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Previously on
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ALEXANDER: They settled
like crows around me -
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praying for my death.
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DELLA ROVERE: Cardinal Orsini,
Cardinal De Luca.
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I came as soon as I heard.
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CESARE:
My father lives. You failed.
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Where are these
allies, Cesare?
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Who are our friends?
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Without him,
what becomes of us?
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LUCREZIA: You should go.
It's not safe here.
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ALFONSO:
I'm to be your husband.
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LUCREZIA:
Yes, but you're not yet.
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I will send for you.
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What is this?
This is your freedom.
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Don't forget who put
it in your hands.
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CESARE:
Guards!
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Did you do this?
No.
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All this has done
is move things along
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a little faster than
we'd anticipated.
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Now I require
your assistance.
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And if I refuse?
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Your cousin Catherina will
not be denied this chance.
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He will die.
As will they all die.
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All is well here?
No.
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There is a plot to
kill your family.
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CESARE:
When?
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CARDINAL SFORZA:
Tonight. Now.
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[grunting]
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[pained cry]
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CESARE: All the snakes
in Rome have slid forth.
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ALEXANDER: Who is to protect
this family if not you?
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RUFIO:
Ascanio betrayed us.
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CATHERINA: Then we will
have to find another way.
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The cardinals?
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CATHERINA:
No, their families.
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Orsini. Vitelli.
Baglioni.
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RUFIO:
They hate each other.
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They hate
the Borgias more.
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VANOZZA:
Open your eyes.
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We're not safe.
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We are at war.
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[♪]
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♪ The Borgias 3x02 ♪
The Purge
Original Air Date on April 21, 2013
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
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[♪]
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Della Rovere's escape
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was orchestrated
by whom?
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CESARE: Of that,
I must plead ignorance.
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We are in a snake pit,
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surrounded by venom
and smiling vipers,
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and our son
pleads ignorance?
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[sighs]
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Maybe it was you, hm?
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Ow.
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[sighs]
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Let me.
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Maybe you helped him to
live to see another day.
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The day perhaps when
your beloved father
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breathes
his last.
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If you believe that,
Father,
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then you have lost
all faith in me.
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We have lost faith in
everyone, everything,
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even the hand
that guides us.
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Surely not in
your own family?
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Our family.
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That...
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bosom of trust
and tranquillity.
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[scoffs]
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No.
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We feel safe in
the arms of our family.
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But as for that
nest of vipers -
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called the College
of Cardinals -
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we shall cleanse them.
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Purge it.
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As we ourselves
have been purged.
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[distant thunder rumbling]
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So, Brother,
who called us here?
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This letter.
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Unsigned.
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It promised sport against
the Borgia family.
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And what if a Borgia
wrote it?
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Too clever surely -
even for them.
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Can you think of a better way
to draw out their enemies?
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[distant thunder rumbling]
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[swords being drawn]
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Who's there?
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[sighs in relief]
Vitelli.
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Paulo Orsini -
and Roberto.
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When did you take
to writing letters?
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We didn't.
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You were summoned too?
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COLONNA:
Vitelli.
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Prospero Colonna.
[swords being sheathed]
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We were summoned
here by the Orsini?
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RUFIO:
You were summoned by me.
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And you are?
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I am the black heart
of a Borgia nightmare.
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I speak with Catherina
Sforza's voice
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and she invites
you all to join her
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in a confederacy
of hatred.
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A hatred
of the Sforza?
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We all sign up
to that.
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And she would
call you fool.
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She would remind you
of the days
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when families ruled
this papacy of ours.
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Roman families.
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Sforza, Colonna, Vitelli -
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Orsini.
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Bury your enmities,
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bury them until the
Borgia snake is lanced.
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And she has the
power to do that?
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With your help.
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And then, we can happily
hate each other again.
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[chuckles]
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She will drink to that.
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ALEXANDER:
Think of Rome
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as a spider's web,
my son.
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Each family has its silken
thread attached to an egg
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that is planted
within these walls.
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Orsini. Baglioni.
Vitelli. Colonna.
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And each one of those
diaphanous threads
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go back through their families
to the tarantula of Forli.
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The great Arachne,
Catherina Sforza.
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And every egg wears
a cardinal's hat
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and a smile of
obedience and piety.
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And plots to murder you,
your mother, your sister.
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And the plot to murder
your beloved brother...
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...succeeds.
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Unforgiveable,
surely.
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So if you are
to gain our love again,
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we would have you trace
those silken threads -
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back to the families
outside these walls.
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And let us deal with
the cardinals within.
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VITELLI: And then
I never saw her again.
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[men laughing]
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BODYGUARD:
We're being followed.
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Warn him off.
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Yes, my lord.
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You! Be wise
and go home now.
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MAN:
I am never wise.
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[gasping]
Hey!
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Go!
[punching]
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[punching]
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[groaning]
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[groaning]
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My Lord Vitelli.
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My Lord Borgia.
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CESARE: You are in
quite the hurry.
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We were accosted.
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Rome is a lethal place
at times like these.
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Who bears you
a grudge?
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I know not.
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My whole family
was assaulted.
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And but for the actions
of my brave manservant,
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my mother, sister,
and nephew
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would lie like carrion
in the streets.
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Yes, I heard as much.
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You also heard who set
the dogs upon them?
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No, I don't trust rumour.
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Catherina Sforza,
it is rumoured.
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It is also rumoured
that she had help.
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From whom?
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Who covets
the papal crown?
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The great
Roman families:
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Colonna, Orsini, Baglioni...
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Vitelli.
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A dangerous accusation,
my lord.
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And one that would need evidence.
Indeed.
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Micheletto -
call the night watch.
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There was some unpleasantness
in the streets.
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And so I shall escort the good
Lord Vitelli safely home.
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[kissing]
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[gasping]
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Rodrigo.
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No, no.
It's no good.
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Come here.
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It's no good!
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[sighs in frustration]
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My love...
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it happens to every man
once in a while.
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Not to me.
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To every man.
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Why, have you
known so many?
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No.
I'm sorry.
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Forgive me.
Forgive me.
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Come here.
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We have never been
unmanned before.
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Maybe it's the poison.
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Hm?
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I mean, we want you.
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We desire you.
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You are tired.
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You've been
through too much.
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We have been
tired before.
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We have never been
undone before.
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[sighs]
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Perhaps it's age.
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[laughs]
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You are the most vigorous
man I have ever known.
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[scoffs]
"Was," perhaps.
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You are.
And this will pass.
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Believe me,
it will pass.
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[music; loud conversations]
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[loud cheering]
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CESARE:
Cardinal Orsini!
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[music;
loud conversations cease]
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Sh, sh, sh.
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You could hear
a pin drop, Micheletto.
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If I had a pin.
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Do you have a pin,
Cardinal?
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No, my Lord,
I have no pin.
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But you have relatives here.
[conversations begin again]
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Could you introduce me
to them?
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The Lords Paulo, Roberto Orsini:
Lord Cesare Borgia.
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At your service.
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May I join you?
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Be our guest.
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You were here for the game,
I would hazard.
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[music starts up again]
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The pope falls ill.
The game begins.
