Reviews - The Borgias

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…

Over the course of this season, I’ve talked a lot about how one of the raw pleasures of The Borgias is in watching…

In the course of these reviews, I’ve talked many times about the use of spectacle on The Borgias, as both the show…

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been having several discussions with people, both in and out of the comment…

With The Borgias possibly coming to an end sooner than expected—as I mentioned in last week’s review—I’ve spent some…

Potential bad news, everyone: As Deadline reported this week, there are murmurs that Showtime may defy its…

In the universe of The Borgias, trust is an almost impossible concept for anyone to hold onto. With Italy caught…

While Mario Puzo is best known as author of The Godfather and other contemporary Mafia novels, history was one of…

After the frenetic, almost desperate events of “The Face Of Death,” “The Purge” is a comparably more slowly paced…

One month ago, the Catholic Church elected its newest spiritual leader in wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation.…

In keeping with the title of tonight’s episode, here’s a confession: I didn’t expect much out of The Borgias this…

The first time we see Cesare and Juan together in The Borgias pilot episode, it’s a contentious meeting quickly…

Of the many improvements The Borgias made from its first season to the second, the most important one—and the…

For all the wealth and power that goes along with being part of the Borgia family—all the access to fine weapons and…

How fully does Alexander believe in God?

It’s an undisputed fact that when it comes to historical accuracy, The Borgias isn’t going to win an award anytime…

When The Borgias premièred, the media it was most regularly compared to wasn’t its Showtime predecessor, The Tudors,…

If one thing can be said to unite the characters of The Borgias beyond their various appetites, it’s that every…

Of the many relationship subplots that monopolized time in season one of The Borgias, the dullest offering was the…

Watching the first season of The Borgias was an exercise in measuring expectations. It wasn't that the show was ever…