THE BORGIAS  “Lucrezia’s Wedding” Season 1 Episode 4 –  The Borgias  went all Cruel Intentions this week as Lucrezia seeks kissing advice from her father’s whor Giulia (is that what we’e calling her?) prior to her big wedding day. Well, it more

THE BORGIAS  “The Moor” Season 1 Episode 3 – First thing is first: how awesome is that opening title sequence? A supreme mash of sex and blood which sets us up for an episode filled with…well, not quite as much blood and sex as the opening title sequ more

After what was a great start to the series in last week's premiere, "The Moor" was a bit complacent, and felt extremely similar to what we had already seen. Maybe this is just what The Borgias is going to be.  Each week there will be a new more

Showtime's   The Borgias , a sumptuous and sexy new drama series set during the Italian Renaissance, chronicles the rise and crimes of one of history's most nefarious dynasties, or as the marketing materials call them, the world's first crime family. more

THE BORGIAS  “The Poisoned Chalice” & “The Assassin” Season 1 Episode 1 & Episode 2 – There are worse ways to spend a Sunday than listening to Jeremy Irons’ Cardinal  Rodrigo Borgia scheming for the papacy to become the most powerfu more

Pope Alexander: Oh what would Rome be without a good plot? That just about explains what The Borgias is going to be about.  Constant plotting against the Pope, and then his ability to fight back against all those that oppose him.  There was all more

If you want to learn about (quasi-)history, Showtime's new series,  The Borgias , may be one of the most entertaining, violent and sex-filled ways to do it. Dry textbooks truly cannot live up to this series as a way to watch historical figures behavi more

On April 3, The Borgias will be premiering on Showtime in the United States and on Bravo in Canada.  Neil Jordan, the Oscar winning writer of The Crying Game, is the showrunner of this new historical drama. The Borgias focuses on the Spanish famil more