1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,767 One day you will sip from the Fountain of Memory. 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,002 When that day comes, we will meet again. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,766 Time and again, you prove to be nothing more than deadweight. 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:11,365 Well, perhaps you should mark me a traitor 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:12,965 and have me killed as well. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,443 People underestimate you, Giuliano. 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,285 Yet that perceived weakness makes you uniquely suited 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,442 to flushing our spy from cover. 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,763 You're the one that slipped those documents into my quarters. 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,644 How long have they owned you? 11 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:28,841 Ah! 12 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,606 You are just as exasperating as she was! 13 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,040 Is she dead? 14 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,611 It makes no difference. She's gone. 15 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,165 That's why you can't stand to look at me. 16 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,481 Because she left you. 17 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,205 I saw a man. 18 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:40,805 Who was it, Leonardo? 19 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,240 Free me. 20 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,323 What did you see? 21 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,045 It was me. 22 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,329 Is this madness? 23 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,205 How-- how can it be? 24 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,568 In that cave... 25 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,051 - how-- - Free me. 26 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,841 How can I have seen myself 27 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,209 when I was not yet myself? 28 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,051 The Sons of Mithras have been entwined with your destiny 29 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,449 since long before you were born, Leonardo. 30 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,690 Time is a river, and there are members of our fraternity 31 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,410 who have learned to navigate it, 32 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,245 both upstream and downstream. 33 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,449 You may think that you were not yet yourself, 34 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,568 but in every moment, 35 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,411 you are both the child you once were 36 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,325 and the sage you will someday be. 37 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,811 That's not an answer. 38 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,566 I never promised you answers. 39 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,281 For those, you will need to find the Book of Leaves. 40 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,764 Answers to questions that haunt all men, 41 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,969 questions that haunt you. 42 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,127 - The fate of my mother? - And more. 43 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,362 I speak of your destiny. 44 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,968 Much as I enjoy the entertainment, signor, 45 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,691 we came here to talk to the duke about hiring his mercenaries, 46 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,842 not to watch them beat each other senseless. 47 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,241 Some mead, fine sirs? 48 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:32,721 Thank you, yes, indeed. 49 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,291 We mull it with a little honey. 50 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,051 The pride of the Duchy of Urbino. 51 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,089 A little honey? 52 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:40,850 Just fucking drink it. 53 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,568 Brilliant! Bravo! 54 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,121 - Medici! - Urbino. 55 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,489 You know, you fight like a man who's not seen battle for far too long. 56 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,523 - It's been too many years. - Yes. 57 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,324 Federico da Montefeltro, 58 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,369 - Duke of Urbino. - Piero da Vinci. 59 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,204 Reading? My. 60 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,411 This primer was given to me by Gentile Becchi. 61 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,211 You mourn him still. 62 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,571 How may I serve you, sister-in-law? 63 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,362 We are due to hold a pageant for Martedì Grasso some days hence. 64 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,130 I hoped you might escort me. 65 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:55,568 Even if Lorenzo returns from his diplomatic forays, 66 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,167 he usually finds pressing business when the revels begin. 67 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,886 Mm, at least he pays for the revels. 68 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,407 But what is a lady to do for a partner? 69 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,608 I can only thank heaven Lorenzo has a brother 70 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:09,649 who knows his way around a dance floor. 71 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,489 Mm, you must forgive me, 72 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,120 but I have a plot to unravel. 73 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:18,647 Becchi charged me with ferreting out 74 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,370 the spy within our midst. 75 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,966 But the evidence against Becchi was overwhelming. 76 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,009 A testament to the ability of our spy. 77 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,686 He is a kind of genius. 78 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,082 I will soldier on at the revels without you, then. 79 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,091 I'm touched at your dedication. 80 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,528 The fact that, for all your opportunities... 81 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,563 you're so intent on doing the right thing. 82 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,171 Maybe your most attractive quality. 83 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,807 My lady? It is time. 84 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,686 Ah, my personal torturer has arrived. 85 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,689 You know we have no choice. 86 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,009 Twice a day I must down this potion 87 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,642 if I'm to produce a boy after my earlier failures. 88 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,808 Oh, Moses, tell Giuliano what's in this. 89 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,769 I cannot bring myself to say the words. 90 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,127 Ass's milk, powdered goat's antlers, 91 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:20,566 and bull's testicles. 92 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,126 Frankly, Giuliano, you could spare me this liquid atrocity 93 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:25,765 if you would father a son yourself. 94 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,720 If we do not produce a male heir soon somewhere in our line, 95 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,202 the House of Medici will start to look like an unstable investment. 96 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,409 We each have our duty, I see. 97 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,085 Ah, salud. 98 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,649 It's there. 