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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''The Borgias'' episodes}}
'''''[[The Borgias (2011 TV series)|The Borgias]]''''' is a [[historical drama]] created by [[Neil Jordan]] based upon the life of Rodrigo Borgia, later [[Pope Alexander VI]], and his family. The series takes place in [[Rome]] at the end of the 15th century and depicts Borgia's ruthless efforts to win the papal election, his eventual rise to the position of Pope and his family's struggle to maintain and increase their political power. The series premiered on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] on April 3, 2011, with the Canadian premiere happening one hour later on [[Bravo!]].<ref name="futon">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/borgias/listings/|title=Shows A&ndash;Z{{ndash}} Borgias, The on Showtime|publisher =The Futon Critic|accessdate=June 19, 2011}}</ref> The two-hour premiere was the most-watched original Canadian series premiere on Bravo! and the fourth-most-watched-overall program in the channel's history with 575,000 viewers.<ref>{{cite pressrelease|url=http://www.ctvmedia.ca/bravo/releases/release.asp?id=13660&yyyy=2011 |title=Hallelujah! ''The Borgias'' Debuts to Bravo!'s Largest Series Audience in Seven Years With 575,000 Viewers |publisher=[[Bell Media]] |date=April 4, 2011 |accessdate=April 5, 2011}}</ref>

{{As of| 2012|4|8|df=US}}, ten episodes of ''The Borgias'' had aired.

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== Series overview ==
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|'''[[#Season 1 (2011)|1]]'''
|9
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|style="padding: 0 8px;"| {{End date|2011|5|22}}
|style="padding: 0 8px;"| {{Start date|2011|8|30}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Borgias-Season-1/15557|title=The Borgias{{spaced ndash}} Starring Jeremy Irons, Showtime's {{'}}''Season 1''{{'}} Planned for USA, Scheduled for Canada| publisher = [[TV Shows on DVD]]|last=Lambert|first=David|date=June 22, 2011|accessdate=August 19, 2011}}</ref>
|style="padding: 0 8px;"| {{Start date|2011|12|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0052WHLCQ/|title=The Borgias{{spaced ndash}} Season 1 (DVD)| publisher = [[Amazon.co.uk]] |accessdate=August 19, 2011}}</ref>
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|'''[[#Season 2 (2012)|2]]'''
|10<ref name="futon"/>
|style="padding: 0 8px;"| {{Start date|2012|4|8}}
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== Episodes ==
=== Season 1 (2011) ===
=== Season 1 (2011) ===
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|DirectedBy = [[Neil Jordan]]
|DirectedBy = [[Neil Jordan]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|3}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|3}}
|Aux4 = 1.06<ref name="s1e01">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/05/sunday-cable-ratings-army-wives-kardashians-lead-night-the-killing-the-borgias-breakout-kings-much-more/88403|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Army Wives,' Kardashians Lead Night; + 'The Killing,' 'The Borgias,' 'Breakout Kings + Much More|last=Gorman|first=Bill|publisher = [[TV by the Numbers]]|date=April 5, 2011|accessdate=April 5, 2011}}</ref>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-1-the-poisoned-chalice/ Watch Episode 1 Online]
|ShortSummary = After the death of Pope [[Innocent VIII]], Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, with the help of his sons, bribes and cajoles other cardinals to vote for him in the conclave to elect the new pontiff. He succeeds, and assumes the papal throne as [[Alexander VI]]. Two other ambitious cardinals, [[Orsini]] and [[Della Rovere]], immediately begin plotting against him. When Orsini hosts a dinner for the pope and the cardinals, Rodrigo's son Cesare catches a servant, Micheletto, in the kitchen preparing to poison the Borgias' wine. Offering the assassin better pay if he works for his family, Cesare has Orsini poisoned instead.
|ShortSummary = After the death of Pope [[Innocent VIII]], Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, with the help of his sons, bribes and cajoles other cardinals to vote for him in the conclave to elect the new pontiff. He succeeds, and assumes the papal throne as [[Alexander VI]]. Two other ambitious cardinals, [[Orsini]] and [[Della Rovere]], immediately begin plotting against him. When Orsini hosts a dinner for the pope and the cardinals, Rodrigo's son Cesare catches a servant, Micheletto, in the kitchen preparing to poison the Borgias' wine. Offering the assassin better pay if he works for his family, Cesare has Orsini poisoned instead.
