1 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:06,500 Cleaned, corrected and re-synced by Tronar 2 00:00:12,021 --> 00:00:13,812 Pope Innocent VIII. 3 00:00:13,877 --> 00:00:17,299 In nomine Patris, et Filii... 4 00:00:19,733 --> 00:00:25,555 ...comprised of ambitious men, sons of Rome's ruling families. 5 00:00:27,429 --> 00:00:29,556 Orsini dog! Colonna whore! 6 00:00:29,621 --> 00:00:32,067 The Pope's most powerful advisor is Vice-Chancellor 7 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:33,412 Rodrigo Borgia. 8 00:00:36,133 --> 00:00:38,995 I have not given up my hope of a Borgia on the Spanish throne. 9 00:00:39,061 --> 00:00:43,444 I ask Your Holiness to replace me as Bishop of Valencia 10 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:46,244 with my sainted nephew, Cesare. 11 00:00:50,661 --> 00:00:54,020 There is a question of Cesare's dubious birth. 12 00:00:54,085 --> 00:00:58,468 No Spaniard, no Borgia bastard will ever again be Pope. 13 00:00:58,533 --> 00:01:02,212 He draws support from his married lover, Giulia Farnese... 14 00:01:02,277 --> 00:01:04,676 Why are you so good at this? 15 00:01:04,741 --> 00:01:06,100 ...and his family. 16 00:01:07,413 --> 00:01:09,221 Juan... 17 00:01:09,285 --> 00:01:11,045 And Rodrigo has even greater plans for me. 18 00:01:11,109 --> 00:01:12,644 Cesare... 19 00:01:12,709 --> 00:01:15,460 But I do not want to be a priest. I do not have the soul for it. 20 00:01:15,525 --> 00:01:16,516 ...and Lucrezia. 21 00:01:16,580 --> 00:01:18,148 Who will arrange a marriage for me? 22 00:01:18,165 --> 00:01:20,004 Cardinal Borgia, your uncle. 23 00:01:27,637 --> 00:01:33,156 Still, Rodrigo is determined that none shall forget the name... 24 00:03:23,414 --> 00:03:26,260 I have this sense of foreboding. 25 00:03:27,254 --> 00:03:28,853 That I will soon die. 26 00:03:51,205 --> 00:03:53,653 You will not die soon. 27 00:03:53,718 --> 00:03:56,900 But five will die before the summer heat cools. 28 00:03:58,229 --> 00:03:59,814 Deaths that will change you. 29 00:04:00,934 --> 00:04:02,100 Who is going to die? 30 00:04:03,510 --> 00:04:05,109 That I cannot say. 31 00:04:05,174 --> 00:04:07,157 Tell me. 32 00:04:07,221 --> 00:04:10,533 No. I have not the power. 33 00:04:18,662 --> 00:04:21,524 Cesare, he has the fever, do not touch him. 34 00:04:25,414 --> 00:04:28,485 Use this to see a doctor, not for wine. 35 00:04:32,838 --> 00:04:36,869 Pope Innocent has condemned witchcraft and all Christians who associate with witches. 36 00:04:36,933 --> 00:04:39,077 Besides, you make us late for your uncle's banquet. 37 00:04:46,854 --> 00:04:48,196 A toast. 38 00:04:49,318 --> 00:04:51,172 A toast to our guest of honor, 39 00:04:51,238 --> 00:04:53,957 our newest Cardinal, Giovanni de Medici. 40 00:04:54,023 --> 00:04:56,517 Giovanni de Medici. 41 00:04:56,582 --> 00:04:58,853 A toast. 42 00:04:58,919 --> 00:05:02,053 I toast the bond which has been forged like iron 43 00:05:02,118 --> 00:05:08,229 between the Borgia, the Cibo, the Medici and the Orsini families. 44 00:05:08,294 --> 00:05:12,837 By marriage, by blood, we are all one family. 45 00:05:12,902 --> 00:05:13,877 Salute. 46 00:05:13,942 --> 00:05:16,357 Salute. 47 00:05:16,421 --> 00:05:20,357 And I toast my dear sister Clarice, who is in Heaven, 48 00:05:20,421 --> 00:05:22,853 celebrating the elevation of her son, Giovanni. 49 00:05:22,918 --> 00:05:26,132 As she also celebrates her daughter Maddalena's marriage 50 00:05:26,198 --> 00:05:28,566 to Franceschetto Cibo. 51 00:05:28,630 --> 00:05:30,294 Bravo. 52 00:05:32,406 --> 00:05:35,509 Maddalena, how is it having the Pope as your father-in-law? 53 00:05:38,710 --> 00:05:42,037 Tell us, in Florence, are women allowed to eat with men? 54 00:05:45,125 --> 00:05:46,309 No. 55 00:05:46,374 --> 00:05:48,933 Well, when I am Countess of Oliva, 56 00:05:48,998 --> 00:05:52,005 I will insist that I sit at the same table as my husband. 57 00:05:52,678 --> 00:05:54,438 Uh, about that. 58 00:05:54,502 --> 00:05:57,333 Your betrothal to Cherubin de Centelles has been nulled. 59 00:05:57,398 --> 00:06:00,485 Oh, no. He does not want me? 60 00:06:00,550 --> 00:06:03,989 Your uncle has made a better match. Don Gaspare de Procida. 61 00:06:04,054 --> 00:06:06,773 Son of the Count of Almenara and Aversa. 62 00:06:06,838 --> 00:06:09,397 Twice as handsome and twice as rich. 63 00:06:12,823 --> 00:06:14,838 Oh, my God. She has the fever. 64 00:06:16,118 --> 00:06:17,141 Friends. 65 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:20,406 Dear friends. 66 00:06:20,471 --> 00:06:23,925 As many of you know, Papa has taken ill, 67 00:06:23,990 --> 00:06:27,989 exhausted from working day into night, 68 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:31,414 keeping the peace between Naples and Milan. 69 00:06:31,478 --> 00:06:32,693 Wait in the library. 70 00:06:32,758 --> 00:06:37,109 I toast my father, Lorenzo the Magnificent. 71 00:06:37,175 --> 00:06:38,869 Lorenzo. 72 00:06:40,151 --> 00:06:42,070 A song. 73 00:06:42,134 --> 00:06:43,862 Written by Lorenzo. 74 00:06:56,135 --> 00:06:59,494 The civil war which has raged throughout the Turkish Empire is over. 75 00:06:59,559 --> 00:07:02,181 Bajazet has defeated his brother Djem. 76 00:07:02,246 --> 00:07:05,670 A united Muslim army means those heathens will once again attack Italy. 