7.5/10913 votes#1 - Original Sin
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/2016
The Medici family suffers a great loss with the death of its patriarch Giovanni. When the designated heir Cosimo discovers that his father was poisoned, he decides to put Marco Bello on the assassin's trail.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: N/A
7.8/10728 votes#2 - The Dome and the Domicile
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2016
The war is throwing Florence into chaos. Piero, Cosimo's only son, is eager to fight. Meanwhile, Cosimo manages to "buy" the withdrawal of Milan's troops, thus saving the city, but in the meantime Florence has again fallen into the plague.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: Nicholas Meyer, Frank Spotnitz
7.8/10655 votes#3 - Pestilence
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2016
Albizzi has managed to foment the citizenry against Cosimo, accusing him of the crime of usury. When Cosimo learns of the situation, he decides to return to Florence. Albizzi then invents a ploy to get Cosimo arrested and held for trial.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: N/A
7.9/10626 votes#4 - Judgement Day
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2016
From prison, Cosimo asks Contessina to try bribing a member of the Signoria, to buy votes in his favor. Albizzi starts poisoning Cosimo's food through his prison guard. Contessina negotiates exile rather than the death penalty.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: N/A
7.9/10617 votes#5 - Temptation
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2016
While the Medici are in exile in Venice, the situation deteriorates day by day in Florence, with Albizzi imposing his rule over a city gravely depleted by the absence of the Medici.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: N/A
8.2/10631 votes#6 - Ascendancy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2016
The return of the Medici to Florence is an out-and-out triumph, with Albizzi in prison for his attempt to become the city's "tyrant".
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: N/A
8.0/10572 votes#7 - Purgatory
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2016
The Signoria now has a vacant chair, and Cosimo is asked to choose who should occupy it. Piero thinks that his moment has now come, but the banker Pazzi, too, has his eyes set on that seat.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Writer: N/A
8.5/10692 votes#8 - Epiphany
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2016
Pazzi has managed to convince the Pope to remove the Medici as Church bankers, but Cosimo is disinclined to surrender what he has worked so hard to attain.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Medici: Masters of Florence Season 1
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The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way,...
Genres:DramaWar & Politics
Network:Rai 1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Original Sin" is the best rated episode of "Medici: Masters of Florence" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 913 votes. Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan and written by N/A, it aired on 10/18/2016. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Dome and the Domicile".