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|DirectedBy = Neil Jordan
|DirectedBy = Neil Jordan
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|3}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|3}}
|Aux4 = 1.06<ref name="s1e01"/>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-1-the-poisoned-chalice/ Watch Episode 2 Online]
|ShortSummary = Cesare enlists Micheletto to spy on Cardinal della Rovere, who seeks to find a legal way to depose Rodrigo as pope. He is advised by scholar [[Johannes Burchard]] that a pope who engages in "public and notorious lechery" could be deposed. Rodrigo begins an affair with [[Giulia Farnese]], provoking the outrage of his former mistress, Vanozza, and threatening to provide della Rovere with just the evidence he needs. On Micheletto's information, the pope corners Burchard and demands his support in expanding the [[College of Cardinals]] to shore up his position. Cesare sets Micheletto to work preventing della Rovere and a witness from presenting evidence against the pope.
|ShortSummary = Cesare enlists Micheletto to spy on Cardinal della Rovere, who seeks to find a legal way to depose Rodrigo as pope. He is advised by scholar [[Johannes Burchard]] that a pope who engages in "public and notorious lechery" could be deposed. Rodrigo begins an affair with [[Giulia Farnese]], provoking the outrage of his former mistress, Vanozza, and threatening to provide della Rovere with just the evidence he needs. On Micheletto's information, the pope corners Burchard and demands his support in expanding the [[College of Cardinals]] to shore up his position. Cesare sets Micheletto to work preventing della Rovere and a witness from presenting evidence against the pope.
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|DirectedBy = [[Simon Cellan Jones]]
|DirectedBy = [[Simon Cellan Jones]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|10}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|10}}
|Aux4 = 0.68<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/12/sunday-cable-ratings-the-killing-steady-breakout-kings-falls-plus-human-planet-khloe-lamar-much-more/89051|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Army Wives,' 'The Killing' Steady; 'Breakout Kings' Falls; Plus 'Human Planet,' 'Khloe & Lamar,' & Much More|last=Seidman|first=Robert|publisher = [[TV by the Numbers]] |date=April 12, 2011|accessdate=April 12, 2011}}</ref>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-3/ Watch Episode 3 Online]
|ShortSummary = Djem, brother and potential threat to the new Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, arrives at Rome. The Sultan is paying the Holy See handsomely to keep Djem there as a "guest", but he will pay a lot more if Djem somehow dies. Cesare declines his brothers' request of using Michelotto. The Pope tries to decide who is to marry his daughter. Djem is murdered, and the grateful Sultan's gold is used as Lucrezia's dowry.
|ShortSummary = Djem, brother and potential threat to the new Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, arrives at Rome. The Sultan is paying the Holy See handsomely to keep Djem there as a "guest", but he will pay a lot more if Djem somehow dies. Cesare declines his brothers' request of using Michelotto. The Pope tries to decide who is to marry his daughter. Djem is murdered, and the grateful Sultan's gold is used as Lucrezia's dowry.
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|DirectedBy = Simon Cellan Jones
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|17}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|17}}
|Aux4 = <span style="color: grey;"><small>N/A</small></span>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-4-lucrezias-wedding/ Watch Episode 4 Online]
|ShortSummary = Rodrigo betroths his daughter Lucrezia to [[Giovanni Sforza]]. In order not to bring a perception of disrepute to his daughter's lineage, he forbids the girl's mother from attending the wedding, much to the chagrin of both Lucrezia and Cesare. Cardinal Della Rovere courts Neapolitan and French authorities, promising to support France's claim on Naples if he gets their aid in deposing Pope Alexander VI. The wedding proceeds as planned, without Vannozza. After the ceremony, however, Cesare brings her to the reception, to the shock of many of the guests. It quickly causes the marriage to go sour. The following night, Lucrezia is brought to Giovanni's home.
|ShortSummary = Rodrigo betroths his daughter Lucrezia to [[Giovanni Sforza]]. In order not to bring a perception of disrepute to his daughter's lineage, he forbids the girl's mother from attending the wedding, much to the chagrin of both Lucrezia and Cesare. Cardinal Della Rovere courts Neapolitan and French authorities, promising to support France's claim on Naples if he gets their aid in deposing Pope Alexander VI. The wedding proceeds as planned, without Vannozza. After the ceremony, however, Cesare brings her to the reception, to the shock of many of the guests. It quickly causes the marriage to go sour. The following night, Lucrezia is brought to Giovanni's home.