77 00:07:05,735 --> 00:07:09,045 Yes, but according to this report, after Djem was defeated, 78 00:07:09,110 --> 00:07:11,062 he surrendered to the Knights of Rhodes. 79 00:07:11,079 --> 00:07:15,093 Ironic, huh? A Muslim feeling safer with a Christian than his own kin. 80 00:07:15,159 --> 00:07:18,102 What do the Knights intend to do with the Shahzadeh? 81 00:07:18,167 --> 00:07:20,374 "Hold Djem at our fortress in Auvergne 82 00:07:20,438 --> 00:07:22,725 "until such time as a new Crusade is launched." 83 00:07:22,790 --> 00:07:26,661 Djem, hidden away in the hinterlands of France? Wise. 84 00:07:26,727 --> 00:07:28,422 Hardly wise, Brother. 85 00:07:28,486 --> 00:07:31,605 Keeping him out of public view diminishes his usefulness. 86 00:07:31,670 --> 00:07:34,629 Instead, he should reside here, in the Eternal City. 87 00:08:12,343 --> 00:08:17,381 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil. 88 00:08:18,503 --> 00:08:21,734 He shall preserve thy soul. 89 00:08:22,743 --> 00:08:24,854 God will protect us. 90 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,582 We stand before You, Lord, 91 00:08:28,647 --> 00:08:35,334 here where so many pontiffs rest in eternal peace, 92 00:08:35,399 --> 00:08:40,230 aware more than ever of our own mortality. 93 00:08:40,295 --> 00:08:42,406 We are all going to die. 94 00:08:43,271 --> 00:08:45,974 We are all going to die. 95 00:09:40,007 --> 00:09:43,078 His Royal Highness, the Shahzadeh Djem. 96 00:09:46,231 --> 00:09:51,414 Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Church, I have brought a gift. 97 00:10:03,366 --> 00:10:07,206 People of Faith, I give you 98 00:10:07,271 --> 00:10:11,350 the Lance of Longinus, 99 00:10:11,351 --> 00:10:18,150 the very blade that pierced the chest of our Savior, Jesus Christ. 100 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,319 The Holy Lance. 101 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:23,366 The Holy Lance. 102 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:28,518 My name will be carved in history. 103 00:10:28,584 --> 00:10:30,310 Thank you, Rodrigo. 104 00:10:37,255 --> 00:10:38,647 I do not bite. 105 00:10:39,223 --> 00:10:40,326 Come in. 106 00:10:42,999 --> 00:10:47,735 I asked to see you, the nephews of my benefactor Cardinal Borgia, 107 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:52,454 because, as a stranger in your city, I thought you could be my guides. 108 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:54,886 And, perhaps, even my friends? 109 00:10:56,295 --> 00:10:57,895 Join me? No. Thank you. 110 00:10:57,959 --> 00:10:59,046 I am on a fast. 111 00:10:59,111 --> 00:11:01,222 Hmm. A health precaution? 112 00:11:01,287 --> 00:11:02,966 A penance. 113 00:11:03,032 --> 00:11:06,887 Well, I am in search of a sin for which to be penitent, so... 114 00:11:19,943 --> 00:11:22,551 This fabric from Milan is absolutely gorgeous. 115 00:11:22,616 --> 00:11:24,855 Lucrezia, you cannot wear Milanese cloth 116 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,447 the first time you are presented to your fiance. 117 00:11:27,511 --> 00:11:31,575 Don Gaspare de Procida is cousin to King Ferrante of Naples, 118 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,127 and, given the current tension between Naples and Milan, 119 00:11:35,191 --> 00:11:38,503 a dress made from that material would cause a war. 120 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,519 Show us another. 121 00:11:40,583 --> 00:11:43,942 Do you constantly disagree with me out of malice or mere habit? 122 00:11:44,008 --> 00:11:45,879 Lucrezia. 123 00:11:45,944 --> 00:11:50,646 Your brother Goffredo, is here with a message which he will speak only to your ears. 124 00:11:50,711 --> 00:11:52,374 Goffredo. 125 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:53,751 Goffredo. 126 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,270 How are you? How is Mother? 127 00:11:57,336 --> 00:12:00,471 Boiling with fever and begs you come at once. 128 00:12:00,536 --> 00:12:05,031 Absolutely not. Lucrezia is busy preparing to meet her future husband. 129 00:12:05,095 --> 00:12:09,047 I've been denied the sight of Mother since moving to the Cancelleria. 130 00:12:09,112 --> 00:12:11,079 If she's fevered, I must run to her. 131 00:12:11,144 --> 00:12:12,630 We've only just cleansed this house. 132 00:12:12,697 --> 00:12:15,031 You shan't expose yourself to more ill humors. 133 00:12:15,096 --> 00:12:19,415 But, Adriana, the link between mother and daughter is sacred. 134 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:24,071 If my mama were dying, I would fight the Devil himself to be by her side. 135 00:12:24,136 --> 00:12:26,774 You see, I'm not so disagreeable. 136 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:32,679 You encourage me, knowing that such a visit would enrage my uncle. 137 00:12:32,744 --> 00:12:36,727 I'm sorry. Tell Mama I cannot. I will not visit her. 138 00:12:40,329 --> 00:12:41,575 Mama will die. 139 00:12:41,641 --> 00:12:42,599 Goffy. 140 00:12:46,888 --> 00:12:50,488 Cultivate this friendship with Djem. It will frustrate della Rovere. 141 00:12:54,344 --> 00:13:00,679 Eminence, word from Florence. Lorenzo de Medici has succumbed to the fever. 142 00:13:04,104 --> 00:13:05,848 The first death. 