Season 1 (2011)

The Poisoned Chalice
6.8

April 3, 2011 • 50m

Rodrigo successfully bribes and intimidates his way into an election as Pope Alexander VI, making him the new leader of the Cathol...Read more

The Assassin
7.1

April 3, 2011 • 52m

The new Pope wastes no time consolidating power and balancing opposition to him in the College of Cardinals by elevating his child...Read more

The Moor
7.1

April 10, 2011 • 53m

His coffers depleted by his expensive rise to power, Rodrigo seeks funds through a profitable marriage for Lucrezia that will ally...Read more

Lucrezia's Wedding
7.2

April 17, 2011 • 58m

Lucrezia's financially and politically motivated wedding to Milanese nobleman Giovanni Sforza is a disaster thanks to Juan's inapp...Read more

The Borgias in Love
7.2

April 24, 2011 • 53m

Alternately neglected and abused by her cruel husband, Lucrezia has an affair with Paolo, a handsome stable boy; Cesare strikes a ...Read more

The French King
7.0

May 1, 2011 • 53m

Della Rovere reaches France and strikes a bargain with its ruler to invade Italy and install him on the Papal throne in exchange f...Read more

Death, on a Pale Horse
7.2

May 8, 2011 • 52m

The invasion by King Charles of France and Della Rovere proceeds with victory seemingly inevitable as the French sack the city of ...Read more

The Art of War
7.1

May 15, 2011 • 51m

The invaders capture a fleeing and pregnant Lucrezia as they march on Rome, but she charms King Charles and is allowed to persuade...Read more

Nessuno (Nobody)
8.0

May 22, 2011 • 48m

Abandoned by even his cardinals, Alexander meets King Charles with humility and saves his throne, even eliciting a confession from...Read more