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|DirectedBy = [[John Maybury]]
|DirectedBy = [[John Maybury]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|24}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|24}}
|Aux4 = 0.78<ref name="s1e05">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/04/26/sunday-cable-ratings-nba-khloe-lamar-the-killing-breakout-kings-housewives-game-of-thrones-much-more/90557|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: NBA, 'Khloe & Lamar,' 'The Killing,' 'Breakout Kings,' 'Housewives,' 'Game of Thrones' & Much More|last=Gorman|first=Bill| publisher = [[TV by the Numbers]] |date=April 26, 2011|accessdate=April 26, 2011}}</ref>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-5-the-borgias-in-love/ Watch Episode 5 Online]
|ShortSummary = Lucrezia is very unhappy with her brutish husband, and the pope is tormented by nightmares about her. After [[Florence]], Della Rovere tries to secure safe passage for French troops from Sforza, the Duke of [[Milan]]. Cesare follows to Florence, offering the [[Medici]] an inquisition against the preacher [[Savonarola]], in exchange for denying free passage to the French. Lucrezia flirts with a handsome young servant and entices him to sabotage her husband's saddle so that he will have a riding accident, which he does. The Borgias are soliciting suitable brides for Juan. Cesare kills Ursula Bonadeo's husband.
|ShortSummary = Lucrezia is very unhappy with her brutish husband, and the pope is tormented by nightmares about her. After [[Florence]], Della Rovere tries to secure safe passage for French troops from Sforza, the Duke of [[Milan]]. Cesare follows to Florence, offering the [[Medici]] an inquisition against the preacher [[Savonarola]], in exchange for denying free passage to the French. Lucrezia flirts with a handsome young servant and entices him to sabotage her husband's saddle so that he will have a riding accident, which he does. The Borgias are soliciting suitable brides for Juan. Cesare kills Ursula Bonadeo's husband.
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|DirectedBy = John Maybury
|DirectedBy = John Maybury
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|1}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|1}}
|Aux4 = 0.82<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/03/sunday-cable-ratings-more-death-of-bin-laden-ratings-khloe-lamar-law-order-ci-in-plain-sight-army-wives-housewives-game-of-thrones-much-more/91296|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: More 'Death of Bin Laden' Ratings; 'Khloe & Lamar,' 'Law & Order: CI,' 'In Plain Sight,' 'Army Wives,' 'Housewives,' 'Game of Thrones' & Much More|last=Seidman|first=Robert| publisher = [[TV by the Numbers]] |date=May 3, 2011|accessdate=May 7, 2011}}</ref>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/642/ Watch Episode 6 Online]
|ShortSummary = Lucrezia nurses her wounded husband, and takes the servant as her lover. The King of Naples offers a daughter of his as a bride for Juan Borgia. Juan goes to Naples to sound out a possible marriage with his under-age brother Joffre instead. Della Rovere, now in France, tries to win the favor of the French king. Cesare takes Ursula as a mistress, but she is overwhelmed by scruples and flees to a nunnery. Joffre Borgia marries Sancia of Naples, who is having an affair with Juan.
|ShortSummary = Lucrezia nurses her wounded husband, and takes the servant as her lover. The King of Naples offers a daughter of his as a bride for Juan Borgia. Juan goes to Naples to sound out a possible marriage with his under-age brother Joffre instead. Della Rovere, now in France, tries to win the favor of the French king. Cesare takes Ursula as a mistress, but she is overwhelmed by scruples and flees to a nunnery. Joffre Borgia marries Sancia of Naples, who is having an affair with Juan.