143 00:13:05,912 --> 00:13:07,991 Are the streets of Florence quiet? So far. 144 00:13:08,055 --> 00:13:08,775 Where is Giovanni? 145 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,903 He is here, in the study. 146 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,447 I knew how infirm Papa was. I should have stayed by his side. 147 00:13:23,511 --> 00:13:26,007 He wanted you in Rome doing God's work, 148 00:13:26,071 --> 00:13:28,584 as he did his entire life. 149 00:13:28,586 --> 00:13:30,951 I will go say Mass to pray for his soul 150 00:13:31,016 --> 00:13:36,312 and pray as well that peace within the Italian states will not perish with Lorenzo. 151 00:13:36,376 --> 00:13:38,455 May God bless you and your brothers, Giovanni. 152 00:13:44,952 --> 00:13:48,871 Grieve, my friend. There is no shame in a broken heart. 153 00:13:48,872 --> 00:13:50,838 Just before my father died, 154 00:13:50,904 --> 00:13:54,456 the monk, Savonarola, refused to grant him absolution. 155 00:13:56,792 --> 00:14:00,647 The thought of Papa burning in Hell until the end of time... 156 00:14:00,969 --> 00:14:05,848 A monk cannot condemn a man. Only God can. God is just. 157 00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:09,191 He will open His arms to Lorenzo and say, 158 00:14:09,256 --> 00:14:13,047 "You made Florence a paradise on Earth. 159 00:14:13,112 --> 00:14:15,096 "Come, dear one, and rest." 160 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:19,959 We must forget our priestly intentions for tonight 161 00:14:20,024 --> 00:14:22,455 and celebrate the genius of your father's living. 162 00:14:48,617 --> 00:14:50,408 Sweet love of Jesus. 163 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,696 We should have gone with Giovanni to Florence, for his father's funeral. 164 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:03,879 He did not want us. 165 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,888 You mean he did not want me. 166 00:15:06,952 --> 00:15:09,656 I will be honest, Rome casts a strange spell upon you. 167 00:15:13,928 --> 00:15:18,871 Not Rome. Wherever I am. There's always two elements struggling within me. 168 00:15:18,936 --> 00:15:23,128 Beast versus Archangel. More often than not, the beast wins. 169 00:15:23,193 --> 00:15:25,447 A beast has no soul. You do. 170 00:15:27,464 --> 00:15:30,503 My soul is empty. 171 00:15:30,569 --> 00:15:33,304 Alessandro, I have a confession to make. To me? 172 00:15:33,306 --> 00:15:35,943 Have you forgotten? I, like you, am not yet a priest. 173 00:15:36,008 --> 00:15:38,680 No, but you are a drunkard and will therefore keep my confidence. 174 00:15:38,744 --> 00:15:41,576 More likely, I will simply forget. So speak freely. 175 00:15:43,512 --> 00:15:47,255 I am consumed by the fever of envy. 176 00:15:47,257 --> 00:15:51,832 My brother. Our friend de Medici. Their lives are in motion. 177 00:15:51,896 --> 00:15:54,456 Mine is as stagnant as the garbage in Montesarchio. 178 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:56,968 You are Bishop of Valencia. But that is not enough. 179 00:15:57,033 --> 00:15:59,160 I yearn for what Juan has. 180 00:15:59,225 --> 00:16:01,080 His dukedom? Or Rodrigo's affection? 181 00:16:01,145 --> 00:16:01,800 Both. 182 00:16:02,553 --> 00:16:03,656 More. 183 00:16:08,424 --> 00:16:09,896 Something else. 184 00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:13,800 What does Professor Decio teach? 185 00:16:13,865 --> 00:16:15,832 Unlike lust but much like gluttony, 186 00:16:15,961 --> 00:16:18,632 envy becomes a sin only if you act upon the impulse. 187 00:16:18,634 --> 00:16:21,256 But how can I not be envious? Juan will achieve greatness in his life. 188 00:16:21,321 --> 00:16:24,151 So will you. By a different route. 189 00:16:24,217 --> 00:16:27,912 Cesare, contemplate the other side of your instincts. 190 00:16:27,977 --> 00:16:30,744 You comfort the sick, the afflicted. 191 00:16:30,746 --> 00:16:35,656 When your emotions are in check, your presence is calming, nurturing, spiritual. 192 00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:42,376 Regardless of your desires, perhaps you are a priest. 193 00:16:43,801 --> 00:16:47,560 And if your soul is empty, replenish it. 194 00:16:47,625 --> 00:16:50,088 Make restitution to those you have sinned against. 195 00:16:55,561 --> 00:16:58,584 Marcantonio, we must talk. 196 00:17:01,242 --> 00:17:04,841 Fucking turd. 197 00:17:04,905 --> 00:17:08,568 Remove yourself from Colonna property or I will put the next one through your skull. 198 00:17:08,633 --> 00:17:10,504 Marcantonio, I've wronged you. 199 00:17:12,681 --> 00:17:14,776 Forgive me for my wretched sins. 200 00:17:14,841 --> 00:17:16,760 "Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 201 00:17:16,825 --> 00:17:19,736 Am I correct, priest? Run or die. 202 00:17:19,801 --> 00:17:21,592 I am ready to die. 203 00:17:21,658 --> 00:17:24,392 If my dying ends the feud between the Colonna and the Borgia, 204 00:17:24,457 --> 00:17:25,752 then go ahead and kill me. 205 00:17:29,594 --> 00:17:33,432 Enjoy your freedom, Catalan, for when Pope Innocent lies in his tomb 206 00:17:33,497 --> 00:17:37,369 your entire family shall be shackled to the walls of the lowest, darkest dungeon 207 00:17:37,433 --> 00:17:39,832 inside Castel Sant'Angelo. 