99 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:51,650 Logic dictates that land lies due west. 100 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,440 You think the identification of a simple cardinal direction 101 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,563 is all you need to find your goal? 102 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,324 It's all I need to get started. 103 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,648 You could spend a hundred lifetimes 104 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,529 traveling west, could you not? 105 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,881 The map Avraham ben Yosef brought to Florence 106 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,441 is not an original, but a reproduction 107 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,968 riddled with notations that only one man can decipher. 108 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,766 The cartographer who copied it. 109 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,251 Another Son of Mithras? 110 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,482 His name is Solomon Ogbai. 111 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,210 We call him the Abyssinian. 112 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:28,281 Lucky for you, he is not dead. 113 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,329 Not yet. 114 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,569 You have yet to save him. 115 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,561 His retinue was brutally intercepted 116 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,370 while he was traveling under the employ 117 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:40,891 of the Ottoman sultan. 118 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,568 A most... 119 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,564 savage warlord holds him captive. 120 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,244 The Abyssinian cannot be freed 121 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,846 by simple diplomacy or even ransom. 122 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,604 It will take guile 123 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,570 and inventiveness which only you possess. 124 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,451 These are delicate times. I have commitments to Florence. 125 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,446 Your destiny lies elsewhere, Leonardo. 126 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,080 Save the Abyssinian while he still breathes. 127 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:15,685 I have to think it over. 128 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,002 - I can't-- - You've already thought it over. 129 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,927 In truth, your journey has already begun. 130 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,966 Time is a river. 131 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,450 You have already made the decision. 132 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:47,646 You make it every time. 133 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,643 He's done the coin thing, has he? 134 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,888 You're the mapmaker. 135 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,450 I thought you needed rescuing. 136 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,524 - I will. - In the future? 137 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,731 The sooner you move beyond words like "present" and "future," 138 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,082 the sooner you become the man we need you to be. 139 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,524 Are all the Sons of Mithras unable to speak plainly? 140 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,248 I admit, on occasion, we can be inscrutable, 141 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,164 but so can you. 142 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,165 I wanted to meet the storied da Vinci in the bright of day. 143 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,089 We're different men once hell breaks loose. 144 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:51,811 And when does that happen? 145 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,523 Hell happens when the evil of this world 146 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:57,682 exceeds our belief that we can conquer it. 147 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,209 You ask me when you'll reach that point? 148 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,682 I cannot say. Depends on you. 149 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,081 Whatever befalls us, do not shirk from the task. 150 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,686 Well, I have a knack of rising to the occasion. 151 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,487 If I might only be told what the occasion is. 152 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,051 I'd venture to say it's true 153 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,487 what the Sons of Mithras have seen in you. 154 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,081 And you are closer every day, artista. 155 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,322 Closer to what? 156 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:26,931 Wake up. 157 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,567 Where are you leading me? 158 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,085 Leading you? 159 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,886 - Maestro, you're the one leading us. - What? 160 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,405 You woke us in the middle of the night, 161 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,403 gave us one of your brilliant shopping lists. 162 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,244 "Buy more magnesium. 163 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,243 Obtain obscure alcoholic beverages from the east. 164 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,970 Acquire three horses." 165 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:52,565 Guess you had some plan. Do you not remember? 166 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,564 I do, I do. I remember it. 167 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,489 - Uh, how long have we been-- - Days. 168 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,927 You've been a sullen fuck the entire trip. 169 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,242 All for some foreign half-wit who got himself abducted. 170 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,811 The Abyssinian. 171 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:10,010 It's like-- it's like I'm just waking up, 172 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,891 but I lost part of myself on the journey. 173 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,405 The journey where? 174 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:18,167 It's not where, it's when. 175 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,890 "The evils of this world." 176 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,248 There's something odd around the castle. 177 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:36,641 What's this? 178 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:37,841 Just something I've knocked together with prisms. 179 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,047 You'll see what it does. 180 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,889 Whose kingdom is this? 181 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,168 The locals call him Tepes. 182 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,322 That's the man we've come to confront? 183 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,727 The one who has your captive is the fucking Impaler? 184 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,648 Lost my right eye in battle. 185 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,804 Removed the bridge of my nose so I'd still have peripheral vision. 186 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,729 There. Clever, eh? 187 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,724 That is quite... gleaming. 188 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,605 And so we should explain our reason for being here. 189 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,040 - Piero? - May I? 190 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:26,050 The two Papal States flank your land and mine, 191 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,202 and while we can watch Rome with one eye, we-- 192 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,811 we must always keep another... 193 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,530 eye... 194 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:37,570 always on the Pope's property to the north. 195 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:39,768 Unless... 