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|DirectedBy = [[Jeremy Podeswa]]
|DirectedBy = [[Jeremy Podeswa]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|8}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|8}}
|Aux4 = 0.86<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/10/sunday-cable-ratings-bullshawks-tops-law-order-ci-in-plain-sight-army-wives-housewives-game-of-thrones-much-more/92058/|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: Bulls/Hawks Tops + 'Law & Order: CI,' 'In Plain Sight,' 'Army Wives,' 'Housewives,' 'Game of Thrones' & Much More|publisher = [[TV by the Numbers]] |last=Gorman|first=Bill|date=May 10, 2011|accessdate=June 19, 2011}}</ref>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-7-death-on-a-pale-horse/ Watch Episode 7 Online]
|ShortSummary = The aged King [[Ferdinand I of Naples|Ferdinand of Naples]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Alfonso]]. King [[Charles VIII of France]], with Cardinal Della Rovere in his train, invades Italy and is given free passage by the Sforza Duke of Milan. Victory seems inevitable as the French sack the city of [[Lucca]]. In fear of a similar fate, Florence capitulates to the French king's harsh terms. Rodrigo sends Giulia Farnese to Giovanni Sforza to confirm his loyalty in arms. Once there, she discovers the House of Sforza will do nothing should the invasion continue into Rome. Giulia also realizes that Lucrezia is pregnant, albeit not by her husband, and advises they both flee in secret.
|ShortSummary = The aged King [[Ferdinand I of Naples|Ferdinand of Naples]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Alfonso]]. King [[Charles VIII of France]], with Cardinal Della Rovere in his train, invades Italy and is given free passage by the Sforza Duke of Milan. Victory seems inevitable as the French sack the city of [[Lucca]]. In fear of a similar fate, Florence capitulates to the French king's harsh terms. Rodrigo sends Giulia Farnese to Giovanni Sforza to confirm his loyalty in arms. Once there, she discovers the House of Sforza will do nothing should the invasion continue into Rome. Giulia also realizes that Lucrezia is pregnant, albeit not by her husband, and advises they both flee in secret.
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|DirectedBy = Jeremy Podeswa
|DirectedBy = Jeremy Podeswa
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|15}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|15}}
|Aux4 = 0.76<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/18/sunday-cable-ratings-heatbulls-slam-dunks-law-order-ci-in-plain-sight-army-wives-housewives-game-of-thrones-much-more/93124/|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: Heat/Bulls Slam Dunks + 'Law & Order: CI,' 'In Plain Sight,' 'Army Wives,' 'Housewives,' 'Game of Thrones' & Much More|publisher = [[TV by the Numbers]]|last=Seidman|first=Robert|date=May 18, 2011|accessdate=June 19, 2011}}</ref>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-8-the-art-of-war/ Watch Episode 8 Online]
|ShortSummary = Giulia and Lucrezia escape Pesaro on horseback at dawn. The pope musters his forces to meet the French challenge. While Giovanni Sforza is torturing the page, the two ladies ride into the French army and are taken into the king's custody. Lucrezia charms the king, and when a battle is about to commence, she engineers a truce between him and her brother Juan, the general of the Papal forces. As the French approach Rome, the cardinals flee to safety.
|ShortSummary = Giulia and Lucrezia escape Pesaro on horseback at dawn. The pope musters his forces to meet the French challenge. While Giovanni Sforza is torturing the page, the two ladies ride into the French army and are taken into the king's custody. Lucrezia charms the king, and when a battle is about to commence, she engineers a truce between him and her brother Juan, the general of the Papal forces. As the French approach Rome, the cardinals flee to safety.
