I started watching the last season of this TV show wondering how it was all going to end.From the beginning, the stakes are super high, because a long gestating plot to murder Pope Alexander VI has finally been put into motion.
His two remaining children, meanwhile, are getting more and more cunning at achieving their ends through the use of their last name and the power it wields.
Lots of things happen during this season, so many in fact that halfway through you wonder how they're all going to resolve. The simple answer is that they do not.
Evidently, the show was canceled long after the episodes were written and filmed, so you only really get a season finale, setting the stage for a following season that never came.
And that underscores my primary annoyance with television productions, which is that producers are very often unable to conclude their shows on their own terms. Lack of audience or finances often lead studios to cancel a show in between seasons, thereby leaving the fans forever guessing.
Occasionally, a show will get a shorter final season order (that happened with Treme ) or the producers are given the chance to make a wrap-up TV movie (like with Transparent), but more often than not, a show just ends and you're left with a bunch of plot lines that lead nowhere. That can be pretty frustrating.
Anyway, the show isn't bad and the acting is good; the historical recreations and attention to detail alone are worth the ride. Just don't expect any real conclusion.
Grade - Season 3: 7
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