196 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,811 the northern realm became our property. 197 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:46,526 And how would that happen? 198 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:50,526 Well, if we allied ourselves, 199 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:53,729 Florence and Urbino, 200 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,530 it'd make sense that we could 201 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:58,047 carve up the northern papal territory between us. 202 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,441 I could annex the city of Bologna and its environs, 203 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,444 and you could double your port capacity on the Adriatic. 204 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,887 A bold stroke, but why don't I conquer it myself? 205 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,329 I have the army. What do you offer up? 206 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,131 Money, of course, 207 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,648 from the largest banking concern in all of Europe. 208 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:19,882 From each of us as he is... 209 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,161 blessed. 210 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:28,451 Scared you, didn't I? 211 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:31,846 That'll be fine, Medici. 212 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,883 I shouldn't provoke my own godson, 213 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,401 but I like to test a man. 214 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,369 You've grown to be a worthy ally. 215 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,682 And it's been too long since I led my men into combat. 216 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:42,644 Well, then our proposal is timely indeed. 217 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,922 I knew you had something juicy in mind 218 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,411 when you showed up on my doorstep. 219 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,484 There's no way you'd caravan all this distance 220 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:52,081 just to watch me take a shit. 221 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,081 Their turbans are nailed to their skulls. 222 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,890 All Turkish. 223 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,327 Clearly this warlord has an issue with the Ottomans. 224 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,882 His bravery against the Turks won him 13 years in prison. 225 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:13,211 But seeing as none of us are Turks ourselves, 226 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:14,964 we should have nothing to fear. 227 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,766 You don't think, with my blood, someone could take me for a Turk? 228 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,610 How do I know this warlord's eyes aren't fading? 229 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,491 Because I spotted you from miles away. 230 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,410 Though were I blind, I could hear the clattering and nattering 231 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,767 of your Tartar tongue from further yet. 232 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,161 - I'm not a Tartar. - What are you, then? 233 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,010 - Unique. - Unique? 234 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,811 Dung beetles think they're unique. 235 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,806 Your mongrel half-breed lineage speaks louder than your words. 236 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,122 You see, God, well, 237 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,722 he sent many punishments for mankind. 238 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,168 Earthquakes, volcanos, plagues, and cancers, 239 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,642 but worse than these, he sent the Turks and the Tartars 240 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,529 and the mongrels like you. 241 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,322 Ave, Vladislaus Dracul Filius 242 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,482 vaivoda partium Transalpinarum. 243 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,683 Prince of Transylvania and Wallachia, 244 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,571 son of Vlad ll, known as Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Dragon, 245 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,849 which makes you Vlad Ill, Son of the Dragon, 246 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,162 or as it is known in your language, 247 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,362 Dracula. 248 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,161 Impressive, your command of my titles, 249 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,767 but tell me who you are and what you want here. 250 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,524 My name is Maestro Leonardo. 251 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,809 These are my companions, Nico, Zoroaster. 252 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,287 We were sent by the magnificent Lorenzo de Medici 253 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,442 of the Republic of Florence. 254 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,047 All of Italy wonders at your victories against the Ottomans, 255 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,531 and my lord extends his friendship 256 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,291 and seeks military counsel for the greater glory 257 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,442 of Florence and Wallachia. 258 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,205 You must know this land has been bedeviled by war 259 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:03,964 and worse than war. 260 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,008 We shall talk more... 261 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,562 at dinner. 262 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,848 As long as the dinner's not us. 263 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,444 So, we're selling tickets to the papal baths now, are we? 264 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,482 - An urgent matter has arisen. - Take your hand off me. 265 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,484 Urgent enough that you sully this chamber with her presence? 266 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,367 I know where to find whores if I want them. 267 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,683 We thought it best you hear this news directly from her lips. 268 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,047 I've come from Florence, Your Holiness. 269 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,569 And does your absence from the city 270 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,722 create no suspicion? 271 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,451 My aunt from Siena is providing me with an alibi. 272 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,490 No one of import will miss me in Florence. 273 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:54,801 Well, certainly your husband 274 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,769 doesn't fall into the category of import. 275 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,248 What of Lorenzo's war engineer, 276 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,449 in whom the count seems so fascinated? 277 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,967 Da Vinci has set out from the city. 278 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:08,485 No man knows where. 279 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,086 Nor woman? 280 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,208 Nor I. 281 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,286 Lorenzo himself has left Florence. 282 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,250 As we speak, he makes an embassy to the Duke of Urbino, 283 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,644 fresh with the credit of his dealings with Ferdinand and Isabella. 284 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,646 He seeks to create a new military alliance. 285 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,280 The calculating rogue. 286 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,762 Far from reeling at our attempts to weaken his rule, 287 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,766 Lorenzo courts the most accomplished mercenaries on the peninsula. 