The Borgias 3.10 The Prince

[selenak]

Aka the unplanned series finale. Which I have extremely mixed feelings about.

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[selenak]

Watch the last but one episode, The Gunpowder Plot, and skip the rest. That one is a must, though, bringing Rodrigo (and Cesare)full circle to addressing the broken off conversation from the s2 finale and Rodrigo's issues in general, has a fabulous Rodrigo and Vanozza scene to boot, and minimum star crossed lovers incest (at the start) while all the other Lucrezia scenes are about her increasing sense of being trapped in her life and wanting to get out (this includes a great scene with Vannozza as well). (And there's arguably Sean Harris' best performance as Micheletto in it to boot.) So watch that, and it'll leave you with a good way to say goodbye to the show.

). And I hate hate hate the way the Cesare/Lucrezia/Alfonso triangulation was handled -- it's like they picked the absolute worst point in the narrative for the incest to happen (if it had to happen which it really didn't

I really think it's one perfect illustration why giving the fans what they supposedly want can be detrimental to a show. Between Jordan's initial interviews with statements about the C & L relationship as platonic and Francois Arnaud's "we persuaded Neil" interviews this season, it's hard not to conclude that basically, Jordan wrote C/L without conviction and hence not up to the show's previous standards or organically integrated into the storylines, and for no better reason than "the fans want it, the actors want it, the network wants it, I might as well, so here's your incest".