208 00:17:44,761 --> 00:17:47,256 So much for replenishing my soul. 209 00:17:53,721 --> 00:18:00,152 Madonna, I bring you some small tokens of my deep affection. 210 00:18:01,770 --> 00:18:03,496 Pearls from the sea. 211 00:18:07,994 --> 00:18:10,265 Gold from the mountains. 212 00:18:12,345 --> 00:18:14,841 Perfume from the air. 213 00:18:16,922 --> 00:18:22,424 And yet, I see that all the elements pale beside your loveliness. 214 00:18:44,681 --> 00:18:47,625 Brother, we must talk. Hurry, this is important. 215 00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:51,016 Yes, Juan. I'm sure you're on a mission of utmost urgency. 216 00:18:53,225 --> 00:18:56,776 There. Christoforo Castanea, Count of Castel Leone. 217 00:18:56,841 --> 00:18:59,001 Last night, he had a secret meeting with Mustafa Pasha. 218 00:18:59,050 --> 00:19:03,097 An impoverished count shares a drink with the Turkish ambassador. So? 219 00:19:03,162 --> 00:19:07,449 Padishah Bajazet is offering 300,000 ducats to the man who kills his brother. 220 00:19:07,561 --> 00:19:09,688 Castanea has a title, but no property. 221 00:19:09,754 --> 00:19:11,800 I believe he plots to assassinate Djem. 222 00:19:11,865 --> 00:19:15,352 You will help me discover the truth, foil the conspiracy. 223 00:19:15,418 --> 00:19:19,592 Since when have you been interested in Turkish politics? Or the truth? 224 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:23,449 Cesare, I know your value, even if our uncle does not. 225 00:19:23,514 --> 00:19:26,041 Together we can triumph. 226 00:19:26,106 --> 00:19:28,057 Rodrigo will bless us both. 227 00:19:29,274 --> 00:19:34,201 Djem is more valuable to Rome, and to us Borgia, alive. 228 00:19:34,266 --> 00:19:36,841 Then quickly devise a plan. 229 00:19:36,906 --> 00:19:39,945 Simple. We must befriend Castanea. 230 00:19:45,097 --> 00:19:46,697 When Innocent expires, 231 00:19:46,762 --> 00:19:51,241 we fear the next pope will bellyache for another Crusade. 232 00:19:51,306 --> 00:19:54,504 And use Djem as a rallying point against Bajazet. 233 00:20:02,602 --> 00:20:06,601 We Borgia would do anything to keep Djem from gaining power. 234 00:20:06,666 --> 00:20:09,257 That is why we have him under lock and key. 235 00:20:09,322 --> 00:20:10,744 Worry not. 236 00:20:12,922 --> 00:20:14,073 Go on. Go. 237 00:20:19,322 --> 00:20:22,072 Why do you say worry not? 238 00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:25,976 The Padishah has hired me to... Dispose of his brother. 239 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:30,057 Excellent. 240 00:20:31,658 --> 00:20:33,704 How? 241 00:20:33,770 --> 00:20:37,641 I am to poison the well which supplies the water to the Apostolic Palace. 242 00:20:38,602 --> 00:20:40,393 Poison the well. 243 00:20:40,458 --> 00:20:42,888 But then would you not also be poisoning the Pope 244 00:20:42,954 --> 00:20:44,778 and all the clerics who live and work there? 245 00:20:44,842 --> 00:20:49,385 His Holiness is almost dead anyway. As for the rest, good riddance. 246 00:20:49,450 --> 00:20:51,080 Good riddance, indeed. 247 00:20:52,506 --> 00:20:54,137 The hour is late. 248 00:20:57,402 --> 00:20:59,609 No. The room belongs to you. 249 00:20:59,673 --> 00:21:02,232 You have already paid for... We pay nothing. 250 00:21:02,298 --> 00:21:03,769 Our mother owns this inn. 251 00:21:03,834 --> 00:21:06,489 Thank you. 252 00:21:06,554 --> 00:21:10,297 For everything. The ale, the women, the friendship. 253 00:21:10,362 --> 00:21:14,233 Christoforo, we thank you doubly for taking us into your confidence. 254 00:21:14,298 --> 00:21:18,585 We know that your fortunes are low, but no nobleman should be without a valet. 255 00:21:20,281 --> 00:21:23,722 Our man Rudolfo will serve you till the end of your days. 256 00:21:37,242 --> 00:21:42,330 For what reason could you possibly be wearing that frown? 257 00:21:42,394 --> 00:21:46,073 Well, go on. Were the flowers not to your satisfaction? 258 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:49,049 The wine not to your taste? 259 00:21:49,114 --> 00:21:52,921 Don Gaspare... His demeanor, his arrogance. 260 00:21:52,986 --> 00:21:55,898 His interest in me is purely as a mirror of himself. 261 00:21:55,899 --> 00:21:58,473 Boys mature more slowly than girls. 262 00:21:58,539 --> 00:22:04,169 But I am now a woman and I want a real man, not a preening child. 263 00:22:06,650 --> 00:22:09,065 I refuse to wed Don Gaspare. 264 00:22:12,026 --> 00:22:18,297 Silly girl, you must. The documents have been signed by your uncle. 265 00:22:18,362 --> 00:22:22,170 I will not be forced into wedlock with that self-loving peacock. 266 00:22:22,234 --> 00:22:25,721 I am a Borgia. I deserve better. 267 00:22:25,786 --> 00:22:31,066 No. You deserve whatever blessing His Eminence gives you. 268 00:22:43,194 --> 00:22:47,530 That is not the face of La Bella. That is the face of Hell. 269 00:22:47,594 --> 00:22:48,633 Your niece. 270 00:22:49,945 --> 00:22:51,513 She refuses to marry Don Gaspare. 271 00:22:52,187 --> 00:22:53,770 For what reason? 272 00:22:53,834 --> 00:22:56,761 She finds him undesirable and demands a more handsome husband. 273 00:22:56,826 --> 00:22:59,882 Don Gaspare is one of the finest-looking young men in Europe. 