Well, “The Borgias” finally went there. (Spoiler alert! Stop if you haven’t seen Seaosn 3, Episode 3.) It’s taken more than two seasons, but the delicate dance between Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia ...

The Borgias in question include the Pope himself, his four illegitimate children — Cesare, Juan, Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) and the young Gioffre (Aidan Alexander) — and Vanossa (Joanne Whalley), ...

Pope Alexander VI takes a new lover and throws a grand, pagan fete for the citizens of Rome when a cache of ancient artifacts is discovered; the rivalry between brothers Cesare and Juan spills into ...

Lucrezia Borgia was a cold-hearted bitch, according to author John Faunce. The facts about Lucrezia’s scandalous life as the bastard daughter of Pope Alexander VI are well-documented. The details ...

The second season of The Borgias is not taking its time out of the gates. Following last week’s exciting installment in which Juan figured out what was going on between Lucrezia and Paolo, and ...

The very name Borgia brings to mind lurid imaginings. This powerful Sopranos-like Italian family dominated the Renaissance for many years. To maintain power, they ...

Corruption, lust and murder — welcome to the Vatican of the Italian Renaissance. Showtime’s second season of The Borgias continues the saga of the notorious Spanish family and its machinations in 15th ...

Even though the breathtaking act of Cesare murdering Juan left most of us wondering what could possibly happen next, just as François Arnaud assured me last week, the season finale of The Borgias was ...

Hot on the heels of the departed “The Tudors,” “The Borgias” arrives on Showtime this Sunday. I won’t say I saw it coming, but now that it’s here — it’s “The Tudors” meets “The Sopranos,” a point ...

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