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Who will succeed him?
An Orsini?
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A Colonna?
A D'Este?
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Or, would anyone dare
bet on another Spaniard?
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[chuckles]
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[dice land]
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But the pope lives.
Indeed.
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The game is over.
For now.
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So then why do you still
linger here in Rome?
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We like the ruins.
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You prefer them to your
castle in Bracciano?
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We like that too.
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But you must confer with
your cousin, the cardinal.
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Which is difficult
in Bracciano.
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His business
is in Rome.
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Yes, he serves the pope,
in Consistory.
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Does that service include
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the attempted assassination
of his family?
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Be careful, my lord.
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I am -
most careful.
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I gutted those
incompetent dogs.
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Sent by
Catherina Sforza?
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By you?
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Or by a great
combination of both?
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[conversation and music ceases]
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But the pope survived,
thanks be to God.
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Here, take it down.
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So, be careful with your
calumnies and your accusations.
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Rome is a city of rumour.
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And you had a brother,
who was murdered.
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And rumour has it that
the culprit still lives.
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He has yet to be found.
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Ah.
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Well, perhaps he's here.
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Are you accusing me?
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Or me?
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[laughter]
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[indistinct conversations
continue]
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JUAN:
Come father, come!
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ALEXANDER:
Where we going?
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JUAN:
That's the mystery. Come!
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Ooh!
Come!
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[screams]
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[gasps in horror]
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00:15:09,853 --> 00:15:11,120
Father!
265
00:15:11,221 --> 00:15:14,190
Hold on!
266
00:15:14,258 --> 00:15:15,692
Hold me, Father -
267
00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,227
promise you'll hold me!
268
00:15:17,294 --> 00:15:19,495
I...I...
269
00:15:19,563 --> 00:15:21,464
[gasping]
270
00:15:21,531 --> 00:15:23,132
[groaning]
271
00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,301
No!
Father!
272
00:15:25,369 --> 00:15:26,869
Juan!
273
00:15:28,205 --> 00:15:29,972
[gasping]
274
00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,976
Cesare, Holy Father,
your loving son.
275
00:15:34,077 --> 00:15:36,979
[distant bell tolling]
276
00:15:38,982 --> 00:15:40,783
Our only son.
277
00:15:43,754 --> 00:15:47,691
Catherina Sforza
seeks out allies.
278
00:15:47,792 --> 00:15:50,460
Ah.
279
00:15:50,528 --> 00:15:54,631
You've come to talk
to us about spiders.
280
00:15:54,699 --> 00:15:56,700
In an alliance against us -
With whom?
281
00:15:56,768 --> 00:15:59,803
All of them:
the great Roman families.
282
00:15:59,905 --> 00:16:02,239
Hm.
283
00:16:02,340 --> 00:16:06,844
So it is time to act.
284
00:16:06,912 --> 00:16:11,782
To snip those silken threads
from their source.
285
00:16:11,883 --> 00:16:14,918
The great Arachne.
286
00:16:14,986 --> 00:16:20,491
And to give her a lesson
in the elegance of revenge.
287
00:16:20,559 --> 00:16:22,159
Can revenge
be elegant?
288
00:16:22,227 --> 00:16:24,829
Oh, yes.
And eloquent.
289
00:16:24,897 --> 00:16:27,999
We shall begin
with words.
290
00:16:28,066 --> 00:16:31,269
An inquisition,
within these walls.
291
00:16:31,370 --> 00:16:34,072
They will all
cry innocent.
292
00:16:34,140 --> 00:16:38,043
We will have one
interrogate the other.
293
00:16:38,144 --> 00:16:40,279
Interrogate.
294
00:16:41,681 --> 00:16:43,782
And of what do
we accuse them?
295
00:16:43,850 --> 00:16:47,319
Of a hand
in the conspiracy.
296
00:16:47,387 --> 00:16:54,059
To murder our sacred person,
and of our family.
297
00:16:54,127 --> 00:16:56,161
The murder
of your beloved son.
298
00:17:00,833 --> 00:17:05,270
You surpass yourself,
Cesare.
299
00:17:05,371 --> 00:17:07,806
I have a lot
to atone for.
300
00:17:09,309 --> 00:17:10,743
Mm.
301
00:17:10,810 --> 00:17:13,612
We shall start with
he who is closest
302
00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,915
to the tarantula
of Forli:
303
00:17:17,016 --> 00:17:19,818
Cardinal Sforza.
304
00:17:19,919 --> 00:17:23,055
[inhaling deeply]
305
00:17:23,122 --> 00:17:24,802
SFORZA: Holiness,
I swear by the living God
306
00:17:24,857 --> 00:17:26,959
that I am innocent
in this matter.
307
00:17:27,026 --> 00:17:31,296
I have long forsaken
all ties with my family.
308
00:17:31,397 --> 00:17:33,432
I am a nameless orphan,
309
00:17:33,499 --> 00:17:35,366
in the service of God,
my pope,
310
00:17:35,434 --> 00:17:37,702
and the Borgia family.
311
00:17:37,769 --> 00:17:42,540
You would rather be
a Borgia than a Sforza?
312
00:17:42,608 --> 00:17:44,476
In everything but name,
I already am.
313
00:17:44,577 --> 00:17:48,847
And you wish to prove
to us your innocence?
314
00:17:48,948 --> 00:17:51,016
Your Holiness, I must.
315
00:17:53,553 --> 00:17:56,726
Then find for us
316
00:17:59,084 --> 00:18:01,084
those responsible.
317
00:18:01,662 --> 00:18:03,029
Who else then lies
under suspicion?
318
00:18:03,096 --> 00:18:04,330
Everyone.
319
00:18:04,398 --> 00:18:05,665
Anybody who wears
a red hat.
320
00:18:05,733 --> 00:18:07,100
Interrogate them all.
321
00:18:07,168 --> 00:18:09,502
[inhales quickly]
322
00:18:09,570 --> 00:18:11,104
I am hardly
an inquisitor.
323
00:18:11,172 --> 00:18:13,539
Then become one.
324
00:18:13,607 --> 00:18:16,208
We will cleanse
this Vatican of ours
325
00:18:16,276 --> 00:18:18,811
of anyone who even thinks
to question our fitness
326
00:18:18,879 --> 00:18:20,747
for this most
holy of offices.
327
00:18:20,815 --> 00:18:23,650
Is thought to be
a crime now?
328
00:18:25,654 --> 00:18:28,056
Begin with De Luca.
329
00:18:28,123 --> 00:18:31,760
Threaten him with loss
of office and banishment and -
330
00:18:31,861 --> 00:18:33,495
[chuckles]
331
00:18:33,563 --> 00:18:35,964
...he will sing madrigals.
332
00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:37,499
And if he doesn't?
333
00:18:37,567 --> 00:18:39,501
Take him to
the Castel Sant Angelo.
334
00:18:39,569 --> 00:18:42,304
Acquaint him with
the instruments of torture.
335
00:18:42,371 --> 00:18:44,573
You cannot torture
a prince of the church.
336
00:18:44,674 --> 00:18:46,141
I know that.
You know that.
337
00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:48,777
But imagination is
a great persuader.