274 00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:03,177 More importantly, this match has been sanctioned by King Ferdinand of Spain. 275 00:23:05,323 --> 00:23:10,378 My love, I do not have time for trivialities. 276 00:23:10,443 --> 00:23:13,594 Please, solve this problem. 277 00:23:13,659 --> 00:23:16,282 Use your wiles to convince the girl. 278 00:23:24,954 --> 00:23:26,713 Beg pardon, Your Eminence. 279 00:23:26,779 --> 00:23:30,713 Word from the Vatican. His Holiness is mere hours from death. 280 00:23:36,523 --> 00:23:40,362 The fever accelerates. As do the pains in his abdomen. 281 00:23:40,427 --> 00:23:43,673 An old scar on his right leg has broken open. 282 00:23:43,739 --> 00:23:46,169 I have done all I can. 283 00:23:46,235 --> 00:23:49,786 I've heated the room, sealed the windows to sweat the fever out. 284 00:23:50,442 --> 00:23:51,882 There is no hope. 285 00:23:51,947 --> 00:23:53,641 You are absolutely certain? 286 00:24:09,659 --> 00:24:12,217 When Innocent dies, the peasants will go on a rampage. 287 00:24:12,282 --> 00:24:13,402 Shall we fortify our palace? 288 00:24:13,467 --> 00:24:14,842 Definitely. 289 00:24:14,907 --> 00:24:17,594 Whichever cardinal controls the treasury 290 00:24:17,659 --> 00:24:21,530 controls whichever cardinal sits next on Saint Peter's throne. 291 00:24:21,595 --> 00:24:24,282 If Orsini does, then Borgia does. 292 00:24:24,347 --> 00:24:27,641 Orsini must double the Papal Guard at Castel Sant'Angelo. 293 00:24:27,707 --> 00:24:31,002 No. It would be better to have our own men in place. 294 00:24:31,067 --> 00:24:33,658 We must also station our Bravia around the Vatican. 295 00:24:33,723 --> 00:24:35,962 Tell Juan to arm the consigliere and move Djem 296 00:24:36,026 --> 00:24:37,785 to the secret room above the Sistine. 297 00:24:43,307 --> 00:24:46,218 I want a shooter on every window. 298 00:24:46,283 --> 00:24:48,905 You, take five men to the roof. I am in charge, brother. 299 00:24:48,972 --> 00:24:52,186 Go, Goddamn you, now. Yes, sir. 300 00:24:52,251 --> 00:24:56,778 She says I carry myself with an air of importance? Of course, I do. 301 00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:58,026 I am a de Procida. 302 00:24:58,090 --> 00:25:01,065 I shall rule Almenara and Aversa one day. 303 00:25:01,130 --> 00:25:05,338 Yes, but do you wish to share your throne with a woman who abhors you? 304 00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:07,354 As my mother does my father. 305 00:25:07,451 --> 00:25:10,282 A romantic gesture will warm Lucrezia's heart. 306 00:25:10,347 --> 00:25:12,170 I gave her pearls, gold... 307 00:25:12,234 --> 00:25:13,514 Wealth is not romance. 308 00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:15,754 Romance is for fools and poets. 309 00:25:15,819 --> 00:25:20,234 Romance is the precursor of seduction. 310 00:25:20,299 --> 00:25:23,019 Have you yet tasted a woman? 311 00:25:23,083 --> 00:25:25,658 I assure you, Lucrezia is ready to become one. 312 00:25:25,723 --> 00:25:29,578 But a woman needs romance, a woman craves seduction. 313 00:25:31,227 --> 00:25:35,930 For the sake of your own desires, woo her. 314 00:25:35,994 --> 00:25:37,434 Lessen your swagger 315 00:25:37,499 --> 00:25:42,875 and you will find yourself with ample reason to swagger. 316 00:25:51,387 --> 00:25:53,722 You are to go to the chapel at once. 317 00:25:59,019 --> 00:26:00,714 No. Forgive the intrusion. 318 00:26:00,779 --> 00:26:04,139 The city is in turmoil, yet I could not stop thinking about you. 319 00:26:04,203 --> 00:26:05,738 No, this is improper. 320 00:26:05,804 --> 00:26:09,866 Please, only one moment, signora, the length of a heartbeat. 321 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:18,698 Until the wondrous day when I may kiss your lips. 322 00:26:28,652 --> 00:26:30,923 We must defend this wall, here. This wall is more... 323 00:26:30,987 --> 00:26:33,610 Look who I found skulking about. 324 00:26:35,243 --> 00:26:37,834 Cricket, what brings you here? 325 00:26:37,899 --> 00:26:40,042 You two must come. Mama is dying. 326 00:26:41,484 --> 00:26:43,178 We cannot both go, not now. 327 00:26:43,244 --> 00:26:46,698 Look, our defenses are in place. There's naught to do but wait, 328 00:26:46,763 --> 00:26:48,123 and you are more the healer than I. 329 00:26:48,171 --> 00:26:50,523 When Castanea makes his move against Djem, you will let me know? 330 00:26:50,587 --> 00:26:52,346 Of course. 331 00:26:54,204 --> 00:26:55,564 Do you want me to come with you? No. 332 00:26:55,579 --> 00:26:57,419 Make sure the Bravia on the roof are not drunk. 333 00:27:02,859 --> 00:27:09,274 "We bequeath the 148,000 ducats in the papal treasury 334 00:27:09,339 --> 00:27:13,051 "to our beloved son, Franceschetto." 335 00:27:13,115 --> 00:27:17,914 "We bestow unto Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere 336 00:27:18,972 --> 00:27:22,939 "the keys to the Castel Sant'Angelo." 337 00:27:23,004 --> 00:27:29,402 "My dear brothers, I beseech you all to elect someone better than me 338 00:27:29,467 --> 00:27:31,962 "as my successor." 339 00:27:32,027 --> 00:27:35,802 Signed Innocent VIII, of that name, July 19th, 340 00:27:36,779 --> 00:27:39,930 1492. 