call? Yes, Mother. 101 00:11:18,450 --> 00:11:21,300 Then why did you not respond? 102 00:11:22,790 --> 00:11:25,790 I shall never have a husband. 103 00:11:25,860 --> 00:11:28,090 Boys, wait for me downstairs. 104 00:11:28,930 --> 00:11:30,800 My father is dead. 105 00:11:30,860 --> 00:11:33,330 My brothers are off either fighting the Muslims in Spain 106 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,500 or studying for the priesthood in Pisa. 107 00:11:35,570 --> 00:11:39,440 Or too young. Who will arrange a marriage for me? 108 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:44,040 Cardinal Borgia, your uncle, of course. When? Why does he wait? 109 00:11:44,110 --> 00:11:47,190 Am I too ugly? Too plain? Too... No. 110 00:11:50,030 --> 00:11:53,250 He wants to find you the right husband. 111 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,300 And besides, I have been married three times. 112 00:11:55,370 --> 00:11:58,520 I advise you, be careful for what you wish. 113 00:11:59,060 --> 00:12:02,210 Oh, Mama. 114 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:07,060 Tell me about my father. I have done so a thousand times. 115 00:12:07,130 --> 00:12:08,620 Was he handsome? Yes. 116 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:10,880 Was he brave? Oh, yes. 117 00:12:10,950 --> 00:12:15,960 Did you love him so much that you thought you would die without him? 118 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:18,510 You read too much romance, Lucrezia. 119 00:12:18,580 --> 00:12:20,490 I'm sad to say, but soon you will learn 120 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:23,380 there is very little real romance in the world. 121 00:12:32,510 --> 00:12:34,780 RODRIGO: The weather has been so strange lately. 122 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,380 Brutally hot one moment, frigidly cold the next. 123 00:12:38,450 --> 00:12:42,480 An augur of ill times to come? The death of the Pope? 124 00:12:42,550 --> 00:12:45,400 Or war between Naples and Milan. 125 00:12:45,420 --> 00:12:49,110 That in itself will bring ruin to the entire Italian peninsula. 126 00:12:49,180 --> 00:12:50,960 But, worse, to Rome. 127 00:12:51,030 --> 00:12:52,930 In order for one to attack the other... 128 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,500 their armies must march through the Papal States. 129 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:58,700 I've asked the Pope to intercede, but he procrastinates, 130 00:12:58,770 --> 00:13:03,320 Uncle! unsure whether to shit on Naples or piss on Milan. 131 00:13:03,390 --> 00:13:06,890 Juan, why have you returned from Spain? 132 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:12,180 I did not summon you... Uncle, Pedro Luis is dead. 133 00:13:18,190 --> 00:13:20,900 He was the future of our family. 134 00:13:24,210 --> 00:13:28,540 Ride to Pisa at once, bring your brother Cesare home. Go. Go. 135 00:13:58,290 --> 00:14:00,930 (BOTH EXCLAIMING) 136 00:14:08,890 --> 00:14:10,460 Yes. 137 00:14:12,390 --> 00:14:16,960 Is the pain too much? That's seven points to you. 138 00:14:17,030 --> 00:14:20,420 Wine will fortify your game. Juan. 139 00:14:21,780 --> 00:14:26,090 Back from Valencia? What is wrong? 140 00:14:26,150 --> 00:14:28,620 Pedro Luis has been assassinated. 141 00:14:31,390 --> 00:14:34,010 By whom? I killed all of the assassins. 142 00:14:34,110 --> 00:14:35,850 Was that wise? Wise? 143 00:14:35,910 --> 00:14:38,600 Well, we'll never know who sent them. The Moors, of course. 144 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:42,090 In retaliation for our brother's victory at Ronda. 145 00:14:42,150 --> 00:14:45,410 Come. We must to Rome. 146 00:15:10,460 --> 00:15:12,770 God is punishing me for my sins. 147 00:15:12,830 --> 00:15:17,690 Last year, he took my daughter, Jeronima, and now Pedro Luis. 148 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,210 Though the two were not my children, I loved them as my own. 149 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,290 No man should bury a brother, a daughter and a son. 150 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:30,870 Vannozza, I am afraid of losing more. So I want Lucrezia to live with me. 151 00:15:30,940 --> 00:15:35,210 The death of my firstborn has been like a bell in a church tower awakening me. 152 00:15:35,270 --> 00:15:37,060 I need my family near. 153 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,610 Will you finally acknowledge them as your children? 154 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,430 No. 155 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:46,330 The Pope himself has legitimized his bastards. Why can you not? 156 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,890 He is the Pope, above reproach. 157 00:15:48,950 --> 00:15:53,010 I am merely mortal, and susceptible to slander, abuse, ridicule. 158 00:15:53,070 --> 00:15:54,710 What about Goffredo? 159 00:15:55,490 --> 00:15:57,110 He stays here. 160 00:15:57,180 --> 00:15:59,650 You said you wanted all of your children. 161 00:16:00,470 --> 00:16:01,900 Exactly. 162 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,670 And I am hoping you will come to trust me as you do your own mother. 163 00:16:37,220 --> 00:16:41,320 The room is lovely, Cousin Adriana. Thank His Eminence. 164 00:16:41,390 --> 00:16:45,580 I will send in servants to unpack your belongings. Um, no. 165 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,900 I would like 166 00:16:50,580 --> 00:16:53,220 a moment to pray. 167 00:17:05,950 --> 00:17:07,550 Mama. 168 00:17:16,710 --> 00:17:24,020 Eternal rest, grant unto Your faithful servant, Pedro Luis, 169 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:28,050 and let perpetual light shine upon him. 170 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:32,390 Whom Thou has called out of this world 171 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:37,940 and caused him to be joined to the fellowship of Thy saints. 