Medici the Magnificent - ep 2.06 Alliance - Reaction Post
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I still can’t get used to the idea of a Pope running trade schemes and politicking left right and centre. Though I suppose even in this country (UK) the Church had huge influence into the 19th century.
Whoever’s playing Sforza is doing a good job of showing a man who is powerful enough that he doesn’t need to go round puffing and shouting about how powerful he is.
Feels weird finding a Pope hot tbh but Raoul Bova nails it.
I still hate Salviati.
Oh hi there Sean Bean - Happy Birthday!
Jacopo: “Gonfaloniere Petrucci - are you not supposed to remain neutral?”
Pazzi’s got a point, but the lack of neutrality was in the tone of voice, not the question itself imo. What else *should* Lorenzo have done?
OMG that wicked slow smile of Jacopo’s does - things - to my insides. 😳
So Giuliano is going to talk to his mistress’ husband, and Francesco is going to talk to his own ex-mistress’s husband. Happy families. Clarice doesn’t look impressed.
Is it consumption she has? She seems to go downhill too quickly for that.
Simonetta’s the only one with any sense. Giuliano isn’t exactly offering her a life of comfort and security somewhere her husband can’t get her, is he.
Oh dear, Soderini. You go conspiring with powerful men to kill other powerful men you have to expect it to bite you in the bum one day.
“You got power too young, because you stole it from a weak father. And now you abuse it. Money buys many things, but not humility.” Lorenzo’s not the only one with the fine words.
Clarice needs to pull her hair back a little bit at the sides, it’s a bit droopy like that.
Trying to decide whether this scene between Clarice de Medici and Lucrezia Ardinghelli is a major pass for the Bechdel Test. Yes, they’re talking about Lorenzo, but in the context of what he’s trying to do for the city.
I’m always puzzled by the practice of handing over little leather drawstring bags of money. It happens in quite a lot of programmes and no-one ever counts it - was there a fixed amount in there?
Who’s Francesco talking to there? Ah, Simonetta’s lady’s maid. But WHY?
You can always tell who’s the “romantic lead” because they’re always posing around with their shirt off. 😂
https://64.media.tumblr.com/03afc5fc08e225a48d3bcef50264a128/tumblr_poiwhlcOFT1y7y0v7o9_500.gifv
Or maybe this one:
https://stored-edge.slickpic.com/Nzc3ODAwYWYyYTdhNw,,/20140601/ODIxNDgzMGE3NzA,/p/2560/adulza.jpg
Honestly, having had the strength to break it off with Giuliano, why not finish the job properly by telling her husband what he wants to hear? She might just as well have stayed with him.
Brilliant delivery by Bradley James as Giuliano - “I don’t have time for this.” *deep sigh*
Nice clear explanation there from Giuliano. Sforza needs to agree to the treaty or they’re all screwed.
And you just *know* what’s about to happen to Soderini. Jacopo doesn’t hang about.
Amazing self-confidence Lorenzo has. Or is it a totally overweening sense of duty?
I’m not entirely sure what the point is here, why they’re all coming out of the city?
Clarice has succeeded and Ardinghelli will vote for Petrucci not Pazzi for gonfaloniere. Well done that woman.
“Thank you,” says Lorenzo, sincerely.
Lucrezia *looks daggers at him* “I did this for your wife.”
“So we won’t be discussing the murder of Luca Soderini.” My god, Jacopo’s got balls.
Does Lorenzo actually have the authority to unilaterally offer Luca Soderini’s seat to Bastiano?
There’s plenty of material here for a video slashing Lorenzo and Jacopo - they’ve been staring at each other across the chamber all episode lol.
Interesting juxtaposition - Guiliano’s agony at losing Simonetta is apparently as great as Sforza’s in, er, actually dying.
Ooh, I do like a brooding Beano.
I see Sean Bean is now powerful enough to get a PA even when he’s not the lead.
I still can’t get used to the idea of a Pope running trade schemes and politicking left right and centre. Though I suppose even in this country (UK) the Church had huge influence into the 19th century.
Whoever’s playing Sforza is doing a good job of showing a man who is powerful enough that he doesn’t need to go round puffing and shouting about how powerful he is.
Feels weird finding a Pope hot tbh but Raoul Bova nails it.
I still hate Salviati.
Oh hi there Sean Bean - Happy Birthday!
Jacopo: “Gonfaloniere Petrucci - are you not supposed to remain neutral?”
Pazzi’s got a point, but the lack of neutrality was in the tone of voice, not the question itself imo. What else *should* Lorenzo have done?
OMG that wicked slow smile of Jacopo’s does - things - to my insides. 😳
So Giuliano is going to talk to his mistress’ husband, and Francesco is going to talk to his own ex-mistress’s husband. Happy families. Clarice doesn’t look impressed.
Is it consumption she has? She seems to go downhill too quickly for that.
Simonetta’s the only one with any sense. Giuliano isn’t exactly offering her a life of comfort and security somewhere her husband can’t get her, is he.
Oh dear, Soderini. You go conspiring with powerful men to kill other powerful men you have to expect it to bite you in the bum one day.
“You got power too young, because you stole it from a weak father. And now you abuse it. Money buys many things, but not humility.” Lorenzo’s not the only one with the fine words.
Clarice needs to pull her hair back a little bit at the sides, it’s a bit droopy like that.
Trying to decide whether this scene between Clarice de Medici and Lucrezia Ardinghelli is a major pass for the Bechdel Test. Yes, they’re talking about Lorenzo, but in the context of what he’s trying to do for the city.
I’m always puzzled by the practice of handing over little leather drawstring bags of money. It happens in quite a lot of programmes and no-one ever counts it - was there a fixed amount in there?
Who’s Francesco talking to there? Ah, Simonetta’s lady’s maid. But WHY?
You can always tell who’s the “romantic lead” because they’re always posing around with their shirt off. 😂
https://64.media.tumblr.com/03afc5fc08e225a48d3bcef50264a128/tumblr_poiwhlcOFT1y7y0v7o9_500.gifv
Or maybe this one:
https://stored-edge.slickpic.com/Nzc3ODAwYWYyYTdhNw,,/20140601/ODIxNDgzMGE3NzA,/p/2560/adulza.jpg
Honestly, having had the strength to break it off with Giuliano, why not finish the job properly by telling her husband what he wants to hear? She might just as well have stayed with him.
Brilliant delivery by Bradley James as Giuliano - “I don’t have time for this.” *deep sigh*
Nice clear explanation there from Giuliano. Sforza needs to agree to the treaty or they’re all screwed.
And you just *know* what’s about to happen to Soderini. Jacopo doesn’t hang about.
Amazing self-confidence Lorenzo has. Or is it a totally overweening sense of duty?
I’m not entirely sure what the point is here, why they’re all coming out of the city?
Clarice has succeeded and Ardinghelli will vote for Petrucci not Pazzi for gonfaloniere. Well done that woman.
“Thank you,” says Lorenzo, sincerely.
Lucrezia *looks daggers at him* “I did this for your wife.”
“So we won’t be discussing the murder of Luca Soderini.” My god, Jacopo’s got balls.
Does Lorenzo actually have the authority to unilaterally offer Luca Soderini’s seat to Bastiano?
There’s plenty of material here for a video slashing Lorenzo and Jacopo - they’ve been staring at each other across the chamber all episode lol.
Interesting juxtaposition - Guiliano’s agony at losing Simonetta is apparently as great as Sforza’s in, er, actually dying.
Ooh, I do like a brooding Beano.
I see Sean Bean is now powerful enough to get a PA even when he’s not the lead.