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This isn’t the review I wanted to be writing. Whenever a season of a show that you like—and many times love—comes to…
Reviews - The Borgias
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Over the course of this season, I’ve talked a lot about how one of the raw pleasures of The Borgias is in watching…
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In the course of these reviews, I’ve talked many times about the use of spectacle on The Borgias, as both the show…
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Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been having several discussions with people, both in and out of the comment…
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With The Borgias possibly coming to an end sooner than expected—as I mentioned in last week’s review—I’ve spent some…
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Potential bad news, everyone: As Deadline reported this week, there are murmurs that Showtime may defy its…
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In the universe of The Borgias, trust is an almost impossible concept for anyone to hold onto. With Italy caught…
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While Mario Puzo is best known as author of The Godfather and other contemporary Mafia novels, history was one of…
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After the frenetic, almost desperate events of “The Face Of Death,” “The Purge” is a comparably more slowly paced…
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One month ago, the Catholic Church elected its newest spiritual leader in wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation.…
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In keeping with the title of tonight’s episode, here’s a confession: I didn’t expect much out of The Borgias this…
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The first time we see Cesare and Juan together in The Borgias pilot episode, it’s a contentious meeting quickly…
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Of the many improvements The Borgias made from its first season to the second, the most important one—and the…
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For all the wealth and power that goes along with being part of the Borgia family—all the access to fine weapons and…
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How fully does Alexander believe in God?
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It’s an undisputed fact that when it comes to historical accuracy, The Borgias isn’t going to win an award anytime…
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When The Borgias premièred, the media it was most regularly compared to wasn’t its Showtime predecessor, The Tudors,…
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If one thing can be said to unite the characters of The Borgias beyond their various appetites, it’s that every…
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Of the many relationship subplots that monopolized time in season one of The Borgias, the dullest offering was the…
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Watching the first season of The Borgias was an exercise in measuring expectations. It wasn't that the show was ever…