172 00:17:38,010 --> 00:17:43,730 Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, Thy son, 173 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,500 who being God, lives and reigns with Thee 174 00:17:48,570 --> 00:17:52,640 in the unity of the Holy Ghost. 175 00:17:55,900 --> 00:18:00,680 The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance, 176 00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:04,620 an evil report, he shall not fear. 177 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,440 The just man. 178 00:18:08,510 --> 00:18:14,260 Trusting in the Lord, his heart is steadfast. 179 00:18:14,330 --> 00:18:20,490 He shall not fear till he looks down upon his foes. 180 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,490 You are men now and I will talk to you as men 181 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,420 about issues which are important to us as a family. 182 00:18:26,210 --> 00:18:27,740 Rome is in danger. 183 00:18:28,780 --> 00:18:31,050 Pope Innocent will not live long. 184 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,530 The Colonna family and the Orsini family, 185 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,840 each hoping to name the next Pontiff, 186 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:41,720 will seize the bridges, the roads, the fortresses which surround us. 187 00:18:41,790 --> 00:18:46,250 Our fortunes, our very lives will be in danger. 188 00:18:47,230 --> 00:18:48,770 Unless... 189 00:18:48,770 --> 00:18:51,470 Unless we keep the two families focused on a single enemy. 190 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:53,270 Am I right, Uncle? Yes. 191 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:57,310 And that enemy is Cardinal della Rovere. Am I right, Uncle? 192 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:58,920 RODRIGO: Yes. 193 00:18:58,990 --> 00:19:03,160 In my eyes, you are both of equal measure. 194 00:19:03,230 --> 00:19:07,330 But only one of you can succeed Pedro Luis as Duke of Gandia. 195 00:19:10,690 --> 00:19:15,740 Juan, I want you to visit Virginio Orsini. 196 00:19:15,810 --> 00:19:19,600 Listen to him, sympathize with his every complaint, 197 00:19:19,620 --> 00:19:23,370 make him believe we Borgia side with him. 198 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:31,460 And you, to Fabrizio Colonna, to convince him of the same. 199 00:19:31,530 --> 00:19:34,830 Poison their minds against della Rovere. 200 00:19:38,020 --> 00:19:40,980 You are the sons of the House of Borgia. 201 00:19:41,050 --> 00:19:44,860 I have absolute faith in your talents and discretion. 202 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,290 Be gone with Godspeed. 203 00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:55,530 They're too young for such a mission. 204 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,270 I had hoped to have more time to school them, 205 00:19:57,340 --> 00:19:59,950 but events are moving faster than the ideal. 206 00:19:59,990 --> 00:20:03,190 I need to know which of them can lead 207 00:20:03,260 --> 00:20:06,860 because I cannot leave Gandia without a duke for long. 208 00:20:06,930 --> 00:20:10,930 The province is too wealthy and will soon be swallowed up by someone else's kin. 209 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,100 Either Juan or Cesare must become Duke 210 00:20:14,170 --> 00:20:17,770 and marry the Princess Maria Enriques de Luna. 211 00:20:20,410 --> 00:20:26,050 Yes, I have not given up my hope of a Borgia on the Spanish throne. 212 00:20:26,110 --> 00:20:29,450 Padishah Bajazet cannot be trusted. You are wrong, Borgia. 213 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,450 A Muslim attack on Rome is impossible while the civil war rages in Turkey. 214 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:38,730 My point, Fabrizio, is that Pope Innocent will not live out the year. 215 00:20:38,790 --> 00:20:41,700 Is that why you are here? 216 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,930 Will you offer some kind of bribe, 217 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,620 so we Colonna will support your uncle's grab for the Throne of Saint Peter? 218 00:20:48,690 --> 00:20:51,020 You misjudge him. The Vice-Chancellor is content to... 219 00:20:51,090 --> 00:20:56,230 No Spaniard, no Borgia bastard will ever again be Pope. 220 00:21:15,060 --> 00:21:16,480 I will kill him. 221 00:21:17,450 --> 00:21:18,580 Yes. 222 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,500 But not now. 223 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:26,310 You have failed, Cesare, failed miserably. 224 00:21:26,370 --> 00:21:29,940 Because you lack control, you have upset the fragile balance... 225 00:21:30,010 --> 00:21:34,350 (STAMMERING) I am sorry... Step away from me. 226 00:21:43,980 --> 00:21:45,140 Juan. 227 00:21:51,180 --> 00:21:56,000 Because you have succeeded in securing the support of the Orsini, 228 00:21:56,070 --> 00:21:58,860 I'm going to ask King Ferdinand 229 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,840 to name you the second Duke of Gandia. 230 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,150 (CHOIR SINGING) 231 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:56,010 In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. 232 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:01,170 I accept the honor of being Duke of Gandia with gratitude and respect. 233 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,070 I pledge to faithfully serve you, Your Holiness, 234 00:23:05,140 --> 00:23:08,740 King Ferdinand of Aragon and our Lord God 235 00:23:08,810 --> 00:23:11,090 for as long as I shall live. 236 00:23:11,860 --> 00:23:13,930 (LAUGHING) 237 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:18,070 Oh, Giuseppe, I cannot believe you do not make an appointment... 238 00:23:18,140 --> 00:23:19,170 (GASPS) 239 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,600 Lucrezia, why are you not in bed? 240 00:23:21,670 --> 00:23:23,540 I'm too excited. 