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|DirectedBy = Jeremy Podeswa
|DirectedBy = Jeremy Podeswa
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|22}}
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|22}}
|Aux4 = 0.81<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/sunday-cable-ratings-heatbulls-scores-big-law-order-ci-in-plain-sight-army-wives-housewives-game-of-thrones-much-more/93748/|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: Heat/Bulls Scores Big + 'Law & Order: CI,' 'In Plain Sight,' 'Army Wives,' 'Housewives,' 'Game of Thrones' & Much More|publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]]|last=Gorman|first=Bill|date=May 24, 2011|accessdate=May 25, 2011}}</ref>
|Aux4 = [http://www.watchborgiasonline.com/watch-the-borgias-season-1-episode-9-nessuno/ Watch Episode 9 Online]
|ShortSummary = The French army marches into a deserted Rome. Cardinal Della Rovere expects a convening of the College of Cardinals to depose the pope, but the pope strikes a deal with King Charles of France to recognize him as ruler of Naples. Charles is crowned King of France and Naples in a pompous affair in Rome. Meanwhile, Cesare and Micheletto travel to Pesaro and kidnap Giovanni Sforza in a scheme to have his marriage with Lucrezia annulled. They frame Sforza for being unable to consummate the marriage, by obliging him to prove his potency in front of the college of cardinals. Sforza is unable to endure such ridicule and declares that he is impotent; the marriage is annulled in a humiliating ordeal for Sforza. The French army reaches Naples, where they find the city ravaged by the [[plague (disease)|plague]] and full of corpses. Lucrezia gives birth to a baby boy, after which she is joined by the rest of the Borgias.
|ShortSummary = The French army marches into a deserted Rome. Cardinal Della Rovere expects a convening of the College of Cardinals to depose the pope, but the pope strikes a deal with King Charles of France to recognize him as ruler of Naples. Charles is crowned King of France and Naples in a pompous affair in Rome. Meanwhile, Cesare and Micheletto travel to Pesaro and kidnap Giovanni Sforza in a scheme to have his marriage with Lucrezia annulled. They frame Sforza for being unable to consummate the marriage, by obliging him to prove his potency in front of the college of cardinals. Sforza is unable to endure such ridicule and declares that he is impotent; the marriage is annulled in a humiliating ordeal for Sforza. The French army reaches Naples, where they find the city ravaged by the [[plague (disease)|plague]] and full of corpses. Lucrezia gives birth to a baby boy, after which she is joined by the rest of the Borgias.
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=== Season 2 (2012) ===
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|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = The Borgia Bull
|WrittenBy = Neil Jordan
|DirectedBy = [[Neil Jordan]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|4|8}}
|Aux4 = 0.61<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/10/sunday-cable-ratings-game-of-thrones-leads-atlanta-housewives-mad-men-khloe-lamar-army-wives-the-client-list-much-more/128221/|title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Game of Thrones' Leads + Atlanta 'Housewives,' 'Mad Men,' 'Khloe & Lamar,' 'Army Wives,' 'The Client List' & Much More|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Bibel|first=Sara|date=April 10, 2012|accessdate=April 11, 2012}}</ref>
|ShortSummary = The Pope, pleased with the current standing of his family and their successes, decides to hold a pagan celebration in Rome for the Common People. Whilst hunting he and Giulia discover a hidden alcove of art dedicated to pleasure that he has removed and placed in the Vatican, here he meets a young art apprentice Vittoria, a lady disguising herself as man whom he is attracted to. Guilia, knowing that her lover has strayed whilst she was away fears she will lose him and also befriends Vittoria. Meanwhile the King of France is suffering from the plague in Naples and captures Prince Alfonso and proceeds to torture him with the devices used by his own father on those who displeased him.
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|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Paolo
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|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Beautiful Deception
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|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Stray Dogs
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|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Choice
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|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Day of Ashes
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== External links ==
* {{Official|http://www.sho.com/site/borgias/home.sho}} at [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
* {{Official|http://borgias.bravo.ca}} at [[Bravo!]]