288 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,400 And I know what the knave will do with them. 289 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,961 He and Urbino will march north. 290 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:49,806 Together, they'll sack our lands surrounding Bologna 291 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,240 and divide them up. 292 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,731 How do you know that, Holy Father? 293 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,924 Because it's exactly what I would do, you fucking coward. 294 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,048 Look at the lot of you. 295 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,727 Too scared to bring me this news yourselves. 296 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,362 Hiding behind this Florentine slit. 297 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,848 How can I wonder that Lorenzo resists me so well 298 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,401 when I see the quality of my allies? 299 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,442 We only tried to serve your glory. 300 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,125 We had not the benefit of your divine guidance. 301 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,931 Guidance? You want guidance? 302 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,529 You remember what proved I was chosen by God? 303 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,047 So many things, Your Holiness. 304 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,129 The way I survived drowning as a child. 305 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:39,850 Let's see how you do. 306 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,724 Holy Father, 307 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,531 surely a loving God shows mercy. 308 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:58,091 You dare question me? 309 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,762 The rock upon which God's word stands? 310 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,160 Kiss this ring! 311 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:19,486 My bath is ruined. 312 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,405 I don't care how, end the House of Medici 313 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,921 before I end you. 314 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:38,845 Dinner awaits. 315 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,890 How are we supposed to free the captive from a place like this? 316 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,485 If I knew that, I'd be da Vinci. 317 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,161 Um, you've dropped some change. 318 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,402 Of course you'll have noticed the money. 319 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,249 Sultanese, 320 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,051 a base currency 321 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,521 for the heathen ruler of the east. 322 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,405 You see, this is how I allow my soldiers 323 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,807 to prove their loyalty to me. 324 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,601 I toss these sultanese on the ground before them. 325 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,048 And do you know, the coins are never, ever touched. 326 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,090 Really? It's just they've fallen quite randomly. 327 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:19,571 You'd really notice if one was gone? 328 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,363 I miss nothing. 329 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:35,642 Please, now, a little Tuscan wine. 330 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,087 Just to make you feel at home, no? 331 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,641 Thank you, thank you. 332 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,730 Well, I must say, I'm impressed with your hospitality 333 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,690 so soon after your escape from captivity. 334 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,320 I am sadly at home in dungeons. 335 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,047 As a child, my father sent my brother and me 336 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,044 to be hostages held by the Turkish sultan. 337 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,561 The prisons converted my damnable brother 338 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,087 to the cause of the Turks, but not me. 339 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,760 I learned to trust nobody, 340 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,968 to survive any pain, the dogs, the dungeons, 341 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,162 even the lightning strike which has left me 342 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,961 with this web of scars. 343 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,362 Now I spend every waking hour 344 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,682 in resistance to my brother... 345 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:30,088 and the fucking Turks. 346 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,563 Well, your victories against them have been recognized 347 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,051 even by the Pope. 348 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,491 If we're going to raise a toast, let's lift a glass to the one 349 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,404 who helped me out of the prison this time, 350 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,403 to the bringer of light himself. 351 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,409 Who, my lord? 352 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,121 Lucifer, the bringer of light. 353 00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:59,727 Most beautiful of all the angels. 354 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,568 And how did Lucifer help you? 355 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:08,442 Like me, Lucifer rose against a tyrant. 356 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,002 Like me, he was abandoned and betrayed by the God he loved. 357 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,643 I made a pact with Lucifer to win my freedom 358 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,282 and ascend to my throne one last time. 359 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,327 And do you know, 360 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,041 I don't find it hard to live without a soul. 361 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,123 Lucifer. 362 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,447 And how fortuitous for da Vinci. 363 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,968 The clever devil leaves just as I arrive with questions for him. 364 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:48,724 You don't find that curious? 365 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,609 Trust me, signor. 366 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,087 That's the least curious thing about him. 367 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,404 What is your relationship with him? 368 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,602 We had our day. 369 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:02,566 But that's all it was, a day. 370 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,849 And anyway, his eye is set on another. 371 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,685 - How do you know? - I'm a woman. 372 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,885 Now, of course, we're friends. 373 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,769 He saved my life, 374 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,127 and for that I deeply admire him. 375 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,929 Now, that hasn't become illegal, has it? 376 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:20,804 It has if it hurts Florence. 377 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,604 All I want is your help in guarding her. 378 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,240 I don't know where he's gone. 379 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,482 You keep his confidences well. 380 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,564 I'd likely lie to anyone else, Excellency, 381 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,240 but not you. 382 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,162 Although... 383 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:39,970 if you tried to force it out of me, 384 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:42,122 I'd be helpless to stop you. 385 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,448 Perhaps we should discuss this somewhere else. 386 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:48,851 Somewhere more quiet? 