241 00:23:23,610 --> 00:23:25,780 Cesare, I wish I were inside, 242 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,410 listening to all the fascinating conversations. 243 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,750 Hardly fascinating. The cardinals are discussing alum. 244 00:23:32,820 --> 00:23:36,940 The dye that comes from the papal mines near Civitavecchia. 245 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,610 Innocent's greed has glutted the market 246 00:23:39,670 --> 00:23:42,780 and the price of alum has hit a breathtaking low. 247 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,710 The Pope is bankrupt? 248 00:23:44,780 --> 00:23:48,920 I hear he will pawn the papal tiara to pay his son's gambling debts. 249 00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:50,750 Good Lord. 250 00:23:50,820 --> 00:23:53,950 Do not worry, Lucrezia, the Vice-Chancellor has convinced the Medici bank 251 00:23:54,020 --> 00:23:55,960 to give His Holiness a loan. 252 00:23:56,020 --> 00:23:59,660 In exchange for your fat friend Giovanni becoming a cardinal. 253 00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:03,460 Uncle's manipulations have worked out well for you, Brother. 254 00:24:03,530 --> 00:24:06,930 As Duke of Gandia, you have an income of 20,000 ducats a year. 255 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,470 25, Brother. And Rodrigo has even greater plans for me. 256 00:24:11,540 --> 00:24:13,270 Oh? 257 00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:16,010 Such as what? I am sworn to secrecy. 258 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,780 But our endeavors should be of no concern to a man of the cloth. 259 00:24:19,850 --> 00:24:23,950 You must go back to Pisa and focus on God, 260 00:24:24,020 --> 00:24:27,400 and your priestly vows, poverty, obedience, celibacy. 261 00:24:27,470 --> 00:24:32,180 I am not a priest yet. Well, you smell like one. 262 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,740 (LAUGHING) ADRIANA: Lucrezia. 263 00:24:34,510 --> 00:24:36,310 Where are you? 264 00:24:38,150 --> 00:24:40,930 Juan, Cesare, have you seen the child? 265 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,550 No, cousin. 266 00:24:42,620 --> 00:24:46,040 She should be asleep. The night air is heavy with bile. 267 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:51,290 Adriana is right, go to bed. No. 268 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:52,960 I insist. 269 00:24:53,030 --> 00:24:54,800 Come, I will walk with you. 270 00:24:54,870 --> 00:24:56,530 I want Juan to tuck me in. 271 00:25:07,850 --> 00:25:11,650 Thereby keeping the peace and keeping the demand for alum steady. 272 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,250 No, if Richard of Shrewsbury marches on London, two armies will need alum. 273 00:25:21,210 --> 00:25:24,710 I hear Pope Innocent is going to raise the annual tax on courtesans 274 00:25:24,780 --> 00:25:26,930 to 5,000 ducats a year, 275 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,580 which means, of course, the courtesans will raise their rates. 276 00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:38,520 I shall, sweet sister, rather go deeper into debt or learn to enjoy the company of goats. 277 00:25:38,590 --> 00:25:42,400 Giulia, why are you looking at that book? You do not know how to read. 278 00:25:42,460 --> 00:25:45,530 You would be surprised by the things I know, husband. 279 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,330 Tricks learned from His Eminence? 280 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:48,920 Oh, please. 281 00:25:48,990 --> 00:25:51,590 We would not be living here at the Cancelleria 282 00:25:51,660 --> 00:25:54,190 if you and your sainted mother had not brought us. 283 00:25:54,260 --> 00:25:56,630 I intend to correct that immediately. 284 00:25:56,690 --> 00:26:00,060 Henceforth, we shall reside at our country estate in Bassanello. 285 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,050 Away from Rome? Never. 286 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:05,370 Borrow money from your Orsini cousins. 287 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,320 I owe too much to them already. 288 00:26:07,390 --> 00:26:12,140 Alessandro, how was I unlucky enough to marry into the one branch 289 00:26:12,210 --> 00:26:15,600 of the Orsini family which does not have a ducat to its name? 290 00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:19,270 And do the Farnese? Your tribe was in the hock well before mine. 291 00:26:19,330 --> 00:26:22,970 Yes, we Farnese always set the trends. 292 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,590 (MEN LAUGHING) 293 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,760 Well, Monoculus, what is so urgent? 294 00:26:28,830 --> 00:26:32,080 Eminence, I seek permission to leave your household for Bassanello. 295 00:26:32,150 --> 00:26:34,550 Leave? For how long? The entire summer. 296 00:26:34,620 --> 00:26:36,870 When would you depart? At once. 297 00:26:36,930 --> 00:26:39,640 I go in order to fulfill my contract with the Holy See. 298 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:41,500 There are many able young men in Viterbo 299 00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:44,320 who I am certain I can recruit to join the Papal Guard. 300 00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:47,710 If Naples declares war on Milan... Naples will not declare war. 301 00:26:47,780 --> 00:26:51,110 Cardinal Carafa is on his way north, he and I will find a way to peace. 302 00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:55,050 Still, Monoculus, you should fulfill your obligation to Pope Innocent. 303 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,890 Yes. Be gone with Godspeed. 