* {{IMDb episodes|1582457|The Borgias}}
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The Borgias is a historical drama created by Neil Jordan based upon the life of Rodrigo Borgia, later Pope Alexander VI, and his family. The series takes place in Rome at the end of the 15th century and depicts Borgia's ruthless efforts to win the papal election, his eventual rise to the position of Pope and his family's struggle to maintain and increase their political power. The series premiered on Showtime on April 3, 2011, with the Canadian premiere happening one hour later on Bravo!.[1] The two-hour premiere was the most-watched original Canadian series premiere on Bravo! and the fourth-most-watched-overall program in the channel's history with 575,000 viewers.[2]

As of April 8, 2012, ten episodes of The Borgias had aired.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 9 April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03) May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22) August 30, 2011 (2011-08-30)[3] December 5, 2011 (2011-12-05)[4] —
2 10[1] April 8, 2012 (2012-04-08) — — — —

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
11"The Poisoned Chalice"Neil JordanNeil JordanApril 3, 2011 (2011-04-03)1.06[5]
After the death of Pope Innocent VIII, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, with the help of his sons, bribes and cajoles other cardinals to vote for him in the conclave to elect the new pontiff. He succeeds, and assumes the papal throne as Alexander VI. Two other ambitious cardinals, Orsini and Della Rovere, immediately begin plotting against him. When Orsini hosts a dinner for the pope and the cardinals, Rodrigo's son Cesare catches a servant, Micheletto, in the kitchen preparing to poison the Borgias' wine. Offering the assassin better pay if he works for his family, Cesare has Orsini poisoned instead.
22"The Assassin"Neil JordanNeil JordanApril 3, 2011 (2011-04-03)1.06[5]
Cesare enlists Micheletto to spy on Cardinal della Rovere, who seeks to find a legal way to depose Rodrigo as pope. He is advised by scholar Johannes Burchard that a pope who engages in "public and notorious lechery" could be deposed. Rodrigo begins an affair with Giulia Farnese, provoking the outrage of his former mistress, Vanozza, and threatening to provide della Rovere with just the evidence he needs. On Micheletto's information, the pope corners Burchard and demands his support in expanding the College of Cardinals to shore up his position. Cesare sets Micheletto to work preventing della Rovere and a witness from presenting evidence against the pope.
33"The Moor"Simon Cellan JonesNeil JordanApril 10, 2011 (2011-04-10)0.68[6]
Djem, brother and potential threat to the new Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, arrives at Rome. The Sultan is paying the Holy See handsomely to keep Djem there as a "guest", but he will pay a lot more if Djem somehow dies. Cesare declines his brothers' request of using Michelotto. The Pope tries to decide who is to marry his daughter. Djem is murdered, and the grateful Sultan's gold is used as Lucrezia's dowry.
44"Lucrezia's Wedding"Simon Cellan JonesNeil JordanApril 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)N/A
Rodrigo betroths his daughter Lucrezia to Giovanni Sforza. In order not to bring a perception of disrepute to his daughter's lineage, he forbids the girl's mother from attending the wedding, much to the chagrin of both Lucrezia and Cesare. Cardinal Della Rovere courts Neapolitan and French authorities, promising to support France's claim on Naples if he gets their aid in deposing Pope Alexander VI. The wedding proceeds as planned, without Vannozza. After the ceremony, however, Cesare brings her to the reception, to the shock of many of the guests. It quickly causes the marriage to go sour. The following night, Lucrezia is brought to Giovanni's home.
55"The Borgias in Love"John MayburyNeil JordanApril 24, 2011 (2011-04-24)0.78[7]
Lucrezia is very unhappy with her brutish husband, and the pope is tormented by nightmares about her. After Florence, Della Rovere tries to secure safe passage for French troops from Sforza, the Duke of Milan. Cesare follows to Florence, offering the Medici an inquisition against the preacher Savonarola, in exchange for denying free passage to the French. Lucrezia flirts with a handsome young servant and entices him to sabotage her husband's saddle so that he will have a riding accident, which he does. The Borgias are soliciting suitable brides for Juan. Cesare kills Ursula Bonadeo's husband.
66"The French King"John MayburyNeil JordanMay 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)0.82[8]
Lucrezia nurses her wounded husband, and takes the servant as her lover. The King of Naples offers a daughter of his as a bride for Juan Borgia. Juan goes to Naples to sound out a possible marriage with his under-age brother Joffre instead. Della Rovere, now in France, tries to win the favor of the French king. Cesare takes Ursula as a mistress, but she is overwhelmed by scruples and flees to a nunnery. Joffre Borgia marries Sancia of Naples, who is having an affair with Juan.