387 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,240 Mm. 388 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,482 Until we make it less so. 389 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,241 The city gates are closed. 390 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,165 Two minutes to curfew, scoundrel. 391 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,687 Either you get your asses home or spend the night here. 392 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,087 Persons caught roaming the streets after curfew 393 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:11,924 get put in my little book, 394 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,923 and being put in my little book means you get to explain 395 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,650 your transgressions to the judge. 396 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,041 Signor Medici, forgive me. 397 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:19,645 I hadn't seen you with the bar wench. 398 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,883 - Your little book? - My ledger, for the pigs, mostly. 399 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,883 You record every curfew violation? 400 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,565 Since the day it was declared. 401 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,768 And if one were to study these ledgers, one might see who was out 402 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,570 most frequently when they shouldn't have been? 403 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,121 Yes, I suppose, if one were a glutton for punishment. 404 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:34,651 Take me to them. 405 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,962 One could spend weeks paging through these records, signor. 406 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,161 Well, then we're in luck. 407 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,369 According to my brother, I'm great at wasting time. 408 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,164 Your secret, sir? 409 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,403 Ah, it's a matter of knowing which elements to blend. 410 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,643 Magnesium here, iron filings there, so on. 411 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,245 I think it's ingenious. 412 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,289 Does it have a military application? 413 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,522 Not yet. 414 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,125 Well, then we must talk further. 415 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,282 You see, since I've renounced your Christian gods, 416 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,689 I've only my wits and ferocity to protect me 417 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,366 from the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. 418 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,922 Perhaps the ingenuity you bring to Lorenzo's court 419 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:19,884 could benefit me as well. 420 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,605 Now... 421 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,331 since you've shown me your little party piece, 422 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,050 I will respond in kind 423 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,409 with a little diversion of my own. 424 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,971 You see, without a soul weighing me down, 425 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,771 I can see in the dark, 426 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,651 I cannot be killed, 427 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,883 I can enjoy certain entertainments 428 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,771 that may have made me blanch years ago. 429 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,691 This is the last of the retinue 430 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,330 of a Turkish ambassador 431 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,960 who was foolish enough to approach me. 432 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,691 I miss no opportunity in reminding the Turks 433 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,446 of the childhood they provided. 434 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,090 Is that the man we're looking for? 435 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,166 Unshackle him. 436 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,441 Now, prove stronger than your friends. 437 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,080 Defeat these dogs and you will go free. 438 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:36,405 And please don't think me so inhuman 439 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,403 that I wouldn't give you a fighting chance. 440 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,489 Here's a butter knife. 441 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,121 Help! Please! Stop! 442 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,282 This... 443 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,841 this is justice. 444 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,327 So, shall we send for the main course? 445 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,484 I can't eat. 446 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,723 My tastes are not universally shared, it's true. 447 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,087 - Let us retire. - Before we do... 448 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:31,487 You have honored us 449 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,564 with the traditional wine of our homeland, 450 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,085 and so do we honor you 451 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,926 with the traditional liquor of Wallachia. 452 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,562 - Oh, you brought Tuica? - Mm-hmm. 453 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,287 Well, our master in Florence would spare no expense 454 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,523 to demonstrate his admiration for you, my lord. 455 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,563 To Vlad Ill. 456 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,602 When have I ever known you to hesitate about a drink, my friend? 457 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,729 To Vlad Ill. 458 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,321 To Vlad Ill. 459 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,247 Good. 460 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,323 And some for your maid? Your men? 461 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:28,766 - Yes. - Yes, good. 462 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:31,801 There you go. 463 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,121 Some for you. 464 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:37,201 Some for you. 465 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,324 Show the friends to a room. 466 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,481 Some for you. 467 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,768 Once my guards have toasted our guests, 468 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,888 the artisan and I will parley further. 469 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,247 Oh, how about your dogs, 470 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,926 who entertained us so well this evening? 471 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:53,770 There's some for you, 472 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,247 and for you the last little drop. 473 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,331 Please don't be unsettled by the vermin. 474 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,448 I welcome them. 475 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,928 Often in prison, they were my only friends. 476 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,527 Well, I know what it is to be thrown into a cell. 477 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,529 Without the companionship of the bats, 478 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,648 I would not have survived. 479 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,004 You see... 480 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,606 - we understand each other. - Hmm. 481 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:30,691 Come. 482 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,082 Beautiful, is it not? 483 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,406 You see, this is why I wanted to return 484 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,642 to Castle Poenari so badly. 