338
00:18:48,844 --> 00:18:50,412
He saw Savonarola burn.
339
00:18:50,479 --> 00:18:52,480
[chuckles]
340
00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:55,785
He'll soon begin to sing -
if he hasn't already -
341
00:18:55,886 --> 00:18:58,854
like a nightingale.
342
00:18:58,956 --> 00:19:00,623
And then?
343
00:19:00,691 --> 00:19:04,961
Then -seize his estates,
strip his red hat.
344
00:19:05,029 --> 00:19:07,897
Banish him
to some hermitage.
345
00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:10,967
And arrest all those
he has implicated.
346
00:19:11,035 --> 00:19:15,137
And start
the process again.
347
00:19:15,205 --> 00:19:18,074
We are in a new world,
Cardinal.
348
00:19:33,189 --> 00:19:35,056
[quietly]
You were married before.
349
00:19:35,157 --> 00:19:36,791
Indeed, my love.
350
00:19:36,892 --> 00:19:39,294
The whole world
knows that.
351
00:19:39,361 --> 00:19:43,331
And yet this child is
not your husband's.
352
00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:46,067
True.
353
00:19:46,135 --> 00:19:48,403
The whole world
knows that too.
354
00:19:50,906 --> 00:19:55,543
If we are to be married,
and happily my love,
355
00:19:55,644 --> 00:19:59,246
we must have no secrets.
356
00:19:59,314 --> 00:20:01,816
Then I have a confession to
make to you, Lucrezia Borgia.
357
00:20:01,917 --> 00:20:04,185
I'm listening.
358
00:20:04,253 --> 00:20:06,621
I saved myself
for marriage.
359
00:20:06,689 --> 00:20:09,457
Ah!
Thank God.
360
00:20:09,558 --> 00:20:11,960
So you are all mine.
361
00:20:12,027 --> 00:20:13,695
You misunderstand me.
362
00:20:13,762 --> 00:20:16,864
I am that most
un-Italian thing.
363
00:20:16,932 --> 00:20:17,732
A virgin.
364
00:20:17,833 --> 00:20:19,167
Oh.
365
00:20:19,268 --> 00:20:23,137
Well, we can soon
put that to rights.
366
00:20:23,205 --> 00:20:25,407
I made a vow
to Saint Agnes.
367
00:20:25,474 --> 00:20:27,642
The patron saint
of purity.
368
00:20:27,710 --> 00:20:30,512
The first woman that
I'd lie with would be my wife.
369
00:20:30,580 --> 00:20:32,280
Well lie with me.
370
00:20:32,348 --> 00:20:35,917
I will be your wife.
371
00:20:36,018 --> 00:20:37,919
Yes, but you are not yet.
372
00:20:40,056 --> 00:20:42,457
Ah.
373
00:20:42,525 --> 00:20:44,726
We must wait then.
374
00:20:45,862 --> 00:20:51,199
Yes, we must wait.
375
00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:53,435
And until that night,
376
00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:56,838
all this beauty
will be just a promise.
377
00:20:59,174 --> 00:21:01,809
VANOZZA: Perhaps the poison
is still within you.
378
00:21:01,877 --> 00:21:04,478
Perhaps it strikes
at the root of you.
379
00:21:04,546 --> 00:21:08,048
ALEXANDER: The doctor said
that the poison is gone.
380
00:21:08,116 --> 00:21:09,650
VANOZZA: Perhaps it's
God's punishment:
381
00:21:09,751 --> 00:21:14,688
your lack of vigour.
382
00:21:14,756 --> 00:21:18,125
ALEXANDER:
Or maybe His blessing.
383
00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:22,830
In the past we have striven
to subdue our passions.
384
00:21:22,897 --> 00:21:25,432
[chuckles]
385
00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:27,934
Maybe now
we can succeed.
386
00:21:33,842 --> 00:21:36,144
How can we love when
the very air we breathe
387
00:21:36,211 --> 00:21:38,713
is poisoned with
venom and hatred?
388
00:21:38,781 --> 00:21:41,482
And trust no one -
but you?
389
00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:47,488
And we could not protect you
when the assassins struck.
390
00:21:47,555 --> 00:21:49,223
You can't blame
yourself for that.
391
00:21:49,324 --> 00:21:51,024
We are God's
minister on Earth;
392
00:21:51,125 --> 00:21:52,559
He has abandoned us.
393
00:21:55,797 --> 00:21:57,064
If we cannot keep you safe,
394
00:21:57,132 --> 00:21:59,766
we would rather
give up our calling.
395
00:21:59,868 --> 00:22:01,268
[scoffs]
396
00:22:01,336 --> 00:22:04,137
Life without the papacy;
what a thought.
397
00:22:04,205 --> 00:22:06,907
But how would you
spend your days?
398
00:22:06,974 --> 00:22:08,275
Tending your vines?
399
00:22:08,343 --> 00:22:12,747
Yes!
Oh!
400
00:22:12,814 --> 00:22:16,017
We would sit together in
the garden in the evening
401
00:22:16,085 --> 00:22:18,286
and watch our
grandchildren grow.
402
00:22:18,354 --> 00:22:20,488
A garden?
We'd have a garden?
403
00:22:20,556 --> 00:22:23,659
Mm.
Flowers, a beehive -
404
00:22:23,726 --> 00:22:25,861
[chuckles]
405
00:22:25,962 --> 00:22:28,029
Beehive.
406
00:22:28,130 --> 00:22:30,031
-a soft spring well.
407
00:22:30,099 --> 00:22:32,033
Then we would find peace.
408
00:22:35,839 --> 00:22:39,208
With all that we have, all the
trappings of office and power,
409
00:22:39,276 --> 00:22:44,680
we cannot protect you,
our family.
410
00:22:44,748 --> 00:22:47,583
We would rather be a
peasant in a garden
411
00:22:47,650 --> 00:22:50,486
with a pitchfork -
412
00:22:50,553 --> 00:22:53,421
if that would
keep you safe.
413
00:22:56,459 --> 00:23:01,562
[indistinct conversations]
414
00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:04,865
Cardinal De Luca.
415
00:23:04,933 --> 00:23:07,067
I would speak
with you.
416
00:23:08,571 --> 00:23:11,706
SFORZA: He heard every word,
the Holy Father.
417
00:23:11,774 --> 00:23:14,675
Every word, every plot,
every insinuation.
418
00:23:14,743 --> 00:23:18,346
He must know what happens
on the illness of a pope.
419
00:23:18,414 --> 00:23:19,647
He plotted so himself.
420
00:23:19,715 --> 00:23:21,750
This is not just
any ordinary pope.
421
00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:23,457
This is a pope whose
son has been murdered
422
00:23:23,486 --> 00:23:25,153
and whose family almost
died at the same blade.
423
00:23:25,254 --> 00:23:26,755
He will take action.
424
00:23:26,823 --> 00:23:28,156
So tell me,
what must I do?
425
00:23:30,093 --> 00:23:32,595
First,
you must confess.
426
00:23:32,663 --> 00:23:33,596
Well,
I admit it then.
427
00:23:33,664 --> 00:23:36,266
I am guilty.
Of what?
