Borgia 1x03 [work]

: Rodrigo is forced to send his mistress, Giulia Farnese , back to her husband to maintain a veneer of papal sanctity.

: Cesare returns to Pisa, where he meets in secret with his pregnant mistress, Fiametta . borgia 1x03

The episode ends with the tension of the deadlocked election being broken, leading toward Rodrigo's ascension as Pope Alexander VI. : Rodrigo is forced to send his mistress,

The events of episode 3 have a lasting impact on the series: borgia 1x03

, who has fled Rome to plot the Pope's deposition. Micheletto attempts to kill the Cardinal in a public bath but fails, though he manages to escape. A Fatal End for the Prince