304 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:03,810 Come, wife. No. Lady Giulia stays in Rome. 305 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:08,680 But I... Unless, Adriana, you no longer need her assistance. 306 00:27:09,470 --> 00:27:10,520 Mother. 307 00:27:14,620 --> 00:27:19,660 But I do. Giulia is an enormous help running such a big household. 308 00:27:50,890 --> 00:27:55,930 Why are you so good at this? It comes with age. 309 00:27:59,670 --> 00:28:03,950 No, no, no! GIULIA: What is all this noise? 310 00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:08,660 Lucrezia refuses to learn needlepoint. Boring, useless and menial. 311 00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:11,500 Needlepoint is an essential part of the education of 312 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,030 every respectable Roman matron. 313 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:15,200 I care not about being respectable. 314 00:28:15,270 --> 00:28:17,870 You say you want your uncle to arrange a marriage, 315 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:21,170 yet you make yourself undesirable at every turn. 316 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,710 You will learn needlepoint. 317 00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:28,140 You are not my mother, Giulia, you cannot order me about. Go away. 318 00:28:28,830 --> 00:28:30,460 (GASPS) 319 00:28:30,530 --> 00:28:33,730 Be silent. And do as you are told. 320 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,540 I hate you. 321 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:57,010 The embassy of Naples is very late in arriving. 322 00:28:57,070 --> 00:29:01,080 Has Cardinal Carafa sent word? If he had sent word, would I not have told you? 323 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:05,830 I see that and I want to weep. 324 00:29:05,900 --> 00:29:10,120 40 years ago, Pope Nicholas, despairing at the disrepair of Saint Peter's, 325 00:29:10,190 --> 00:29:13,020 had hoped to build a spectacular new basilica. 326 00:29:13,090 --> 00:29:16,060 He died before he had the chance. 327 00:29:16,130 --> 00:29:20,500 If I were Pope... No Spaniard will ever again be Pope. 328 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:27,400 Sometimes, Francesc, I wish you were not always so honest. 329 00:29:29,990 --> 00:29:33,390 Cardinal Carafa, what... We were robbed. 330 00:29:33,460 --> 00:29:36,430 Highwaymen. Ten leagues from the city gates. 331 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,920 Look at me, they took everything. 332 00:29:38,980 --> 00:29:42,100 See that His Eminence and these gentlemen are clothed, their wounds cared for. 333 00:29:42,170 --> 00:29:45,020 The thieves looked Milanese. 334 00:29:45,090 --> 00:29:47,760 Begin an investigation, deploy guards into the countryside. 335 00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:51,060 As soon as we are able, we shall return to Naples. 336 00:29:51,130 --> 00:29:55,300 But our negotiations... Are over until this outrage is punished. 337 00:29:56,570 --> 00:29:59,170 Until Milan apologizes. 338 00:30:04,210 --> 00:30:06,480 Good luck getting that apology. 339 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:09,850 (PARTY SOUNDS) 340 00:30:16,750 --> 00:30:21,560 And then King Ferdinand told me that he was sending some Genoan sailor 341 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:24,430 across the western ocean to find new routes to the Indies. 342 00:30:24,500 --> 00:30:26,160 The Indies. 343 00:30:26,230 --> 00:30:29,300 Also, the king, having rid the country of the Muslims, 344 00:30:29,370 --> 00:30:32,340 will rejuvenate his Grand Inquisitions, 345 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,470 in order to expel all other non-Christians. 346 00:30:35,540 --> 00:30:39,380 By which you mean the Jews. The refugees will flee to Rome. 347 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,680 There will not be room to breathe in the Judaeorum Borgo. 348 00:30:42,750 --> 00:30:46,380 Look! The Colonna have sent clowns. 349 00:30:49,270 --> 00:30:52,340 Our uncle wants peace with the Colonna. We shall go another route. 350 00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:56,110 And allow them to mock us? We shall go another route. 351 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:54,270 A Borgia man will please you the way a Colonna never could. 352 00:31:57,970 --> 00:32:01,070 Mother is upset. What about now? 353 00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:04,810 Me remaining here, while my husband is at Bassanello. 354 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,780 Did you explain to her that Adriana de Mila needs help with... 355 00:32:07,850 --> 00:32:11,050 Yes. But she is too old to be fooled. 356 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:15,420 Well, I shall send her some gold. That usually quiets her morality. 357 00:32:15,490 --> 00:32:16,990 (GIULIA CHUCKLES) 358 00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:20,990 She is also nagging my brother, Alessandro, about his vices. 359 00:32:21,060 --> 00:32:24,060 He drinks too much, he spends too much on whores. 360 00:32:24,130 --> 00:32:26,130 He's a healthy Roman male. 361 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,300 He will temper his excesses once he is ordained. 362 00:32:29,370 --> 00:32:31,100 As you did? 363 00:32:31,170 --> 00:32:35,890 I have had many women in my life, but I have truly loved only two. 364 00:32:36,030 --> 00:32:37,560 You are a monster. 365 00:32:37,630 --> 00:32:40,510 La Bella, you are one of the two. Monster. 366 00:32:40,580 --> 00:32:42,950 No woman wants two names on such a list. 367 00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:45,580 Especially when the other is Vannozza Cattanei. 368 00:32:45,650 --> 00:32:49,240 It is too hot to fight. Then I'm going to my room. 369 00:32:49,310 --> 00:32:52,040 Wait. And tomorrow I leave for Bassanello. 370 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,090 Unless? 