428
00:23:37,568 --> 00:23:40,436
Of avarice -
for advancement.
429
00:23:40,537 --> 00:23:42,238
For, dare I say,
the throne of St. Peter.
430
00:23:42,305 --> 00:23:44,173
Well, that may
not be enough.
431
00:23:45,942 --> 00:23:48,343
Am I guilty of more?
432
00:23:50,413 --> 00:23:52,547
Who murdered
the son?
433
00:23:54,584 --> 00:23:58,253
The world awaits
news on that.
434
00:23:58,354 --> 00:23:59,621
There was a plot
435
00:23:59,689 --> 00:24:01,723
led by Catherina Sforza
and Della Rovere
436
00:24:01,791 --> 00:24:03,925
to rid the earth
of the Borgia family.
437
00:24:03,993 --> 00:24:06,361
The plotters are
in the Vatican walls.
438
00:24:09,099 --> 00:24:12,101
I am a cleric,
Cardinal.
439
00:24:12,202 --> 00:24:13,803
I am adept at strategy;
440
00:24:13,871 --> 00:24:17,207
perhaps arranging votes
on conclave, on committee.
441
00:24:17,275 --> 00:24:19,142
As to my expertise
in murder,
442
00:24:19,210 --> 00:24:23,113
I would plead
incompetence.
443
00:24:23,180 --> 00:24:26,149
You are the cousin
to Catherina Sforza.
444
00:24:26,217 --> 00:24:28,985
The finger of such an accusation
must surely fall on you.
445
00:24:29,053 --> 00:24:30,453
Indeed it does.
446
00:24:30,554 --> 00:24:31,721
Which may well explain
447
00:24:31,789 --> 00:24:34,857
my sense of urgency
in this matter.
448
00:24:34,924 --> 00:24:38,827
When the Holy Father was ill,
he heard no words of mine.
449
00:24:41,398 --> 00:24:43,833
And what are my options?
450
00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:45,701
Confession.
451
00:24:45,769 --> 00:24:48,171
To a crime I would never
even dream of committing?
452
00:24:48,238 --> 00:24:50,873
Then name those who would.
The plotters.
453
00:24:50,974 --> 00:24:53,709
And who are they?
454
00:24:53,777 --> 00:24:56,279
Orsini, Versucci, Colonna.
Pick who you will.
455
00:24:56,347 --> 00:24:58,615
It doesn't matter.
They all wanted him dead.
456
00:25:00,551 --> 00:25:01,952
I could never.
457
00:25:02,019 --> 00:25:05,221
Yes, I know; the very
thought seems outrageous.
458
00:25:05,289 --> 00:25:08,992
But we must learn how
outrage becomes normality.
459
00:25:11,462 --> 00:25:14,197
[indistinct conversations]
460
00:25:18,836 --> 00:25:21,938
[birds chirping]
461
00:25:24,509 --> 00:25:27,644
This Vatican of ours
has changed...
462
00:25:27,712 --> 00:25:29,646
...forever.
463
00:25:32,817 --> 00:25:35,819
Follow me.
464
00:25:35,887 --> 00:25:37,587
Follow you where?
465
00:25:39,257 --> 00:25:41,391
Into the future.
466
00:25:43,461 --> 00:25:46,964
[man screaming in the distance]
467
00:25:47,031 --> 00:25:48,632
DE LUCA:
Am I, a prince of the church,
468
00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:50,367
to be to put to the rack?
469
00:25:50,435 --> 00:25:52,269
SFORZA:
The very thought appalls me.
470
00:25:52,337 --> 00:25:54,771
But there are others
less delicate than I.
471
00:25:54,873 --> 00:25:57,241
[metal gate clanking open]
472
00:25:57,308 --> 00:25:58,909
So perhaps these
instruments of torture
473
00:25:58,977 --> 00:26:01,211
may act as an aid
to contemplation.
474
00:26:04,483 --> 00:26:06,584
Cardinal Sforza,
Cardinal Sforza,
475
00:26:06,685 --> 00:26:08,118
Cardinal Sforza, please!
476
00:26:08,186 --> 00:26:09,653
Please, Cardinal Sforza!
477
00:26:09,721 --> 00:26:11,222
Please,
Cardinal Sforza!
478
00:26:11,289 --> 00:26:12,957
Cardinal Sforza!
479
00:26:13,058 --> 00:26:14,658
Sforza!
480
00:26:14,726 --> 00:26:15,893
[grunting]
481
00:26:15,961 --> 00:26:18,228
[metal gate closing
and being locked]
482
00:26:18,296 --> 00:26:22,465
NO!
Sforza!
483
00:26:22,533 --> 00:26:23,967
[screaming]
484
00:26:31,242 --> 00:26:34,411
May I enter?
485
00:26:34,479 --> 00:26:37,047
Will modesty allow it?
486
00:26:37,148 --> 00:26:39,416
Please.
487
00:26:43,354 --> 00:26:46,223
[whispers]
Little Giovanni.
488
00:26:46,324 --> 00:26:48,259
He's a virgin.
489
00:26:48,327 --> 00:26:51,295
[cooing]
He will punish me cruelly.
490
00:26:51,363 --> 00:26:53,398
He will
make me wait.
491
00:26:55,267 --> 00:26:56,902
Sh, sh, sh, sh, sh.
492
00:26:56,969 --> 00:26:59,604
[whispers]
I have had word from my uncle,
493
00:26:59,705 --> 00:27:02,608
King Ferdinand of Naples.
494
00:27:02,675 --> 00:27:04,243
Observe.
495
00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:08,180
The sleep of the innocent.
496
00:27:08,248 --> 00:27:10,583
You have come to
kiss him good night?
497
00:27:12,686 --> 00:27:15,154
Or to kiss me?
498
00:27:20,027 --> 00:27:25,884
My uncle's letter
mentioned him: the child.
499
00:27:28,202 --> 00:27:30,136
The child?
500
00:27:30,204 --> 00:27:32,606
Neither mine nor
your husband's.
501
00:27:32,674 --> 00:27:35,075
What of it?
502
00:27:38,947 --> 00:27:42,349
My uncle has expressed his
disquiet at the thought of...
503
00:27:42,417 --> 00:27:43,718
The thought of?
504
00:27:43,785 --> 00:27:45,186
The thought of a child
without legitimacy
505
00:27:45,287 --> 00:27:46,921
in the palace of Naples.
506
00:27:46,989 --> 00:27:49,624
Well, you and your uncle will
have to agree to disagree then.
507
00:27:49,725 --> 00:27:51,859
Of course.
508
00:27:51,927 --> 00:27:54,529
You would never -
Who negotiates your dowry?
509
00:27:57,533 --> 00:27:59,201
My brother.
510
00:28:01,537 --> 00:28:05,340
Well, then I must go
to him and insist that -
511
00:28:05,408 --> 00:28:08,109
Perhaps I should broach
the matter with him.
512
00:28:08,210 --> 00:28:10,612
You?
513
00:28:10,679 --> 00:28:13,081
My brother's passions
can be intense
514
00:28:13,149 --> 00:28:15,384
where issues of family
are concerned.
