8.2/10635 votes#1 - The Face of Death
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/14/2013
Pope Alexander fights for his life; the cardinals fight for control of the papacy; Cesare and Micheletto track the assassin; Della Rovere prepares to make his move.
Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: N/A
7.9/10545 votes#2 - The Purge
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/2013
Alexander tasks Cardinal Sforza with purging the College of Cardinals, old Roman families conspire against the Pope, and Lucrezia tries to seduce Cesare.
Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: N/A
7.9/10565 votes#3 - Siblings
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/2013
The King of Naples refuses to accept Lucrzia's child as part of the marriage agreement and pointedly invites Caterins Sforza and other Borgia enemies to the wedding.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10525 votes#4 - The Banquet of Chestnuts
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/2013
Cardinal Farnese exposes the embezzlement of Cardinal Versucci while the King of Naples insists the consummation of Lucrezia's marriage to his cousin be witnessed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10505 votes#5 - The Wolf and the Lamb
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/2013
Lucrezia and Micheletto plot the death of King Ferdinand when he refuses her her baby as Cesare's promise of an annulment for Louis X!. gain him a wife and army.
Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: N/A
7.7/10479 votes#6 - Relics
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/19/2013
Cesare unites the sons of the five Romagna families with his own army against Forli, and the Pope negotiates for a with Constantinople Jews for a holy relic.
Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: N/A
7.7/10479 votes#7 - Lucrezia's Gambit
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2013
After the French king occupies a deserted Milan, he tasks Cesare with killing Ludivico, and Lucretia becomes involved in Neapolitan palace intrigue.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10496 votes#8 - Tears of Blood
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/2013
Micheleto learns his kept lover is a Sforza informant, Caterina Sforza mounts the Shroud of Turin as a rival holy relic, and Alfonso puts Lucrezia under house arrest.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10483 votes#9 - The Gunpowder Plot
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/2013
Lucrezia escapes with Alfonso and her baby from Naples while the Pope corners the market in sulfur, restricting others from manufacturing gunpowder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10572 votes#10 - The Prince
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/2013
Micheletto returns to Cesare briefly to help him destroy the walls of Forli and capture Caterina Sforza and later recruit her assassin Rufio.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Borgias Season 3
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Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where...
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Face of Death" is the best rated episode of "The Borgias" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 635 votes. Directed by Kari Skogland and written by N/A, it aired on 4/14/2013. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Purge".