371 00:32:55,310 --> 00:32:58,410 Lucrezia shows me the respect I deserve. 372 00:33:23,660 --> 00:33:25,290 (GIULIA MOANING) 373 00:33:36,370 --> 00:33:37,400 Juan, 374 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,210 I'm wet again. 375 00:33:41,610 --> 00:33:42,980 I must leave. 376 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,260 Come here. 377 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:16,490 You dare to fornicate with my wife in my own house? 378 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:22,800 (GRUNTS) 379 00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:35,760 No. 380 00:34:36,410 --> 00:34:37,530 Please. 381 00:34:39,330 --> 00:34:40,200 Oh! 382 00:35:16,940 --> 00:35:18,500 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 383 00:35:18,570 --> 00:35:19,840 Come. 384 00:35:23,780 --> 00:35:26,750 You're awake early, Nephew. I have not slept. 385 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,000 I am troubled. 386 00:35:31,070 --> 00:35:35,740 You have had Juan made Duke of Gandia, and foster grand plans for his future. 387 00:35:35,790 --> 00:35:40,290 Giovanni de Medici is two years my junior, yet he is now a cardinal. 388 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,730 What are your intentions for me? 389 00:35:43,980 --> 00:35:46,680 You will return to the University of Pisa 390 00:35:46,750 --> 00:35:50,820 and continue your studies for the priesthood. 391 00:35:50,890 --> 00:35:55,420 But I do not want to be a priest. I do not have the soul for it. 392 00:35:55,490 --> 00:35:57,380 We have been over this before, Nephew. 393 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,450 Then, at least, allow me to study at the seminary in Rome. 394 00:36:00,510 --> 00:36:02,520 What is wrong with Pisa? 395 00:36:02,580 --> 00:36:04,880 Lorenzo de Medici founded the seminary there. 396 00:36:04,950 --> 00:36:09,860 All the best families... I beg you, Uncle. I cannot go back. 397 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,160 Hear me, Cesare. You will be a priest. 398 00:36:13,230 --> 00:36:18,010 You will lead an exemplary, pious, celibate life. That is your destiny. 399 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:19,420 And my will. 400 00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:25,760 You wish Pedro Luis was by your side right now, and not me. 401 00:36:27,860 --> 00:36:30,190 Perhaps I have been too harsh. 402 00:36:30,260 --> 00:36:33,360 I grieve to see Cesare grieve. 403 00:36:33,430 --> 00:36:37,950 The impatience of youth. You were the same way when we were boys. 404 00:36:37,950 --> 00:36:40,120 What surprises me most, 405 00:36:40,190 --> 00:36:44,590 he does not call me a hypocrite, even as I lie with Giulia. 406 00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:47,510 I must find a way to pacify his ambition. 407 00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:49,710 Eminence, I have a report. 408 00:36:49,710 --> 00:36:52,330 Fabrizio Colonna has murdered his wife. 409 00:36:54,070 --> 00:36:56,970 Unfortunate. She was lovely. 410 00:36:58,490 --> 00:37:00,670 Fine him 800 ducats. 411 00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:05,730 Fabrizio killed Nannia because she fornicated with Juan. 412 00:37:07,610 --> 00:37:09,950 Della Rovere will use this against me. 413 00:37:10,050 --> 00:37:11,730 We must... LUCREZIA: Uncle? 414 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,100 Uncle? 415 00:37:14,170 --> 00:37:15,940 I hate her. 416 00:37:16,010 --> 00:37:17,970 Another squabble with the Lady Giulia? 417 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,540 She is no lady. She attacked me. 418 00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:22,260 Hmm. 419 00:37:22,330 --> 00:37:24,800 I suspect you will survive. 420 00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:28,120 If she is to remain in your palace, I want to return to my mother's. 421 00:37:28,180 --> 00:37:29,940 That will not happen, Lucrezia. 422 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,620 Then I wish to live in the convent school at San Sisto. 423 00:37:32,820 --> 00:37:34,640 That will not happen either. 424 00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:36,640 Instead, you will behave. 425 00:37:40,380 --> 00:37:42,560 And, for doing so... 426 00:37:44,970 --> 00:37:47,270 Promise to treat Giulia with respect. 427 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:02,330 (WHIP LASHING) 428 00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:04,650 Another. 429 00:38:08,460 --> 00:38:12,640 Did you tell His Eminence the truth about why you do not want to return to Pisa? 430 00:38:12,710 --> 00:38:14,360 Why you cannot be a priest? 431 00:38:14,650 --> 00:38:15,930 No. 432 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:16,870 (CRIES OUT) 433 00:38:19,550 --> 00:38:23,740 Where is Uncle Rodrigo? He has just left for the Vatican. 434 00:38:26,490 --> 00:38:28,800 Lord God, what happened to you? 435 00:38:28,860 --> 00:38:33,070 Fabrizio Colonna. I want our uncle to strip him of his prosperity. 436 00:38:33,130 --> 00:38:34,850 No, that is not the way to retaliate. 437 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,450 You ruin a scorpion by cutting off its tail. 438 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,120 Meaning what? 439 00:38:39,190 --> 00:38:42,480 Not what, who. 440 00:38:42,540 --> 00:38:46,360 Fabrizio's nephew, Marcantonio Colonna. 441 00:38:46,430 --> 00:38:48,200 BURCHARD: Vice-Chancellor. 442 00:38:48,260 --> 00:38:51,030 Now, Holy Father, for a personal matter. 443 00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:53,720 I have been blessed these past 26 years 444 00:38:53,790 --> 00:38:56,740 to serve as Vice-Chancellor under five Pontiffs. 445 00:38:56,810 --> 00:39:03,030 In that time, I have been honored to receive many titles and benefices. 446 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:08,830 I am Bishop of Majorca, Carthage, Erlau, Valencia, Agria. 