77"Death, on a Pale Horse"Jeremy PodeswaNeil JordanMay 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)0.86[9]
The aged King Ferdinand of Naples dies and is succeeded by his son Alfonso. King Charles VIII of France, with Cardinal Della Rovere in his train, invades Italy and is given free passage by the Sforza Duke of Milan. Victory seems inevitable as the French sack the city of Lucca. In fear of a similar fate, Florence capitulates to the French king's harsh terms. Rodrigo sends Giulia Farnese to Giovanni Sforza to confirm his loyalty in arms. Once there, she discovers the House of Sforza will do nothing should the invasion continue into Rome. Giulia also realizes that Lucrezia is pregnant, albeit not by her husband, and advises they both flee in secret.
88"The Art of War"Jeremy PodeswaNeil JordanMay 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)0.76[10]
Giulia and Lucrezia escape Pesaro on horseback at dawn. The pope musters his forces to meet the French challenge. While Giovanni Sforza is torturing the page, the two ladies ride into the French army and are taken into the king's custody. Lucrezia charms the king, and when a battle is about to commence, she engineers a truce between him and her brother Juan, the general of the Papal forces. As the French approach Rome, the cardinals flee to safety.
99"Nessuno (Nobody)"Jeremy PodeswaNeil JordanMay 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)0.81[11]
The French army marches into a deserted Rome. Cardinal Della Rovere expects a convening of the College of Cardinals to depose the pope, but the pope strikes a deal with King Charles of France to recognize him as ruler of Naples. Charles is crowned King of France and Naples in a pompous affair in Rome. Meanwhile, Cesare and Micheletto travel to Pesaro and kidnap Giovanni Sforza in a scheme to have his marriage with Lucrezia annulled. They frame Sforza for being unable to consummate the marriage, by obliging him to prove his potency in front of the college of cardinals. Sforza is unable to endure such ridicule and declares that he is impotent; the marriage is annulled in a humiliating ordeal for Sforza. The French army reaches Naples, where they find the city ravaged by the plague and full of corpses. Lucrezia gives birth to a baby boy, after which she is joined by the rest of the Borgias.

Season 2 (2012)

№ # Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
101"The Borgia Bull"Neil JordanNeil JordanApril 8, 2012 (2012-04-08)0.61[12]
The Pope, pleased with the current standing of his family and their successes, decides to hold a pagan celebration in Rome for the Common People. Whilst hunting he and Giulia discover a hidden alcove of art dedicated to pleasure that he has removed and placed in the Vatican, here he meets a young art apprentice Vittoria, a lady disguising herself as man whom he is attracted to. Guilia, knowing that her lover has strayed whilst she was away fears she will lose him and also befriends Vittoria. Meanwhile the King of France is suffering from the plague in Naples and captures Prince Alfonso and proceeds to torture him with the devices used by his own father on those who displeased him.
112"Paolo"[13]UnknownUnknownApril 15, 2012 (2012-04-15)TBA
123"The Beautiful Deception"[14]UnknownUnknownApril 11, 2012 (2012-04-11)TBA
134"Stray Dogs"[15]UnknownUnknownApril 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)TBA
145"The Choice"[16]UnknownUnknownMay 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)TBA
156"Day of Ashes"[17]UnknownUnknownMay 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)TBA
167"The Siege at Forli"[18]UnknownUnknownMay 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)TBA

References

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  4. ^ "The Borgias – Season 1 (DVD)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Gorman, Bill (April 5, 2011). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Army Wives,' Kardashians Lead Night; + 'The Killing,' 'The Borgias,' 'Breakout Kings + Much More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
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  12. ^ Bibel, Sara (April 10, 2012). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Game of Thrones' Leads + Atlanta 'Housewives,' 'Mad Men,' 'Khloe & Lamar,' 'Army Wives,' 'The Client List' & Much More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  13. ^ Database (undated). "The Borgias: 'Paolo'". Zap2It. Retrieved March 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ Database (undated). "The Borgias: 'The Beautiful Deception'". Zap2It. Retrieved March 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Database (undated). "The Borgias: 'Stray Dogs'". Zap2It. Retrieved March 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Database (undated). "The Borgias: 'The Choice'". Zap2It. Retrieved March 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Database (undated). "The Borgias: 'Day of Ashes'". Zap2It. Retrieved March 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ Database (undated). "The Borgias: 'The Siege at Forli'". Zap2It. Retrieved March 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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