Last season got off to a rousing start with "The Papal Pear" being graphically employed to punish/execute a sodomite. This season begins with Pope Rodrigo sentencing about 13 Cardinals to "The Jaws of Anguish" for their sins against him and The Church. One's neck is encircled with a yoke while a large screw (attached to a head bowl) is tightened down upon top of the skull until the eyes and teeth pop out followed by gushes of blood. It's always nice to see these historically accurate toys to make one appreciate his birth in the current era.
Season 3 now starts to roll at a rapid pace. Lucrezia has grown and matured while Cesare has become a near wild-eyed war lord in charge of uniting Italy by any means possible. Rodrigo fights to keep his Papacy and gets hooked on tobacco from the New World plus catching a nice case of epilepsy as well. The chicanery continues but the acting, action, violence, and NUDITY have all takes noticeable upticks in this brutal story of The Renaissance Simpsons.
John Doman and cast have pulled out all the stops as 'Borgia' (in its final season) has turned into a nice, well written soap opera with a bit more coherence than the first two seasons. I will hate to see it go.
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Topic - 'Borgia', Season 3 . . . . - Billy Wonka 19:03:16 11/07/14 (9)
- So far - pretty boring - Victor Khomenko 05:21:12 11/10/14 (4)
- I like what they are doing . . . - Billy Wonka 18:37:25 11/10/14 (3)
- "Apparently the storyline follows the history of the family "somewhat"." - Victor Khomenko 05:40:43 11/11/14 (2)
- It's a gorgeous soap opera . . . - Billy Wonka 13:58:32 11/13/14 (1)
- I started watching Irons, but fell asleep even faster - Victor Khomenko 19:08:23 11/13/14 (0)
- Hey, what about the Medici? And the Sforza? nt - tinear 08:36:23 11/08/14 (1)
- Pop the corn and tune in . . . * - Billy Wonka 13:12:03 11/08/14 (0)
- Watching the Jaws in action, I kept thinking of Senators losing the elections - Victor Khomenko 05:28:06 11/08/14 (1)
- You can take the boy out of Russia, but you cannot… nt - tinear 16:20:51 11/09/14 (0)