447 00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:12,000 I am abbot of Subiaco and Bellefontaine. 448 00:39:12,070 --> 00:39:14,690 Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Via Lata, 449 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,160 Papal Legate to Perugia and to Bologna. 450 00:39:23,420 --> 00:39:27,070 There is no admittance while Master Marcantonio Colonna is inside. 451 00:39:27,220 --> 00:39:29,490 It is he who I seek. 452 00:39:30,980 --> 00:39:33,340 Do you know who I am? 453 00:39:33,410 --> 00:39:37,980 I know who your uncle is. Catalan. 454 00:39:38,050 --> 00:39:43,650 Today I ask Your Holiness to relieve me of one such honor. 455 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:48,020 My first appointment, Bishop of Valencia. 456 00:39:48,090 --> 00:39:52,310 I beg you to replace me with my sainted nephew, Cesare. 457 00:39:58,580 --> 00:40:04,120 Take him to a doctor. See that next time he listens when I speak. 458 00:40:04,190 --> 00:40:07,480 Cesare Borgia is too young, 459 00:40:07,540 --> 00:40:12,030 too inexperienced to assume the heavy burden of a bishopric. 460 00:40:14,850 --> 00:40:16,120 Vice-Chancellor. 461 00:40:16,190 --> 00:40:18,920 A bishop is less than a cardinal, 462 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:23,390 and yet your cousin was 16 when he received the red hat. 463 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:30,820 The Supreme Pontiff will hear from Giovanni Cardinal de Medici, 464 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,580 Archbishop of Florence. 465 00:40:32,650 --> 00:40:35,960 Holiness, I too am only 16 466 00:40:36,020 --> 00:40:39,020 and have been Cesare's classmate for the past year. 467 00:40:39,180 --> 00:40:41,480 He has a good soul. 468 00:40:41,540 --> 00:40:45,080 A man's age should not define his character. 469 00:40:45,150 --> 00:40:46,280 (SCREAMING) 470 00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:53,590 GIULIANO: There is also the question of Cesare's dubious birth. 471 00:40:53,590 --> 00:40:57,030 Canon law expressly forbids an illegitimate male 472 00:40:57,090 --> 00:40:59,760 from rising in the church hierarchy. 473 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:05,770 BURCHARD: Vice-Chancellor. Cesare is not illegitimate. 474 00:41:05,950 --> 00:41:11,290 I have here a certificate, proving that Cesare is the son of Vannozza Cattanei 475 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:15,490 and my late cousin, Domenico Giannozzi d'Arignano. 476 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,780 Signed by your uncle, Pope Sixtus. 477 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:24,390 (MOANING) 478 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,360 Since Valencia is in Spain, 479 00:41:34,430 --> 00:41:40,100 such a transfer must also receive the approval of the king. 480 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:42,420 Vice-Chancellor. 481 00:41:42,490 --> 00:41:46,410 I believe His Most Catholic Majesty will give consent. 482 00:41:46,530 --> 00:41:50,130 I did not presume to ask, until I knew Your Holiness' will, 483 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,730 which is the will of Almighty God. 484 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,560 No, no, no. 485 00:42:04,630 --> 00:42:07,380 What says the consistory? Assent? 486 00:42:10,970 --> 00:42:12,340 12. 487 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:13,140 Dissent? 488 00:42:17,070 --> 00:42:18,210 Eight. 489 00:42:20,890 --> 00:42:23,780 GIULIANO: Only 12 votes this time, Borgia. 490 00:42:28,370 --> 00:42:29,620 RODRIGO: Yes. 491 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:45,070 I have lived in Rome 37 years 492 00:42:45,140 --> 00:42:52,170 and still, to the ancient families, the Colonna, the Orsini, 493 00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:54,880 I am a foreigner. 494 00:42:54,940 --> 00:42:58,910 When my uncle was Pope, they treated us well. 495 00:42:58,980 --> 00:43:03,300 But after he died the Roman elite, like a firestorm, 496 00:43:03,370 --> 00:43:07,210 drove our relatives from this city, with clubs and swords. 497 00:43:07,270 --> 00:43:14,280 My brother died alone in exile while I stayed in Rome. 498 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,400 How did I manage to stay? 499 00:43:18,470 --> 00:43:22,070 Not only stay alive but thrive in my position as Vice-Chancellor 500 00:43:22,140 --> 00:43:24,770 under four popes as different as the seasons? 501 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:26,940 How? 502 00:43:27,010 --> 00:43:31,630 By remaining a foreigner. By never becoming one of them. 503 00:43:31,700 --> 00:43:36,600 Never lowering myself to their level, to their base Roman brutality. 504 00:43:36,670 --> 00:43:39,470 Uncle, I didn't... Not a word, Cesare. 505 00:43:42,340 --> 00:43:46,010 You, my nephews, separately and in tandem, 506 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:50,080 have, at a time when we need friends, created enemies. 507 00:43:52,140 --> 00:43:54,970 Sleeping with another man's wife 508 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,540 must be based on the husband's lack of character, 509 00:43:57,610 --> 00:43:59,090 not the woman's lust. 510 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:07,150 Before beating a man senseless, learn his family's history. 511 00:44:07,220 --> 00:44:10,220 The Colonna invented vendetta. 512 00:44:12,570 --> 00:44:16,540 Our actions have consequences beyond the moment. 513 00:44:16,610 --> 00:44:22,800 So, to soothe the Colonna temper, I am forced to exalt them 514 00:44:22,870 --> 00:44:27,850 by convincing His Holiness to name Fabrizio Prefect of Rome 515 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:31,320 a job for which he is uniquely incompetent 516 00:44:31,390 --> 00:44:33,310 and will use against us. 517 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:43,890 We are all one misstep from exile, from extinction. 