The Borgias

Another show whose first season I watched many years ago that I've decided to finally watch to the end. I would actually revise the grade I gave it down to a 7, but still, not bad.

Season 2 starts with Pope Alexander enjoying having been spared the fury of the French army, now en route to Naples, where an unexpected surprise turns the tables on King Charles.

Alexander wastes no time in trying to rehabilitate his image and that of Rome, spending with largess. When word reaches the Vatican that Charles has left Naples for Rome to take his revenge on the Pope's deception, it is Cesare, the Pope's elder son, who saves the city from assured destruction.

He's then sent on a diplomatic mission, but things don't go as expected. His brother Juan is then sent on a military mission, but he fails even more miserably.

Meanwhile, poor heartbroken Lucrezia is pushed by the Pope to re-marry in order to ensure the Borgia family's future and expand their alliances.

Alexander, however, has many enemies, and some are unknowingly getting too close for comfort.

The plot does have more holes than it did in the first season, but it's overall still enjoyable.

Maybe the worst thing is a feeling of storylines being rushed through in order to advance the story, but that could also be caused by me binging on it rather than watching one episode per week as it was originally intended (not all shows work the same in the era of streaming, or do they?).

Grade - Season 2: 7