515
00:28:16,352 --> 00:28:27,728
[♪]
516
00:28:36,138 --> 00:28:38,072
Oh.
517
00:29:02,764 --> 00:29:04,666
[quietly]
Why have you forsaken me?
518
00:29:04,734 --> 00:29:06,402
[distant screaming]
519
00:29:06,503 --> 00:29:08,103
Why have you
forsaken me?
520
00:29:08,171 --> 00:29:10,406
[clanking shackles]
521
00:29:12,609 --> 00:29:15,377
MICHELETTO:
You are in the house of lies.
522
00:29:15,445 --> 00:29:18,514
The devil's house?
523
00:29:18,581 --> 00:29:20,282
Think of them
as your friends.
524
00:29:22,019 --> 00:29:23,853
The rack?
525
00:29:23,921 --> 00:29:25,321
The iron maiden?
526
00:29:25,422 --> 00:29:28,424
[iron clanking]
527
00:29:28,492 --> 00:29:31,127
They have a message
for you.
528
00:29:31,195 --> 00:29:33,296
You have used them,
I am sure.
529
00:29:33,397 --> 00:29:35,498
I have suffered on them.
530
00:29:35,566 --> 00:29:39,402
Your inquisitor believes
that they elicit the truth.
531
00:29:39,470 --> 00:29:42,272
They do not.
532
00:29:42,340 --> 00:29:45,042
A man will say anything
on the rack to make it end.
533
00:29:45,109 --> 00:29:47,778
[distant screaming]
534
00:29:47,879 --> 00:29:49,213
Then why am I here?
535
00:29:49,314 --> 00:29:51,215
To learn to lie.
536
00:29:51,316 --> 00:29:53,584
To say whatever is needed.
537
00:29:53,652 --> 00:29:56,153
To avoid their embrace.
538
00:29:58,723 --> 00:30:00,691
LUCREZIA: You are to
negotiate my dowry, Brother.
539
00:30:00,792 --> 00:30:02,426
With his uncle.
540
00:30:02,493 --> 00:30:04,328
The King of Naples; yes.
541
00:30:04,395 --> 00:30:08,699
So must I trade one
love for another?
542
00:30:10,969 --> 00:30:12,236
Leave us.
543
00:30:12,304 --> 00:30:13,704
My lord.
544
00:30:15,006 --> 00:30:17,408
Do you mean me for him?
545
00:30:20,846 --> 00:30:22,246
That too.
546
00:30:22,314 --> 00:30:26,316
What do you mean?
547
00:30:26,384 --> 00:30:28,686
I mean my son,
Giovanni.
548
00:30:28,754 --> 00:30:32,156
His presence in Naples
might be unwelcome.
549
00:30:32,257 --> 00:30:33,691
Ah.
550
00:30:33,758 --> 00:30:35,859
I could have seen
that coming.
551
00:30:35,927 --> 00:30:37,795
The King of Naples feels
552
00:30:37,862 --> 00:30:39,763
that one cannot carry
into one marriage
553
00:30:39,831 --> 00:30:41,598
baggage from the last.
554
00:30:41,666 --> 00:30:42,966
Is your son
baggage to you?
555
00:30:43,033 --> 00:30:44,434
No.
556
00:30:44,501 --> 00:30:46,569
He's the light
of my life.
557
00:30:46,637 --> 00:30:50,172
Well, you could insist.
I will, as must you.
558
00:30:51,574 --> 00:30:53,675
But you must
make the case
559
00:30:53,743 --> 00:30:57,879
for the son of a stable
boy in a royal household.
560
00:30:57,947 --> 00:31:00,883
Listen.
561
00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:02,885
You are Lucrezia Borgia.
562
00:31:02,986 --> 00:31:06,121
You are the
scandal of Italy.
563
00:31:06,189 --> 00:31:07,956
You are also
the envy of Italy.
564
00:31:08,024 --> 00:31:10,893
And soon to be
a princess of Aragon.
565
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,862
Whoever gets in the
way of your happiness
566
00:31:12,929 --> 00:31:14,864
will meet my wrath.
567
00:31:19,236 --> 00:31:22,172
We are the unholy family.
568
00:31:29,413 --> 00:31:31,281
[sighs]
569
00:31:31,348 --> 00:31:34,183
Let him know that.
570
00:31:34,284 --> 00:31:35,518
[sighs]
571
00:31:36,987 --> 00:31:39,155
I fear he knows already.
572
00:31:40,691 --> 00:31:44,528
He will love you,
he will serve you,
573
00:31:44,595 --> 00:31:47,097
and if Naples dares to
take your son from you,
574
00:31:47,198 --> 00:31:48,599
I promise...
575
00:31:48,666 --> 00:31:50,801
it will never know peace again.
576
00:31:52,870 --> 00:31:55,105
Can I get help, please?
577
00:31:55,206 --> 00:31:56,373
[giggling]
578
00:31:56,441 --> 00:31:58,208
Help now!
579
00:31:58,276 --> 00:31:59,543
SERVANT:
Yes, my lord!
580
00:32:01,612 --> 00:32:04,748
[man shouting in the distance]
581
00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:09,920
Did you sleep?
582
00:32:09,988 --> 00:32:12,022
[distant shouting continues]
583
00:32:16,128 --> 00:32:20,365
[drinking loudly]
584
00:32:20,466 --> 00:32:22,200
[sighs]
585
00:32:24,003 --> 00:32:25,838
But I dreamed,
Cardinal.
586
00:32:25,906 --> 00:32:29,108
You dreamt without sleeping?
587
00:32:29,209 --> 00:32:31,177
Now that is miraculous.
588
00:32:31,245 --> 00:32:34,080
Call it a waking dream.
589
00:32:37,351 --> 00:32:39,119
Tell me.
590
00:32:41,222 --> 00:32:43,223
I dreamed of
a vast conspiracy
591
00:32:43,291 --> 00:32:45,759
encircling our
beloved Vatican.
592
00:32:45,827 --> 00:32:48,362
It has its roots in
the hills of the Romagna,
593
00:32:48,429 --> 00:32:49,829
in the great families
594
00:32:49,897 --> 00:32:52,131
that would claim
St. Peter's as their own.
595
00:32:52,199 --> 00:32:54,000
[distant screams]
596
00:32:54,068 --> 00:32:55,602
And its tendrils spread
597
00:32:55,670 --> 00:32:59,039
like writhing serpents
through the streets of Rome,
598
00:32:59,106 --> 00:33:05,378
breaking inside the
Vatican walls...
599
00:33:05,445 --> 00:33:12,251
where it becomes a
many-headed hydra
600
00:33:12,318 --> 00:33:16,688
and each head wears
a cardinal's hat.
601
00:33:16,756 --> 00:33:18,756
Why don't you
tell me more?
602
00:33:23,362 --> 00:33:25,029
Lucrezia?
603
00:33:25,097 --> 00:33:26,297
LUCREZIA:
Is that my brother?
604
00:33:26,365 --> 00:33:27,732
Yes.
605
00:33:27,799 --> 00:33:29,100
The brother
who loves me?
606
00:33:29,167 --> 00:33:30,568
The same.