518 00:44:51,260 --> 00:44:52,900 Be gone from my sight. 519 00:45:09,650 --> 00:45:14,920 I'm sending you back to Spain, old friend, so that you may convince King Ferdinand 520 00:45:14,980 --> 00:45:18,250 to approve Cesare's elevation as Bishop of Valencia. 521 00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,860 The certificate verifying Cesare's birth. 522 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:25,980 This is very authentic. Bobbo's done a fine job. 523 00:45:25,980 --> 00:45:27,930 Queen Isabella will be resistant. 524 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,130 She's already fearful of your ambition. 525 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,180 Remind Her Most Catholic Majesty that 526 00:45:32,250 --> 00:45:34,920 it was I who arranged the papal dispensation 527 00:45:34,990 --> 00:45:39,710 which allowed her to marry Ferdinand, her cousin. 528 00:45:39,810 --> 00:45:42,080 RODRIGO : Regardless of Isabella's objections, 529 00:45:42,140 --> 00:45:45,350 Cesare must become Bishop of Valencia. 530 00:45:46,620 --> 00:45:49,220 (CHOIR SINGING) 531 00:46:15,090 --> 00:46:22,020 Cesare Borgia, you are henceforth Bishop of Valencia, 532 00:46:24,790 --> 00:46:27,590 shepherd of souls. 533 00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:34,380 In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. 534 00:46:41,940 --> 00:46:44,610 GOFFREDO: Take that. OTTAVIANO: I'll get you, Goffy. 535 00:46:47,340 --> 00:46:51,800 OTTAVIANO: Chopped off your head. Please, be happy. 536 00:46:51,860 --> 00:46:55,580 You're Bishop of Valencia, with an income of 16,000 ducats a year. 537 00:46:55,650 --> 00:46:59,420 As Duke of Gandia, Juan gets 25,000. 538 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,920 Petulance is unbecoming, my son. 539 00:47:01,990 --> 00:47:04,840 Despite what you are feeling, I am proud. 540 00:47:04,910 --> 00:47:07,860 I only wish I had been permitted to attend the ceremony. 541 00:47:07,930 --> 00:47:10,920 Proud of me, Mama? For what? 542 00:47:10,930 --> 00:47:13,650 I'm a bishop, even though I am not yet a priest. 543 00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:17,170 I did not earn the honor. It was handed me by Rodrigo, 544 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:20,530 who insists that I return to Pisa and complete my study. 545 00:47:20,590 --> 00:47:25,500 I am 18 years old, half of my life is over and I've done nothing. 546 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:26,760 (BOYS LAUGHING) 547 00:47:26,830 --> 00:47:30,640 Boys, go play outside. Yes, Mama. 548 00:47:30,700 --> 00:47:34,340 I don't want to play outside. Come on, Ottavio. 549 00:47:34,410 --> 00:47:37,490 Then make something of your new position. 550 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:40,860 You've been chosen to reform the Church, save Rome. 551 00:47:40,930 --> 00:47:44,350 These past eight years under Innocent, the quality of life... 552 00:47:44,420 --> 00:47:46,670 Please. I am no reformer. 553 00:47:46,740 --> 00:47:50,540 I am a fraud, just like all the others. 554 00:47:50,610 --> 00:47:53,240 How can I stand in front of my congregation, 555 00:47:53,310 --> 00:47:56,260 blessing them in Latin when the words are hollow to me? 556 00:47:56,330 --> 00:47:59,700 Well, change. Change yourself. 557 00:47:59,770 --> 00:48:03,900 Change night into day. I wish I could. 558 00:48:04,990 --> 00:48:06,270 Oh, Mama. 559 00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:09,680 My dream is to lead Rome. 560 00:48:10,780 --> 00:48:15,810 No, all of Italy, into a golden age. 561 00:48:15,830 --> 00:48:18,950 Return the Eternal City to dominance over the world. 562 00:48:19,020 --> 00:48:21,270 Improve the lives of all our people. 563 00:48:21,340 --> 00:48:24,540 Like my namesakes, Julius and Augustus Caesar. 564 00:48:24,610 --> 00:48:29,040 You will. I know it in my heart. 565 00:48:29,110 --> 00:48:32,930 A mother's heart, which is decidedly biased. 566 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,880 But what of my father? He is dead. 567 00:48:35,950 --> 00:48:40,020 No, he is Rodrigo Borgia, Vice-Chancellor of the Universal Church. 568 00:48:40,190 --> 00:48:41,340 Vicious gossip. 569 00:48:41,410 --> 00:48:43,580 Stop lying, Mother. I learned the truth years ago. 570 00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:47,600 Juan, Lucrezia, Goffredo, the four of us, we're Cardinal Borgia's runts. 571 00:48:47,660 --> 00:48:51,330 If what you're saying is true, and I confirm nothing, 572 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,220 then you should follow the commandment. 573 00:48:54,290 --> 00:48:56,690 Honor thy father and go back to Pisa. 574 00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:58,060 If I do I will be destroyed. 575 00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,190 By your enemies? 576 00:49:00,190 --> 00:49:01,360 By my passions. 577 00:49:04,460 --> 00:49:05,710 There is a girl. 578 00:49:07,620 --> 00:49:08,850 I am in love. 579 00:49:10,490 --> 00:49:13,560 My passion for her is too overwhelming. 580 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:18,310 My sweet boy, 581 00:49:18,380 --> 00:49:21,280 each of us over the course of our lives 582 00:49:21,350 --> 00:49:27,620 must learn to control our passions, whether it be love, jealousy or power. 583 00:49:27,740 --> 00:49:31,860 Ironically, that is where we gain our strengths. 584 00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:38,780 When Rodrigo Borgia left my bed, after ten years of bliss, 585 00:49:38,850 --> 00:49:43,520 I felt a cancer burrow through me. 586 00:49:44,740 --> 00:49:47,840 But here I am, a decade later, 587 00:49:47,910 --> 00:49:50,480 with a beautiful villa, a large estate, 588 00:49:50,540 --> 00:49:53,340 owner of a thriving vineyard, three prospering inns. 589 00:49:53,410 --> 00:49:56,050 Money is not happiness, Mother. 590 00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:59,130 It is a fine substitute, my child. 