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The Face of Death
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Episode still of Rodrigo Borgia and Julius Versucci
Information
Episode number Season 3
Episode 1
Setting 1498[1]
Directed by Kari Skogland
Written by Guy Burt
Advisories Graphic violence, adult language, adult content
Air date April 14, 2013
Running time 52 minutes
Episode chronology
Previous 2x10 The Confession
Next 3x02 The Purge
"I saw the face of death."
Rodrigo Borgia[src]

The Face of Death is the first episode of season three, and the twentieth episode of the series. It was written by Guy Bert, and directed by Kari Skogland.

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Plot synopsis[]

As Pope Alexander fights for his life after being poisoned, the Cardinals jockey for position to take over the Papacy. Cesare and Micheletto trace the assassination plot back to its source, but Della Rovere is ready to make his move -- and his is not the only conspiracy. Catherina Sforza has dispatched her own personal assassin Rufio to dethrone the Borgia family. However, thanks to Lucrezia’s quick thinking, the family’s grip on power may not be lost.[2]

Appearances[]

Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia
François Arnaud as Cesare Borgia
Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia
Colm Feore as Giuliano Della Rovere
Peter Sullivan as Ascanio Sforza
Joanne Whalley as Vanozza Cattaneo
Lotte Verbeek as Giulia Farnese
Sean Harris as Micheletto Corella
Vernon Dobtcheff as Cardinal Julius Versucci
Bosco Hogan as Cardinal Alessandro Piccolomini
Gina McKee as Catherina Sforza
Jesse Bostick as Antonello
Sebastian De Souza as Alfonso of Aragon
Thure Lindhardt as Rufio
David Dencik as Cardinal Giovanni Battista Orsini
Peter Stebbings as Cardinal De Luca
William Ruane as Papal Physician
Barna Ilyés as Dominican Monk
Tam Dean Burn as Dominican Prior
John Rado as Cardinal Rocco Colonna
Péter Klertész as Cardinal #1
Antal Leiszen as Cardinal #2
Mackenzie Munro as Concetta
Andrew Gower as Assassin #1
Ákos Horváth as Vatican Guard
Mark Phelan as Morgue Worker
N/A as Giovanni Borgia

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The Borgias Season 3 Next on Episode 1


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The Face of Death sneak peek 1

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The Borgias Season 3 Episode 1 Clip - There is a Plot

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The Borgias Season 3 Episode 1 Clip - We are at War


Behind the scenes[]

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The Borgias Season 3 Episode 1 Behind the Scenes - The Face Of Death


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