485 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,203 From the heights 486 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,649 I can almost forget the decades the Turks 487 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,450 had me living underneath the earth. 488 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,768 It's a shame, then, that was the last of them. 489 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,766 Oh, there is one more. 490 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,649 Their master... 491 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,325 Solomon Ogbai. 492 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,369 The name Ogbai, 493 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,161 in Amharic, it means, "Don't take him away." 494 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:21,321 Yes. 495 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,446 Indeed. 496 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,323 For stooping to serve them, 497 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,927 I take my time with the Abyssinian. 498 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,802 I keep him ready for my personal whims. 499 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,964 I invent new ways to torture, just for him. 500 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,284 There is a window near where I keep him. 501 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,363 He cannot see the view, 502 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:53,605 so I said I would recreate the scenery for him... 503 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,400 if he would only provide me 504 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,804 with the raw material for a suitable miniature. 505 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,603 These are the crenelations 506 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,963 of the towers outside my window 507 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,488 carved in the Abyssinian's own flesh. 508 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,765 There is one frontier he shall never stop exploring. 509 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,485 Agony- 510 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,210 May I share a confession with you? 511 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:35,801 Yeah, yes. 512 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,531 If it pleases my lord. 513 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,049 I know 514 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,725 that I'm mad. 515 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,121 Indeed? 516 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,041 But will you tell me how I could be otherwise? 517 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,170 A father rips a child from his home, 518 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:56,924 from everything he knows, and tosses him 519 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,641 into the claws of his worst enemy. 520 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,288 Well, we are-- 521 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,687 we are too often what our fathers make us. 522 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,448 Whether we like it or not, better or for worse. 523 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,171 Oh, yes. 524 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,721 In my case, definitely for worse. 525 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,282 You see, my father, 526 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,284 he taught me that cruelty 527 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,363 is the only true currency of the universe, 528 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,330 and now I am the richest man in all of Christendom. 529 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,485 Ha! 530 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,166 - My God, it is true. - Yes? 531 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,761 The servants told me you were carrying books upon books 532 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,490 into your quarters. 533 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,449 I wondered if they'd been raiding the wine cellar. 534 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,171 - Oh, I'm easy to tease. - Only sometimes. 535 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,129 Well, at least you have a hobby you love. 536 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,442 And what is your new hobby? 537 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,444 The Florentine obsession with record keeping is paying off. 538 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:47,965 These are the records for every guard shift 539 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:49,360 at every station in the city. 540 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,648 Anyone who breaks curfew, even for the slightest reason, 541 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,969 - will be put down here. - Including, I suppose, the true spy, 542 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,531 whom you believe framed Becchi. 543 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,246 You smirk, but there are mysteries to be solved here. 544 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,563 For example, why do these symbols from the zodiac keep coming up? 545 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,291 This. That's the sign for Capricorn, I think. 546 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,766 And this, that's Aquarius, yes? 547 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,287 With certain sensitive subjects of Florence, 548 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,209 their names are indicated with these symbols, 549 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,131 rather than list them so clearly as violators of the curfew. 550 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,971 Ah. This date I recall. 551 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,282 After a long night of carousing, 552 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:20,521 I was questioned on my way home, 553 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,682 so is this the symbol for me? 554 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,410 Athletic champion that you are, 555 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,881 Sagittarius is a natural code name for you. 556 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,367 Tell us the identity behind each of these symbols, then. 557 00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:30,760 I'm not privy to that knowledge. 558 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,883 That's all kept in Captain Dragonetti's office. 559 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,451 Well, then obtain it for me. 560 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,289 Becchi would be proud of you. 561 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,286 The man we're here to save 562 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,051 must be dead by now. 563 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,965 No. No, not yet. 564 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:03,003 But we must move to save him now. 565 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,730 You two can go on. 566 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,531 I feel like I could sleep for the next week. 567 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,682 As could I. 568 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,207 That's because we've all been poisoned. 569 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,361 What? 570 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,522 Drink some antidote. 571 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,529 That bastard. 572 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:25,563 He slipped something in our drinks. 573 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:28,724 No. 574 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,803 I did. 575 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:38,281 There's nothing you won't do to us in your bloody quest. 576 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,291 I adulterated the Tuica before we arrived. 577 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,162 That we'd all have to drink it 578 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,722 in order to convince him it was safe. 579 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,565 And now... 580 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,684 everyone, including the dogs, 581 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,922 should be passing out. 582 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,201 Ready? 583 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:26,890 How do you know where we're going? 