591 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:01,570 And if I cannot learn to control my passion? 592 00:50:03,270 --> 00:50:06,390 You will rule the world. 593 00:50:06,460 --> 00:50:12,000 Question is, will that make you any happier? 594 00:50:12,060 --> 00:50:15,730 You bribed Lucrezia to pay me the respect she should give freely? 595 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,400 (SCOFFS) Bribe is a harsh word, La Bella. 596 00:50:18,470 --> 00:50:22,370 If Lucrezia wants so desperately to go live with her mother, then let her. 597 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:29,200 No. The girl must be nurtured. Like a peach before harvest. 598 00:50:30,070 --> 00:50:32,720 Then marry her off, and soon. 599 00:50:32,780 --> 00:50:35,950 Before your little peach ripens and falls from the tree. 600 00:50:36,020 --> 00:50:36,990 (CHUCKLING) 601 00:50:54,910 --> 00:50:57,580 Be a mother to the child. 602 00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:00,580 Love her, as you do me. 603 00:51:01,980 --> 00:51:03,010 Hmm? 604 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,150 I will, Eminence. 605 00:51:21,780 --> 00:51:22,820 This heat. 606 00:51:23,690 --> 00:51:25,450 (SIGHS) 607 00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:30,380 Last summer when temperatures rose this high, disease spread through Rome. 608 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,380 God thins out the less strong. 609 00:51:33,450 --> 00:51:37,480 I suggest that I remove Lucrezia to our country estate. 610 00:51:37,550 --> 00:51:40,080 A healthier climate till the fever dissipates. 611 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,700 No. But when disease spreads... 612 00:51:43,770 --> 00:51:48,840 Adriana, if the women in this house leave, then Giulia must go as well. 613 00:51:48,910 --> 00:51:50,800 To Bassanello, yes. 614 00:51:50,860 --> 00:51:53,250 I cannot live without La Bella. 615 00:51:56,450 --> 00:52:01,520 A man's final love is at once his most bitter and most sweet. 616 00:52:02,380 --> 00:52:04,230 You wish to see me, Uncle? 617 00:52:04,290 --> 00:52:10,060 Darling girl. I am about to fulfill your deepest wish. A bridegroom. 618 00:52:10,130 --> 00:52:12,120 (GASPS) Uncle, may I ask who? 619 00:52:12,180 --> 00:52:16,250 Cherubin de Centelles, Lord of Val d'Ayora, 620 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:20,060 son of the Count of Oliva, a great nobleman of Spain. 621 00:52:20,130 --> 00:52:21,690 Spain? You mean I must leave Rome? 622 00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:23,500 Eventually, perhaps. 623 00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:27,380 There is a long aisle between the betrothal and the altar. 624 00:52:27,450 --> 00:52:29,230 May I go tell Mother? No. 625 00:52:29,300 --> 00:52:33,200 You must get ready for today's big celebration, your first at my house. 626 00:52:33,270 --> 00:52:38,840 I want you to look especially beautiful, so I can show you off. 627 00:52:38,910 --> 00:52:43,920 Yes. So, come, Lucrezia dear, I will help you select a dazzling dress. 628 00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:04,570 Savage. 629 00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:07,400 This cretin invaded a community of holy nuns 630 00:53:07,470 --> 00:53:09,240 and brought violence to its sacred walls. 631 00:53:09,310 --> 00:53:13,140 He is no priest-to-be. He is Satan's son. 632 00:53:15,250 --> 00:53:18,050 I shall have my revenge upon you. 633 00:53:20,590 --> 00:53:24,560 Do not poke at me, Colonna. 634 00:53:29,530 --> 00:53:30,930 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) 635 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:37,940 Juan. 636 00:53:40,170 --> 00:53:43,010 If the Muslims conquer Rome, will they turn Saint Peter's into a mosque 637 00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:44,440 and change the city's name? 638 00:53:44,510 --> 00:53:46,410 No, Alessandro. 639 00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:49,380 Well, 40 years ago, they renamed Constantinople, Istanbul. 640 00:53:49,450 --> 00:53:52,120 And the Basilica of Saint Sophia is now a mosque. 641 00:53:52,180 --> 00:53:53,420 MARCANTONIO: Borgia! 642 00:53:55,290 --> 00:53:57,890 Marcantonio, in God's name, we should talk about... 643 00:53:57,960 --> 00:53:58,960 (CROWD GASPS) 644 00:54:10,170 --> 00:54:11,200 (SCREAMS) 645 00:54:14,890 --> 00:54:15,860 (SCREAMS) 646 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:29,570 No, no. Cesare, please. 647 00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:31,610 Please. No, no, Cesare. 648 00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:34,040 (SCREAMS) 649 00:54:35,540 --> 00:54:39,150 You will poke my chest no longer. 650 00:54:40,820 --> 00:54:43,790 The sound of Marcantonio's cry. (IMITATES SCREAMING) 651 00:54:43,850 --> 00:54:45,750 It was like a goose honking. 652 00:54:45,820 --> 00:54:48,420 Damn, I'll never get the blood off these clothes. 653 00:54:48,490 --> 00:54:52,090 GIOVANNI: My hands still tremble with fright. CESARE: The trouble is over. 654 00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:55,500 Is it? Or does chaos follow you? 655 00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,130 Cesare, back at school, I never... 656 00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:01,140 This violence is a side of you which I did not know existed. 657 00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:02,240 Quiet. 658 00:55:09,410 --> 00:55:11,710 Once again you behaved a brute. 659 00:55:11,780 --> 00:55:13,550 The Colonna attacked us. 660 00:55:13,620 --> 00:55:17,650 Your Eminence, Cesare saved my life. And mine. 661 00:55:25,740 --> 00:55:28,510 Soon, we will face more than a bar brawl. 662 00:55:28,580 --> 00:55:31,570 The Pope, riddled with fever, inches toward death. 663 00:55:31,630 --> 00:55:33,220 Keep your weapons ready, 664 00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:35,140 even at Mass.