Simply MAGNIFICENT, incredible cast, Jeremy Irons at his best
I liked it at first. :-/
So surprised that this series is so much better than I expected. The lines are so good and elegant. The cast, the costume and the set of scene are so good.
The last season is a little bit plainer compared to the first two seasons. The pace and the story are quite with haste as well.
I like period shows. I like them for the entertainment and I´m not looking for airtight historical accuracy. This is far from accurate but one can easily imagine it could have happened somewhat like this. In that regard it is believable writing under the specification of a TV show. Yet, I found this to be not quite as good as other historical fiction shows. Because it is hard to find sympathy for any of the characters. The way they are written makes it hard to like them, you could easily understand why everyone wants the Borgias dead and gone.
Technically there is nothing wrong with the show. Sets, costumes and the performance of the actors are great. Since they were probably surprised by the cancellation the shows ending is open with an unsolved plot. Whatever I think of the show it would have deserved a conclusive ending.
Best show but too bad it ended soon.
WHAT THE HELL happened in the last season of this show? The first two were BRILLIANT. And then it slammed into the ground in terms of story line and continuity. Prince Alfonso with the strange voice and the room of corpses was supposed to be Lucrezia's second husband, not the boring kid with the curly hair. Her baby, Giovanni, was a year old for two years. The show completely dropped/denied the existence of Joffrey Boriga and his pregnant wife, likely carrying Juan's child. Oh, we only got a mention of Juan's wife, as well as her pregnancy. And what of Machiavelli, Ascanio Sforza, and Giulia Farnese? The three best characters who weren't Borgias - and the show just relegated them to a few minutes an episode - if any.
This show didn't deserve the writing it got in the end, and I would have loved to have seen more of Cesare and Lucrezia's antics.
Not historically accurate, but very entertaining! Micheletto is endlessly fascinating.
I'M SO ANGRY THAT THIS SHOW HAS ENDED
Great show.Too bad it didn't have a proper ending.
excelente Jeremy Irons
great show, Iron is "huge'.
j. irons as pope. plot and atmosphere is very promising.
Review by Dan GigernesBlockedParent2019-11-22T13:45:25Z
Based upon the "true" accounts of the Spanish Borgia family and it's head Pope Alexander VI who had an enormous ambition and an even bigger sexual appetite. Jeremy Irons was surprising casting at that time (when few film actors turned to TV) as the pope and the ensemble around him is filled with exceptional European and Canadian actors. The series look and sounds great and had a fascinating backdrop but sometimes it go "overkill" on shock value and gory moments which seems unnecessary and makes the series seem more like exploitation than as "true drama". The show was never completed as the series tell about the pope family from Alexander got the papal job up to the height of his power when he had removed all his enemies, but doesn't show the downfall and "poetic ending" of him or give his son (the true villain of the piece) the fate he deserves. That is probably a shame as the series seem to finish with the last 10% of the story left untold. Still, it is a solid series and it may make people interested in reading up on a part of Vatican history that one did not knew existed and that the Catholic Church would most hope would remain buried.