The Best Episodes of The Borgias Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(669 votes)

   #1 - The Face of Death

   S3:E14/14/2013

   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:Guy Burt

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   Director:Kari Skogland

   Writer:Guy Burt
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   8.2/10(603 votes)

   #2 - The Prince

   S3:E106/16/2013

   Micheletto returns to Cesare briefly to help him destroy the walls of Forli and capture Caterina Sforza and later recruit her assassin Rufio.

   Director:Neil Jordan

   Writer:Neil Jordan

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   Director:Neil Jordan

   Writer:Neil Jordan
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   8.0/10(528 votes)

   #3 - Tears of Blood

   S3:E86/2/2013

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Neil Jordan

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   7.9/10(581 votes)

   #4 - The Purge

   S3:E24/21/2013

   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:Neil Jordan

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   Director:Kari Skogland

   Writer:Neil Jordan
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   7.9/10(604 votes)

   #5 - Siblings

   S3:E34/28/2013

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Guy Burt

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   7.9/10(563 votes)

   #6 - The Banquet of Chestnuts

   S3:E45/5/2013

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Guy Burt

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   7.9/10(513 votes)

   #7 - The Gunpowder Plot

   S3:E96/9/2013

   Lucrezia escapes with Alfonso and her baby from Naples while the Pope corners the market in sulfur, restricting others from manufacturing gunpowder.

   Director:Neil Jordan

   Writer:Neil Jordan

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   7.8/10(539 votes)

   #8 - The Wolf and the Lamb

   S3:E55/12/2013

   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:Neil Jordan

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   7.7/10(514 votes)

   #9 - Relics

   S3:E65/19/2013

   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:Guy Burt

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    7.7/10(509 votes)

    #10 - Lucrezia's Gambit

    S3:E75/26/2013

    After the French king occupies a deserted Milan, he tasks Cesare with killing Ludivico, and Lucretia becomes involved in Neapolitan palace intrigue.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Neil Jordan

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