341 00:27:42,780 --> 00:27:44,954 July the 19th. 342 00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:47,899 He changed his will five days ago? 343 00:27:47,964 --> 00:27:50,107 What difference does that make? 344 00:27:50,172 --> 00:27:52,603 For the past five days, he has barely known his own name. 345 00:27:52,668 --> 00:27:55,835 There are witnesses that will confirm his healthy state of mind. 346 00:27:55,900 --> 00:27:57,499 I, for one. 347 00:27:57,564 --> 00:28:01,018 If we do what Innocent asks, the papal treasury will be depleted. 348 00:28:01,084 --> 00:28:03,659 He begs us to elect someone better than him 349 00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:05,604 yet does not leave the poor soul a single ducat. 350 00:28:05,628 --> 00:28:09,434 Borgia is already imagining himself wearing the tiara. 351 00:28:09,499 --> 00:28:13,179 There will be no money for whoever is next, you fishmonger. 352 00:28:13,244 --> 00:28:15,450 Be silent, Catalan. 353 00:28:15,515 --> 00:28:20,171 You want the Castel Sant'Angelo ruled by this Genoan sodomite? 354 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:31,866 Giuliano. 355 00:28:42,524 --> 00:28:44,123 Stop it. 356 00:28:44,187 --> 00:28:45,723 What is this? 357 00:28:48,459 --> 00:28:51,434 Such behavior in the presence of the Pope? 358 00:28:51,995 --> 00:28:53,499 Desist! 359 00:28:57,565 --> 00:29:01,563 Each of you has benefited from my father's reign. 360 00:29:01,628 --> 00:29:06,556 If a man's last request is sacred, then a Pope's must be doubly so. 361 00:29:16,652 --> 00:29:20,140 If della Rovere takes possession of Castel Sant'Angelo, 362 00:29:20,205 --> 00:29:22,506 we Borgia are doomed. 363 00:29:22,572 --> 00:29:25,915 We must keep Innocent alive until this will is broken. 364 00:29:25,932 --> 00:29:27,851 And we must secure the papal treasury. 365 00:29:27,916 --> 00:29:29,707 How? 366 00:29:29,771 --> 00:29:33,803 By moving the gold and silver from the Castel Sant'Angelo to a secret location. 367 00:29:52,492 --> 00:29:54,955 You spoke to Lucrezia? She refused? 368 00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:55,979 Yes. 369 00:30:01,421 --> 00:30:02,987 Excellency, help me. 370 00:30:14,539 --> 00:30:15,947 Mama. 371 00:30:16,013 --> 00:30:18,251 Cesare, save my family. 372 00:30:20,828 --> 00:30:22,427 You need fresh air. 373 00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:29,275 Has the doctor... 374 00:30:29,340 --> 00:30:31,995 They say we're too far gone. 375 00:30:32,060 --> 00:30:33,819 Where is Lucrezia? 376 00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:35,004 She will be here soon. 377 00:30:35,804 --> 00:30:37,195 Rodrigo? 378 00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:41,820 Goffy, I need you to fetch someone. 379 00:30:45,980 --> 00:30:47,099 Yes, sir. 380 00:30:57,948 --> 00:31:02,508 I do not wish to impose but you sit alone, as if lost. 381 00:31:05,772 --> 00:31:11,099 We've had our disagreements, but the difference in our ages is not great. 382 00:31:11,164 --> 00:31:16,044 And more importantly, I know the joy and, yes, fear 383 00:31:16,108 --> 00:31:18,155 of a wedding engagement. 384 00:31:27,853 --> 00:31:29,499 I am lost. 385 00:31:29,565 --> 00:31:32,044 At first, I found Don Gaspare repulsive. 386 00:31:32,205 --> 00:31:36,636 With his head held so high I thought he might topple backwards. 387 00:31:36,701 --> 00:31:40,604 But now, part of me is taken by him. 388 00:31:40,668 --> 00:31:44,540 But I'm so ugly, how can Don Gaspare possibly be proud that I will be his wife? 389 00:31:45,772 --> 00:31:49,499 No. He agreed to marry me solely for my dowry. 390 00:31:49,565 --> 00:31:52,587 Nonsense. You are a beauty in the making. 391 00:31:52,653 --> 00:31:55,467 And we women, though we have no rights or privileges, 392 00:31:55,501 --> 00:31:59,132 can use for high purpose our virginity 393 00:31:59,196 --> 00:32:03,420 and later, our sexuality. 394 00:32:03,484 --> 00:32:05,995 Oh, Lord, what a thing to say. 395 00:32:06,060 --> 00:32:08,844 Are you shocked because you've never heard such words, 396 00:32:08,908 --> 00:32:11,883 or do you pretend to be shocked 397 00:32:11,949 --> 00:32:14,316 because you know deep in your heart that I speak true? 398 00:32:17,917 --> 00:32:20,316 Perhaps we shall be friends. 399 00:32:31,453 --> 00:32:33,580 Papa, food will restore you. 400 00:32:36,269 --> 00:32:37,964 What can we do, Dottore? 401 00:32:38,029 --> 00:32:39,995 I have a way to nourish His Holiness. 402 00:32:46,940 --> 00:32:49,628 What better cure than mother's milk? 403 00:33:21,869 --> 00:33:24,204 Castanea, he's on his way to the Vatican? 404 00:33:24,269 --> 00:33:26,924 Yes. I will go tell your brother. No. 405 00:33:26,989 --> 00:33:29,468 I will take care of Castanea myself. 406 00:33:39,054 --> 00:33:40,716 Signor, help me. 407 00:33:55,581 --> 00:34:00,828 There will be a place for you, by my side 408 00:34:02,109 --> 00:34:03,548 in Heaven. 409 00:34:18,749 --> 00:34:19,805 Grazie. 410 00:34:22,302 --> 00:34:23,580 Grazie. 411 00:34:42,702 --> 00:34:44,684 If I save your family, Excellency, 412 00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:47,404 you must swear that you will use your influence with the Pope 413 00:34:47,469 --> 00:34:50,348 to lift the ban on witchcraft, which is not Devil worship, 414 00:34:50,414 --> 00:34:52,044 but natural, God-given remedies. 415 00:34:52,109 --> 00:34:54,669 Yes, yes, I will speak to His Holiness. 