The Borgias
Season 3
201310 episodes
Alexander VI survives Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere's assassination attempt, because his daughter Lucrezia knows how to treat catarella poisoning. Alexander's war with the Sforza family continues and escalates. Alexander now plots to turn the Papacy into an explicitly hereditary office.
Episode 1
The Face of Death
Apr 14, 201352m
TMDB rating 8.2TMDB
Pope Alexander fights for his life; the cardinals fight for control of the papacy; Cesare and Micheletto track the assassin; Della Rovere prepares to make his move.
Episode 2
The Purge
Apr 21, 201350m
TMDB rating 6.6TMDB
Alexander tasks Cardinal Sforza with purging the College of Cardinals, old Roman families conspire against the Pope, and Lucrezia tries to seduce Cesare.
Episode 3
Siblings
Apr 28, 201351m
TMDB rating 6.5TMDB
The King of Naples refuses to accept Lucrzia's child as part of the marriage agreement and pointedly invites Caterins Sforza and other Borgia enemies to the wedding.
Episode 4
The Banquet of Chestnuts
May 5, 201351m
TMDB rating 6.3TMDB
Cardinal Farnese exposes the embezzlement of Cardinal Versucci while the King of Naples insists the consummation of Lucrezia's marriage to his cousin be witnessed.
Episode 5
The Wolf and the Lamb
May 12, 201350m
TMDB rating 7.5TMDB
Lucrezia and Micheletto plot the death of King Ferdinand when he refuses her her baby as Cesare's promise of an annulment for Louis X!. gain him a wife and army.
Episode 6
Relics
May 19, 201348m
TMDB rating 6.3TMDB
Cesare unites the sons of the five Romagna families with his own army against Forli, and the Pope negotiates for a with Constantinople Jews for a holy relic.
Episode 7
Lucrezia's Gambit
May 26, 201348m
TMDB rating 6.2TMDB
After the French king occupies a deserted Milan, he tasks Cesare with killing Ludivico, and Lucretia becomes involved in Neapolitan palace intrigue.
Episode 8
Tears of Blood
Jun 2, 201353m
TMDB rating 6.3TMDB
Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic, and Alfonso puts Lucrezia under house arrest.
Episode 9
The Gunpowder Plot
Jun 9, 201346m
TMDB rating 7.2TMDB
Lucrezia escapes with Alfonso and her baby from Naples while the Pope corners the market in sulfur, restricting others from manufacturing gunpowder.
Episode 10
The Prince
Jun 16, 201356m
TMDB rating 6.4TMDB
Micheletto returns to Cesare briefly to help him destroy the walls of Forli and capture Caterina Sforza and later recruit her assassin Rufio.