607
00:33:30,635 --> 00:33:32,670
Come in then.
See my wedding gown.
608
00:33:35,941 --> 00:33:37,876
God, um -
Come closer, Brother.
609
00:33:40,646 --> 00:33:42,514
My gown.
610
00:33:42,615 --> 00:33:44,148
Do you approve?
611
00:33:46,318 --> 00:33:49,153
The gold is
um... divine.
612
00:33:59,364 --> 00:34:01,999
I - I should leave, Sis -
Why?
613
00:34:02,100 --> 00:34:03,700
Am I ugly,
Brother?
614
00:34:03,768 --> 00:34:08,872
The man who makes that claim
will lose his tongue.
615
00:34:08,973 --> 00:34:11,341
My foot.
616
00:34:11,442 --> 00:34:14,144
It is ungainly?
617
00:34:14,245 --> 00:34:15,579
Too large, perhaps?
618
00:34:15,647 --> 00:34:17,981
Your foot
is beautiful.
619
00:34:18,049 --> 00:34:19,583
You can't tell
from there.
620
00:34:19,651 --> 00:34:21,052
Feel it.
621
00:34:32,130 --> 00:34:33,530
Is this a game?
622
00:34:33,632 --> 00:34:34,932
It is a game
623
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,703
of want
and wanting.
624
00:34:41,273 --> 00:34:44,910
The toes are
splayed a little.
625
00:34:46,879 --> 00:34:48,240
God has made better feet,
I'm sure.
626
00:34:48,248 --> 00:34:50,616
Not that I have found.
[giggles]
627
00:34:50,684 --> 00:34:52,117
You are a connoisseur
of feet.
628
00:34:52,185 --> 00:34:54,320
Yes. And I have found
none better. [giggles]
629
00:34:58,157 --> 00:35:00,726
My calf.
630
00:35:00,794 --> 00:35:03,695
Is it elegant?
631
00:35:03,763 --> 00:35:08,867
Is it smooth?
632
00:35:08,935 --> 00:35:10,635
What is this game, Sis?
633
00:35:10,703 --> 00:35:12,904
[sigh]
634
00:35:13,005 --> 00:35:16,808
My betrothed
will not bed me.
635
00:35:16,876 --> 00:35:19,143
He will not touch me.
636
00:35:19,211 --> 00:35:20,812
He is a virgin.
637
00:35:20,913 --> 00:35:22,614
You have the means
638
00:35:22,681 --> 00:35:24,616
to change that history,
I'm sure.
639
00:35:24,717 --> 00:35:27,652
Are you sure?
640
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:31,189
That this body has
the necessary charms?
641
00:35:38,163 --> 00:35:40,198
I am certain.
642
00:35:40,299 --> 00:35:43,268
He has made a vow
to St. Agnes,
643
00:35:43,336 --> 00:35:45,804
the patron saint
of purity -
644
00:35:45,871 --> 00:35:49,174
to remain chaste
until married.
645
00:35:49,242 --> 00:35:51,643
Unwise.
646
00:35:51,744 --> 00:35:56,081
[breathing heavily]
647
00:35:56,149 --> 00:35:59,284
I am a Borgia.
648
00:35:59,385 --> 00:36:02,487
And I feel unloved.
649
00:36:02,588 --> 00:36:05,089
Positively foolish.
650
00:36:08,094 --> 00:36:11,363
You look but don't touch.
651
00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:16,935
[breathing heavily]
652
00:36:17,002 --> 00:36:18,169
MAIDSERVANT: My lady.
[knocking]
653
00:36:18,237 --> 00:36:19,938
Ah!
654
00:36:20,005 --> 00:36:22,307
MAIDSERVANT:
My lady, your fitting.
655
00:36:22,374 --> 00:36:25,476
That will be the dressmakers
to fit my wedding dress.
656
00:36:25,577 --> 00:36:28,379
[sighs]
657
00:36:28,447 --> 00:36:31,082
You must leave us, Brother.
Yes...
658
00:36:31,150 --> 00:36:33,084
For delicacy's sake.
659
00:36:33,152 --> 00:36:35,119
Yes, of course.
660
00:36:39,791 --> 00:36:41,859
Come in!
661
00:36:44,463 --> 00:36:46,530
There was a conspiracy,
Holy Father,
662
00:36:46,598 --> 00:36:51,969
devised by the mistress
of Forli, Catherina Sforza.
663
00:36:52,037 --> 00:36:53,871
But it is a conspiracy
so vast
664
00:36:53,939 --> 00:36:56,408
that we have no doubt
that she had help. [murmuring]
665
00:36:56,509 --> 00:36:58,777
From within these walls?
666
00:36:58,845 --> 00:37:01,913
Indeed.
[uproar]
667
00:37:01,981 --> 00:37:03,949
And have no doubt,
Holy Father,
668
00:37:04,017 --> 00:37:06,018
that he that denies such
a conspiracy existed
669
00:37:06,086 --> 00:37:08,120
was part of the
conspiracy himself.
670
00:37:08,188 --> 00:37:09,956
[laughing]
671
00:37:14,094 --> 00:37:16,763
We had feared
as much.
672
00:37:16,831 --> 00:37:19,266
A vast many-headed
hydra,
673
00:37:19,333 --> 00:37:21,768
spreading from the
families of the Romagna
674
00:37:21,836 --> 00:37:25,705
and each head wears
a cardinal's hat.
675
00:37:25,806 --> 00:37:29,777
[uproar]
676
00:37:33,948 --> 00:37:36,016
The end was plain:
677
00:37:36,083 --> 00:37:39,518
the murder of you
and your entire family.
678
00:37:39,586 --> 00:37:42,054
In the instance of
your most sacred person,
679
00:37:42,122 --> 00:37:43,789
it almost succeeded.
680
00:37:44,791 --> 00:37:48,027
In the instance of your
beloved son, Juan Borgia,
681
00:37:48,094 --> 00:37:50,062
it succeeded
only too well.
682
00:37:52,666 --> 00:37:55,867
ALEXANDER:
And the conspirators?
683
00:37:55,935 --> 00:37:58,703
Are they amongst us here?
684
00:37:58,804 --> 00:38:00,138
They are, Holy Father.
685
00:38:00,206 --> 00:38:01,773
[murmuring]
686
00:38:01,841 --> 00:38:03,208
And most shamefully,
687
00:38:03,276 --> 00:38:05,577
I must count myself
amongst their number.
688
00:38:07,914 --> 00:38:09,448
Your honesty is noted.
689
00:38:09,516 --> 00:38:12,318
But you must name names,
Cardinal.
690
00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:19,992
Cardinal Francesco
Todeschini Piccolomini.
691
00:38:20,093 --> 00:38:21,327
Liar!
692
00:38:21,395 --> 00:38:23,062
Accuse yourself,
De Luca
693
00:38:23,130 --> 00:38:26,165
and that perfidious
Orsini!
694
00:38:26,233 --> 00:38:28,868
Cardinal Giovanni
Battista Orsini.
695
00:38:28,936 --> 00:38:30,537
These are false
accusations coming from -
696
00:38:30,605 --> 00:38:32,339
Cardinal Rocca Colonna.