584 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,321 It's a simple architectural assessment. 585 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:36,288 The Abyssinian pointed it out to me himself, in a way. 586 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,410 Do we wanna know what you mean? 587 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,928 No, actually, you don't. 588 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,444 It's here. 589 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:49,409 Are you sure about this, Maestro? 590 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,251 No. 591 00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:42,881 What does that say? 592 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,729 "Don't take me away." 593 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,082 Now, this-- this is justice. 594 00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,371 To Vlad Ill. 595 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,681 Farewell greetings from a half-breed mongrel. 596 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:15,805 Nico. 597 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,890 Go get the horses. I'll meet you outside. 598 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,211 Ah. That one. 599 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,168 Careful, careful, careful. 600 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,764 That one and then that one. 601 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,569 Not too fast, he'll be cut even deeper. 602 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:57,971 It's over. 603 00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,650 It's over. It's over. 604 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,804 It's not. It's not. 605 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,084 It's not him. 606 00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:16,890 It's not Vlad. 607 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,883 Shit. 608 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:26,011 Fuck me. 609 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,722 Lies! 610 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,048 You're an arrogant little fool, aren't you? 611 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,363 I've endured every drug and poison known to man. 612 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,522 I fought off the Ottoman Empire. 613 00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:55,166 Do you really think that I would die at the hands 614 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,290 of a fucking Florentine? 615 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,844 Shit. 616 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:11,444 Or a mongrel? 617 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,690 How's that for a military application? 618 00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,562 Zo, wake up! Wake up! 619 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:27,484 Zo. 620 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,120 Life-- 621 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,931 life is a trap, don't you think? 622 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,048 Well, now, I am going to set you free. 623 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,450 Curious. 624 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,810 You cannot kill a man without a soul. 625 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,326 You must go. 626 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,051 Do not shirk from the task. 627 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,771 Stay out of Florence for the next few days. 628 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,730 Oh, and don't speak with Lorenzo 629 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,325 or anyone in the city. 630 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,849 I suppose I could go to Siena... 631 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,728 and create a story to explain my extended absence, but why? 632 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,403 You've seen what happens when people question 633 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,244 the plans of the Vatican, haven't you? 634 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,289 I have. 635 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:59,249 Speak to nobody along the road, 636 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,721 and make sure no one speaks with you. 637 00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:05,163 That shouldn't be a problem. 638 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,163 I have a strategy. 639 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,688 - Have some men follow her. - Of course. 640 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,968 Then discreetly have her killed. 641 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,001 Her value to us has been exhausted. 642 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,725 She's, um... 643 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:29,162 compromised by her affections for da Vinci. 644 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,646 Did His Holiness order this? 645 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,725 Do it outside the walls of Florence. 646 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,451 Leave no ties to Rome. 647 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:43,921 Make it look like bandits did it. 648 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,208 Oh, and, um, 649 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,170 have them drive stakes through her eyes. 650 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,489 She's seen too much. 651 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:07,765 The guards, the dogs, they're gonna rouse soon. 652 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,161 We don't have long. 653 00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,447 Where did you get that wound? 654 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,568 There are more urgent things to explain. 655 00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:19,246 - Did you know this would happen? - Yeah, I knew it might. 656 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,210 I had to take that chance for the Book of Leaves. 657 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:23,805 Sword. 658 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:27,161 Maestro, shall we see to his injuries? 659 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,489 They're beyond seeing to, and I cannot meet my end here. 660 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,688 In other words, fuck this place. 661 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:36,763 I want to spit on Vlad's body. 662 00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:40,368 Yeah, well, you could if we knew where it was. 663 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,204 Where the fuck is he? 664 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:43,771 Just come on! Let's go! 665 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,763 Maybe some creature dragged him off. 666 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,570 Let's not find out. Come on. 667 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,164 You really must try this, Camilla. 668 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,562 Surely you have a sweeter tooth than your brother. 669 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,410 You certainly have a sweeter smile. 670 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,762 Some honey. 671 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,644 The pride of the Duchy of Urbino. 672 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:16,728 Oh, I've made arrangements with their Duke. 673 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,803 With brawn like his, I pity those who wish harm upon Florence. 674 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,042 You'll have your hands full with that one. 675 00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:26,891 Federico da Montefeltro is a... 676 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,883 - colorful character indeed. - Mm. 677 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,447 Did you really invite us here to show off your new alliance? 678 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:32,647 Bernardo! 679 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,770 I don't recall inviting you at all, Signor Baroncelli. 680 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:42,244 Perhaps you fail to understand why I went to Urbino. 681 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,562 You think Rome will look after the Pazzis, 682 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:46,444 but when all is said and done, 683 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:50,207 Rome only looks after Rome. 684 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,443 And you-- both of you-- 685 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,723 are loyal sons of Florence. 