416 00:34:54,733 --> 00:34:57,724 But if my family dies, you will die as well. 417 00:35:09,662 --> 00:35:10,621 Juan? 418 00:35:12,957 --> 00:35:13,948 No. 419 00:35:23,965 --> 00:35:25,485 Judas. 420 00:35:27,694 --> 00:35:29,773 We are a planet of Judases. 421 00:35:43,549 --> 00:35:47,629 I've hired a doctor, an expert in the latest medical methods. 422 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,093 A Jew? 423 00:35:56,157 --> 00:36:00,269 A Jew inside the Vatican? Borgia, this is a sacrilege. 424 00:36:00,365 --> 00:36:03,213 Whatever can be done must be done. 425 00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:30,156 What in the name of the risen Christ are you doing? 426 00:36:30,222 --> 00:36:31,309 Curing your family. 427 00:36:31,374 --> 00:36:32,429 Excreta? 428 00:36:32,494 --> 00:36:33,549 From swine. 429 00:36:33,613 --> 00:36:35,117 You're covering my mother in shit? 430 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:37,997 You ignorant cunt. 431 00:36:38,062 --> 00:36:41,533 My family should be treated with potable gold, with aqua regia, ambergris, 432 00:36:41,598 --> 00:36:43,356 not the feces of pigs. 433 00:36:43,422 --> 00:36:46,365 If your high-brow cures work, why send for me? 434 00:36:46,430 --> 00:36:49,597 Excreta pulls the toxin out and has many other healing powers. 435 00:36:49,661 --> 00:36:53,565 I, myself, bathe weekly in shit and my skin is flawless. 436 00:37:04,590 --> 00:37:07,885 You will cure them, witch, or I will feed you to pigs. 437 00:37:18,462 --> 00:37:24,381 There you are, one ducat each for the use of your son's blood. 438 00:37:44,990 --> 00:37:46,589 No! No! 439 00:37:53,886 --> 00:37:55,005 God have mercy on me. 440 00:37:55,070 --> 00:37:57,022 No, I do not think He will. 441 00:37:57,086 --> 00:38:01,757 Down here, you are as far away from God's mercy as any man can be. 442 00:38:01,822 --> 00:38:04,477 But you may yet be blessed by Borgia mercy 443 00:38:04,542 --> 00:38:08,590 if you reveal who else is involved in this conspiracy. 444 00:38:08,592 --> 00:38:11,790 Please. Let me go. Let me go, Juan. 445 00:38:11,854 --> 00:38:12,845 Give me a name. 446 00:38:12,910 --> 00:38:17,405 Juan. Juan. Juan. Juan. Juan. 447 00:38:18,526 --> 00:38:19,677 Juan, let me go. 448 00:38:19,742 --> 00:38:20,957 Give me a name. 449 00:38:23,391 --> 00:38:24,925 Juan. Juan. 450 00:38:24,989 --> 00:38:26,317 Tell me who is involved! 451 00:38:26,382 --> 00:38:29,613 I will. I will. Come back, I will. 452 00:38:41,102 --> 00:38:42,621 All three boys are dead. 453 00:38:44,111 --> 00:38:45,357 But did the cure work? 454 00:38:47,470 --> 00:38:48,510 Oh, well. 455 00:38:50,111 --> 00:38:52,061 Pay the Jew in full. 456 00:38:55,471 --> 00:38:59,454 Guardian of our souls and bodies, healer of the sick, 457 00:38:59,519 --> 00:39:04,158 helper of those in their agony, pray for us. 458 00:39:04,223 --> 00:39:09,070 Saint Michael the Archangel, guardian of our souls and bodies, 459 00:39:09,134 --> 00:39:12,221 healer of the sick, helper of those in... 460 00:39:12,287 --> 00:39:13,358 Cesare. 461 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:15,805 Mama. 462 00:39:21,758 --> 00:39:24,301 Goffredo. The fever has been broken. 463 00:39:24,942 --> 00:39:26,093 Thanks be to God... 464 00:39:27,039 --> 00:39:28,381 And to you. 465 00:39:28,446 --> 00:39:30,782 You have worked a miracle, Cesare. 466 00:39:30,847 --> 00:39:32,573 Miracles are myths. 467 00:39:32,638 --> 00:39:35,341 This was the magic of science. 468 00:39:35,406 --> 00:39:40,637 Ottaviano? Brother? Why will Ottaviano not wake? 469 00:39:53,839 --> 00:39:55,438 The second death. 470 00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:04,861 No. 471 00:40:05,471 --> 00:40:06,462 No. 472 00:40:06,526 --> 00:40:07,837 I beg you. No. 473 00:40:10,383 --> 00:40:11,917 You were to cure all three. 474 00:40:13,071 --> 00:40:14,542 I warned you. 475 00:40:15,951 --> 00:40:17,182 Guards, seize the witch. 476 00:40:20,814 --> 00:40:25,325 When you looked into the future, did you see yourself as the third death? 477 00:40:29,087 --> 00:40:32,574 A curse on you. Eternal damnation. 478 00:40:49,615 --> 00:40:53,870 Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. 479 00:40:53,935 --> 00:40:58,478 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. 480 00:40:58,543 --> 00:41:02,830 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, 481 00:41:03,966 --> 00:41:06,877 as we forgive those who trespass against us, 482 00:41:06,942 --> 00:41:10,654 and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 483 00:41:10,718 --> 00:41:11,774 Amen. 484 00:41:31,471 --> 00:41:34,286 Blessed Joseph, patron of the dying, 485 00:41:34,351 --> 00:41:39,086 I recommend the soul of this faithful servant, Pope Innocent, 486 00:41:39,151 --> 00:41:41,838 in his agony that under thy protection, 487 00:41:41,903 --> 00:41:44,718 he may be preserved from the wiles of the Devil, 488 00:41:44,783 --> 00:41:48,606 and that he may be found worthy to enter everlasting joy. 489 00:41:48,671 --> 00:41:51,870 Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. 490 00:42:30,607 --> 00:42:31,902 Water? 491 00:42:33,407 --> 00:42:35,006 No, thank you, Eminence. 492 00:42:36,927 --> 00:42:38,206 Drink. 493 00:42:39,504 --> 00:42:41,598 I said no. 494 00:42:41,663 --> 00:42:44,607 No. Stop. Stop. Stop. 495 00:42:49,439 --> 00:42:50,783 The water is poisoned. 