697
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:33,340
[uproar]
698
00:38:33,407 --> 00:38:35,408
DE LUCA:
Julius Versucci!
699
00:38:35,476 --> 00:38:38,278
I have been party to no
conspiracy, Your Holiness!
700
00:38:38,346 --> 00:38:42,983
[uproar quiets down]
701
00:38:55,230 --> 00:38:57,899
ALEXANDER:
Those cardinals,
702
00:38:57,966 --> 00:39:03,138
those who have betrayed
our sacred trust -
703
00:39:03,205 --> 00:39:06,975
will be stripped
of their offices and titles,
704
00:39:07,042 --> 00:39:09,043
their properties
confiscated
705
00:39:09,111 --> 00:39:11,646
and returned to our
Holy Mother Church.
706
00:39:11,747 --> 00:39:13,314
[gasps in disbelief]
707
00:39:13,382 --> 00:39:16,418
They will be forbidden entry
through the gates of Rome,
708
00:39:16,485 --> 00:39:22,256
and live under censure
for the rest of their days.
709
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,361
VANOZZA: Is this why
you would speak with me?
710
00:39:28,462 --> 00:39:30,730
I who was once you.
711
00:39:30,798 --> 00:39:33,199
You who will become me.
712
00:39:33,301 --> 00:39:36,036
Should I resign myself?
713
00:39:36,103 --> 00:39:38,071
To being a mistress
discarded?
714
00:39:38,138 --> 00:39:39,538
I should be hating you,
715
00:39:39,606 --> 00:39:41,574
not providing
a sympathetic ear.
716
00:39:41,675 --> 00:39:43,209
Advise me then.
717
00:39:43,277 --> 00:39:45,478
[sighs]
718
00:39:45,579 --> 00:39:47,913
Is there another?
719
00:39:49,016 --> 00:39:50,983
Not that I know.
720
00:39:51,051 --> 00:39:52,919
Perhaps it is you,
then.
721
00:39:54,255 --> 00:39:58,525
Something has
changed between us.
722
00:39:58,593 --> 00:40:00,394
I have felt it
for some time.
723
00:40:02,396 --> 00:40:04,197
Does he still love you?
724
00:40:05,699 --> 00:40:07,199
I hope.
725
00:40:07,267 --> 00:40:08,701
[sighs]
726
00:40:08,769 --> 00:40:12,905
VANOZZA: Perhaps you'll find,
as I have that...
727
00:40:12,972 --> 00:40:14,373
love deepens,
728
00:40:14,441 --> 00:40:16,308
regardless of whether
you share the same bed.
729
00:40:19,379 --> 00:40:22,180
You mean I may find it
is truly over between us?
730
00:40:22,248 --> 00:40:23,848
[chuckles]
731
00:40:23,916 --> 00:40:25,616
Perhaps.
732
00:40:25,684 --> 00:40:28,286
Then you must
state your terms.
733
00:40:28,354 --> 00:40:31,856
Negotiate your exit.
734
00:40:31,923 --> 00:40:34,458
What would you have from him,
if not his passion?
735
00:40:38,230 --> 00:40:40,665
A palace like yours.
736
00:40:40,732 --> 00:40:42,033
That's easy.
737
00:40:42,134 --> 00:40:43,301
The cardinals are
falling like flies.
738
00:40:43,369 --> 00:40:45,403
And...
739
00:40:45,504 --> 00:40:47,238
a cardinal's hat.
740
00:40:47,339 --> 00:40:48,773
For you?
741
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,475
Have you no shame?
742
00:40:52,411 --> 00:40:53,944
For my brother. [chuckles]
743
00:40:55,747 --> 00:40:58,782
ALEXANDER: Do you think
she'd be happy here?
744
00:40:58,884 --> 00:41:01,919
La Farnese?
745
00:41:01,987 --> 00:41:04,522
VANOZZA: So she's to be
banished from your life then?
746
00:41:04,589 --> 00:41:08,993
ALEXANDER:
No.
747
00:41:09,061 --> 00:41:14,032
But a little distance
might be beneficial...
748
00:41:14,099 --> 00:41:15,767
between us.
749
00:41:15,835 --> 00:41:19,070
Have you told
her that?
750
00:41:19,171 --> 00:41:22,507
I did mention it.
751
00:41:22,608 --> 00:41:26,944
And?
752
00:41:27,012 --> 00:41:29,680
She was upset,
753
00:41:29,748 --> 00:41:31,582
but the tears
didn't last long.
754
00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:33,118
I mean,
I think she was...
755
00:41:33,185 --> 00:41:34,986
[sigh]
756
00:41:35,087 --> 00:41:39,591
relieved, maybe,
to be released from us.
757
00:41:39,659 --> 00:41:41,527
Everything has its end.
758
00:41:48,702 --> 00:41:50,803
Whose palace
was this?
759
00:41:50,871 --> 00:41:52,238
Oh...
760
00:41:52,306 --> 00:41:55,909
one of the cardinals
who betrayed me.
761
00:41:55,977 --> 00:41:58,278
It'll take more than
a palace to keep her happy.
762
00:41:58,346 --> 00:42:00,313
Have you spoken
to her?
763
00:42:00,381 --> 00:42:02,616
She told me
that your vigour
764
00:42:02,683 --> 00:42:03,883
had somewhat
diminished.
765
00:42:03,985 --> 00:42:05,318
[groans]
766
00:42:05,386 --> 00:42:07,620
I told her I couldn't
imagine such a thing.
767
00:42:07,722 --> 00:42:10,189
As I said before,
768
00:42:10,257 --> 00:42:11,891
it's a blessing
in disguise.
769
00:42:11,959 --> 00:42:13,226
[chuckles]
770
00:42:13,294 --> 00:42:14,861
Why do you laugh?
771
00:42:14,929 --> 00:42:16,262
[chuckles]
772
00:42:16,363 --> 00:42:19,232
Because my life without you
773
00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:21,434
has turned out to be another
blessing in disguise.
774
00:42:29,944 --> 00:42:33,513
We are both blessed then.
775
00:42:33,581 --> 00:42:35,415
Together we're cursed.
776
00:42:35,483 --> 00:42:36,917
Hm...
777
00:42:36,984 --> 00:42:39,352
But apart,
778
00:42:39,453 --> 00:42:41,554
at least I'm at peace.
779
00:42:46,227 --> 00:42:48,728
[inhales deeply]
780
00:42:57,806 --> 00:43:00,441
My God, what a bed.
781
00:43:00,508 --> 00:43:02,009
It would fit
the whole Consistory.
782
00:43:02,077 --> 00:43:03,544
[giggles]
783
00:43:03,645 --> 00:43:05,479
Perhaps it did.
784
00:43:06,915 --> 00:43:08,449
What?
785
00:43:08,550 --> 00:43:10,618
This is a rare pleasure.
786
00:43:10,686 --> 00:43:13,087
Alone together.
787
00:43:17,326 --> 00:43:20,729
We find ourselves becoming
a little agitated.
788
00:43:24,634 --> 00:43:26,202
You should call the guard.
789
00:43:26,303 --> 00:43:28,204
We lack the voice.