686 00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:01,763 Don't you think the time has come 687 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,048 for union in our republic? 688 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:06,884 Not further divisions. 689 00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:14,365 My brother Giuliano has a stubborn mind, 690 00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:17,046 but a good heart. 691 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,090 At one point, we hoped to see him in a cardinal's hat, 692 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:24,006 but our current relations with the church have precluded that. 693 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:30,007 And yet a young man like Giuliano needs a future. 694 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:34,961 He would make a fine husband for Camilla... 695 00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,007 would he not? 696 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:41,891 Honey, anyone? 697 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:46,486 Farewell. 698 00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:49,371 Arrivederci. 699 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,523 Whether or not the Pazzis agree to this union, I have to ask, 700 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,604 did you consult your brother about this? 701 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:02,444 Giuliano's interests are the interests of Florence. 702 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:05,604 Oh, don't worry. I'll have all the breakable objects 703 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,325 removed from the room before I broach the topic. 704 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,290 She is the child of our enemy, signor. 705 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:14,081 Some might argue he is being thrown to the wolves. 706 00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:17,005 You underestimate my brother, Piero. 707 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,369 We are not feeding these wolves. 708 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,289 We are taming them. 709 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:33,885 Did you know he was going to propose this? 710 00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:36,128 I had an inkling, 711 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,362 seeing as it was my idea. 712 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,530 - You had your elixir? - Oh, relax. 713 00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:54,930 They say children conceived in frustration are born bitter. 714 00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:56,969 You'll understand I'm agitated 715 00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,282 by this league of devils around us. 716 00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:01,608 After our brilliant ploy with the Pazzis, 717 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,411 you're not ready for another masterstroke. 718 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,929 Our doctor said this position is more likely 719 00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,890 to conceive us a male heir. 720 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,441 Men would prefer a position where a woman's face 721 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:18,171 is rammed down so far she can't even speak. 722 00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,243 I'm sorry, what was that, dear? 723 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,441 Please. 724 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:35,604 Oh, my God. 725 00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,010 It was the cage. 726 00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:42,523 It was the cage. It was the cage. 727 00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:46,963 The words written on the side, "Don't take him away." 728 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:50,442 it wasn't a taunt, it was a warning. 729 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,248 Vlad built the device 730 00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:55,925 to eviscerate you if you were freed, 731 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,288 to rip an unstaunchable wound. 732 00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:02,728 Oh, I should've realized. 733 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,201 - I'm sorry. - Never mind. 734 00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:08,887 I must tell you of the key you seek. 735 00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,601 The other key that opens the Vault of Heaven? 736 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:17,330 Yes, tell me. 737 00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:21,769 It's waiting in Rome, there for your taking. 738 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:24,603 And when you have both keys... 739 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:25,761 Yes? 740 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,850 Your mother, 741 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,646 Caterina, 742 00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:33,922 she's alive. 743 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:39,763 She carries the Book of Leaves for us, 744 00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,730 beneath the aging post of the sun 745 00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,724 in a town made of stone 746 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,850 in a land on my map. 747 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,128 Wait. 748 00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:53,362 I need you to decode the map. 749 00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:56,849 Then you may take what you need. 750 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,207 Here. 751 00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:06,921 Here is the secret to deciphering the map. 752 00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,483 I will not survive to come with you. 753 00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,650 You must cut my flesh loose 754 00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:20,731 and take it with you once I die. 755 00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:27,008 But the Turk said that I would save you. 756 00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:30,164 And so you will 757 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:33,244 someday, 758 00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:35,044 but not today. 759 00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:43,404 But there are so many things you must learn first. 760 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:45,369 Yes? Yes? 761 00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:47,602 You must learn 762 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:51,446 that anything is possible 763 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,523 including defeat. 764 00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,329 You must learn... 765 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:00,925 Yes, what? What? 766 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,246 What? 767 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,123 - What? What? - Maestro. 768 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,442 - I must-- I must learn what? - Maestro, he's gone. 769 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,682 - Maestro. - I must learn what? 770 00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:18,571 I must learn... 771 00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:21,326 Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! 772 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:24,450 Fuck! Fuck. 773 00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:27,841 I saw... 774 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:30,691 fu-- 775 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:37,527 I've been here before. 776 00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:38,966 No, this isn't the path we came in on. 777 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:40,485 No, no. 778 00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:45,683 This is where the Abyssinian and I first met. 779 00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:50,728 He warned me. 780 00:52:57,480 --> 00:53:01,041 I thought I could solve things 781 00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:02,969 like I always do. 782 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,769 "Hell happens 783 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,167 when the evil of the world 784 00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:24,449 exceeds our belief that we can conquer it."