496 00:42:52,848 --> 00:42:54,734 Now how would you know that? 497 00:43:19,503 --> 00:43:20,527 Old friend. 498 00:43:20,592 --> 00:43:22,382 Rise, Franceschetto. 499 00:43:22,448 --> 00:43:26,318 Such behavior is unbecoming for the son of a Pope. 500 00:43:26,384 --> 00:43:28,846 I beg you, Juan, save me. 501 00:43:32,016 --> 00:43:35,535 You must tell your uncle that I was working in secret with you 502 00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:39,935 to uncover the conspiracy, pretending to join Mustafa Pasha and Castanea. 503 00:43:39,999 --> 00:43:43,694 Of course. I would be happy to lie on your behalf. 504 00:43:46,064 --> 00:43:50,079 Especially if the 300,000 ducats you received from the Turkish ambassador 505 00:43:50,143 --> 00:43:52,175 found its way into the Borgia bank account. 506 00:43:53,712 --> 00:43:55,614 I will send the money over at once. 507 00:43:55,679 --> 00:43:57,295 And your father's previous will? 508 00:43:59,392 --> 00:44:00,655 Restored. 509 00:44:02,736 --> 00:44:03,902 May I go? 510 00:44:03,968 --> 00:44:04,943 Mmm. 511 00:44:09,744 --> 00:44:12,078 Franceschetto. 512 00:44:12,143 --> 00:44:15,087 There is one more insignificant item. Your wife. 513 00:44:17,231 --> 00:44:19,054 Maddalena de Medici. 514 00:44:23,168 --> 00:44:26,286 I will be away from my home tomorrow evening. 515 00:44:26,352 --> 00:44:28,064 Excellent. 516 00:44:28,128 --> 00:44:31,775 Who knows, Franceschetto, your father may yet recover 517 00:44:32,672 --> 00:44:35,326 and then you can cut my throat. 518 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:43,024 I want you there tomorrow to watch Castanea die. 519 00:45:05,649 --> 00:45:07,631 A terrible crime 520 00:45:07,696 --> 00:45:12,479 has been attempted on the Blessed Person of our Supreme Pontiff 521 00:45:12,544 --> 00:45:16,927 and a foreign prince, who is a guest in our city. 522 00:45:16,992 --> 00:45:18,975 A crime made worse, 523 00:45:19,041 --> 00:45:23,007 for the perpetrator conspired with the heathens 524 00:45:23,072 --> 00:45:26,142 who defile the name of Christ in the Holy Land. 525 00:45:26,208 --> 00:45:32,063 Let Christoforo Castanea be damned for an eternity. 526 00:45:32,128 --> 00:45:36,383 And Juan Borgia, praised by all true believers. 527 00:46:28,432 --> 00:46:30,383 Die, die, die. 528 00:46:30,448 --> 00:46:32,192 Die, die, die. 529 00:46:41,744 --> 00:46:43,248 The fourth death. 530 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:46,687 Witches. 531 00:46:47,393 --> 00:46:48,767 Heathens. 532 00:46:50,208 --> 00:46:54,576 This sickness is a curse, 533 00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:58,704 which a witch has put on me. 534 00:46:58,769 --> 00:47:01,071 Destroy... 535 00:47:01,136 --> 00:47:04,528 Advocate, where is the will? 536 00:47:04,592 --> 00:47:06,096 Destroy... 537 00:47:10,225 --> 00:47:15,215 No. No, no, stop, you imbecile. 538 00:48:13,953 --> 00:48:15,007 Eminence? 539 00:48:16,865 --> 00:48:19,792 According to legend, this lance gave supernatural power 540 00:48:19,794 --> 00:48:23,968 to Constantine the Great, Justinian, Charlemagne. 541 00:48:24,033 --> 00:48:26,992 The Colonna have placed their Bravi on the Ponte Adriano 542 00:48:27,057 --> 00:48:29,503 and move towards Ponte Sisto. 543 00:48:29,568 --> 00:48:33,200 We must depart at once or we will be trapped this side of the Tiber. 544 00:48:33,265 --> 00:48:36,704 Today is the anniversary of my brother's death. 545 00:48:36,769 --> 00:48:39,871 I am haunted by the thought of him dying alone, in exile, 546 00:48:40,898 --> 00:48:42,864 whilst I remained in Rome. 547 00:48:42,929 --> 00:48:45,664 How often will you torture yourself? 548 00:48:45,729 --> 00:48:48,672 If you had left the city, you'd never have been allowed to return. 549 00:48:50,993 --> 00:48:53,392 I will not leave here now 550 00:48:53,409 --> 00:48:55,248 until I have seen that the Pope is dead. 551 00:49:37,089 --> 00:49:39,632 I am surrounded by flames. 552 00:49:41,009 --> 00:49:47,648 I am surrounded by flames. 553 00:49:49,249 --> 00:49:54,912 Surrounded by flames. 554 00:50:20,865 --> 00:50:26,400 Innocent VIII of that name, Supreme Pontiff of the one true church, 555 00:50:26,465 --> 00:50:31,520 the first among men, the height and summit of the human race 556 00:50:31,585 --> 00:50:33,792 moribundus, mortuus. 557 00:50:37,729 --> 00:50:43,328 Giovanni Battista Cibo, Giovanni Battista Cibo, 558 00:50:43,393 --> 00:50:45,825 Giovanni Battista Cibo. 559 00:51:36,994 --> 00:51:39,489 The fifth, the final death. 560 00:51:41,889 --> 00:51:44,096 No, not the final one. 561 00:51:44,161 --> 00:51:47,457 The peasants, believing they, as the children of God, 562 00:51:47,521 --> 00:51:50,721 are the heirs to the wealth of their Holy Father, 563 00:51:50,786 --> 00:51:53,248 will steal whatever they can. 564 00:51:53,314 --> 00:51:56,961 Since Roman lust for plunder is never satisfied, 565 00:51:57,025 --> 00:52:01,184 the mob will attack the palaces of every cardinal in Rome. 566 00:52:12,946 --> 00:52:14,768 Soon they will come here. 567 00:52:30,994 --> 00:52:33,649 As has been true since the beginning, 568 00:52:33,713 --> 00:52:39,121 the value of a human life is worth far less than its weight in gold. 569 00:52:47,667 --> 00:52:49,264 We must depart.