790
00:43:28,271 --> 00:43:31,107
[chuckles]
791
00:43:32,376 --> 00:43:34,311
Cappretino.
792
00:43:35,847 --> 00:43:37,848
Little goat.
793
00:43:37,916 --> 00:43:40,217
It's been a long time
since you called me that.
794
00:43:40,285 --> 00:43:41,765
Well, every now and
then I whisper it.
795
00:43:45,490 --> 00:43:47,725
[exhales]
But rarely.
796
00:43:53,765 --> 00:43:56,800
Ah no, no,
no, no, no.
797
00:43:56,868 --> 00:43:59,302
You lack the vigour,
remember?
798
00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:07,310
It would appear
no longer.
799
00:44:09,180 --> 00:44:12,215
[laughs]
800
00:44:13,217 --> 00:44:16,420
So the cause was not
the poison, my love.
801
00:44:16,521 --> 00:44:17,921
It would appear not.
802
00:44:17,989 --> 00:44:20,123
[chuckles]
803
00:44:20,224 --> 00:44:22,392
You know...
804
00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:25,329
We feel safe with you.
805
00:44:29,801 --> 00:44:32,770
As if we've come home.
806
00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:38,675
These offices
I relinquish willingly.
807
00:44:38,743 --> 00:44:41,845
These estates
I place in the care
808
00:44:41,913 --> 00:44:44,014
of our Holy Mother Church.
809
00:44:49,154 --> 00:44:52,023
This hat...
810
00:44:52,090 --> 00:44:56,594
I now return to the hands
that blessed me with it.
811
00:44:59,097 --> 00:45:01,032
In nomine Patris et Fillii
et Spiritus Sancti.
812
00:45:01,099 --> 00:45:02,233
Amen.
813
00:45:02,334 --> 00:45:06,671
But I would ask
one last blessing
814
00:45:06,739 --> 00:45:08,573
before I leave our
beloved Vatican forever.
815
00:45:11,544 --> 00:45:13,878
Confession.
816
00:45:13,946 --> 00:45:16,380
I would confess to
the pope's ear alone,
817
00:45:16,448 --> 00:45:18,216
and be absolved
of my heinous sins
818
00:45:18,283 --> 00:45:19,984
by the successor
to St. Peter.
819
00:45:20,052 --> 00:45:21,987
Now?
Yes.
820
00:45:22,055 --> 00:45:23,489
SFORZA:
This is most irregular.
821
00:45:23,556 --> 00:45:26,124
The business of defrocking
alone will take hours...
822
00:45:26,192 --> 00:45:27,493
Your Holiness,
823
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:28,894
I have been asked to
effect my retirement
824
00:45:28,962 --> 00:45:31,430
with maximum
and unseemly haste.
825
00:45:31,498 --> 00:45:33,465
[grunts]
I have complied.
826
00:45:33,533 --> 00:45:37,036
If my request is granted,
I will be gone forever.
827
00:45:37,103 --> 00:45:38,971
You need never set
eyes on me again.
828
00:45:39,039 --> 00:45:40,272
Well...
829
00:45:40,373 --> 00:45:41,540
Please...
830
00:45:43,010 --> 00:45:44,610
Please.
831
00:45:49,216 --> 00:45:50,616
We grant this blessing.
832
00:45:50,684 --> 00:45:52,051
CESARE:
No!
833
00:45:52,119 --> 00:45:54,453
ALEXANDER:
With the utmost efficacy.
834
00:45:56,022 --> 00:45:58,890
Cardinal Sforza,
take our place.
835
00:46:11,505 --> 00:46:14,506
[door closes]
836
00:46:17,577 --> 00:46:23,081
Bless me, Your Holiness,
for I have sinned.
837
00:46:23,182 --> 00:46:25,450
And my sins are many.
838
00:46:25,517 --> 00:46:29,520
But the greatest
of them...
839
00:46:29,588 --> 00:46:31,456
is this murder.
840
00:46:31,523 --> 00:46:32,757
Murder?
841
00:46:32,824 --> 00:46:36,527
I must protest
against this outrage!
842
00:46:38,297 --> 00:46:41,299
This hat is red as a
symbol of our willingness
843
00:46:41,367 --> 00:46:45,469
to spill our blood in defence
of our Holy Mother Church!
844
00:46:45,537 --> 00:46:46,938
Whose murder?
845
00:46:47,039 --> 00:46:48,639
A murder yet...
846
00:46:48,740 --> 00:46:49,907
to be committed!
847
00:46:52,277 --> 00:46:54,378
[grunting]
848
00:46:57,683 --> 00:47:01,552
For which the whole world
will grant me forgiveness!
849
00:47:01,620 --> 00:47:03,287
[grunting]
850
00:47:07,492 --> 00:47:10,661
And I return it willingly
851
00:47:10,729 --> 00:47:13,030
since there is
nothing of value -
852
00:47:13,131 --> 00:47:14,332
[murmuring]
853
00:47:14,399 --> 00:47:18,869
No residue of honour,
of goodness,
854
00:47:18,937 --> 00:47:21,672
of sanctity
left to defend!
855
00:47:23,008 --> 00:47:28,212
[grunting]
856
00:47:28,313 --> 00:47:29,480
Ah!
857
00:47:33,552 --> 00:47:34,852
Ah!
858
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,288
ORSINI: There will be
rejoicing in the Heavens
859
00:47:37,356 --> 00:47:40,925
as Hell welcomes you
with open arms...
860
00:47:40,992 --> 00:47:43,728
[struggling]
861
00:47:44,997 --> 00:47:45,930
[uproar]
862
00:47:45,998 --> 00:47:47,599
May it lie in the filth
863
00:47:47,666 --> 00:47:50,502
which will be
its deserved home!
864
00:47:50,569 --> 00:47:53,204
[grunting]
865
00:47:53,306 --> 00:47:56,008
ORSINI:
I'll gladly die with you.
866
00:47:56,076 --> 00:48:08,121
[grunting]
867
00:48:08,189 --> 00:48:09,223
Ah!
868
00:48:09,324 --> 00:48:12,760
[loud murmuring]
869
00:48:12,828 --> 00:48:15,196
As you sink
into the darkness -
870
00:48:15,264 --> 00:48:17,064
call out His name,
871
00:48:17,166 --> 00:48:19,267
see if He replies.
872
00:48:19,335 --> 00:48:25,307
Or if you must
hear the eternal silence.
873
00:48:26,776 --> 00:48:28,243
SFORZA:
Next!
874
00:48:28,311 --> 00:48:30,146
Cardinal Colonna!
875
00:48:31,748 --> 00:48:33,483
This is one endless
confession.
876
00:48:33,550 --> 00:48:38,587
[loud murmuring
continues]
877
00:48:38,655 --> 00:48:46,327
[♪]
878
00:48:47,163 --> 00:48:49,397
Close the door.
879
00:48:49,465 --> 00:48:53,501
[breathing heavily]
880
00:49:00,710 --> 00:49:02,811
God must want us to live.
881
00:49:02,879 --> 00:49:12,621
[♪]
882
00:49:12,646 --> 00:49:17,646
== sync, corrected by elderman ==