The Borgias 3x06-3x08 Reviews and More Pre-Series-Finale Angst

[sherrilina]

So tonight is the night...the last night of The Borgias fandom while the show is still on the air with episodes left to see. :( I feel both sad and rather anxious with worry about whether the finale will be any good, whether C/L will end in a place I can handle...I'm just not ready yet for it all to end!

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[rosaxx50]

\O/ I HAVE WATCHED EVERYTHING (Borgias-related)

Rodrigo is always best when he sticks to politics and church pomp & circumstance (rather than sexual affairs)
This x 10000
I did not know that the Rabbi had been named. Matthias it is.

I saw so many C/L-shippers angry about it, but I actually thought it was perfect--subtly acknowledging what passed between them (with each admitting they married the wrong person and wish they could marry each other) without hashing it out directly. I think that given Cesare's concerns in 3x04, Lucrezia knew better than to bring that all up again in a more direct manner.
Aww, all right then. I still feel a bit strange that they settled in so comfortably given the angst in 3x04, though.

the camera focuses in on the heart in the puppet show, which happens to be all about forbidden lovers ("This is a love our parents will never allow! Such is the tragedy of our love...")
Oh, I did not notice this. BUT THAT IS SO ADORABLE.

and later when the more transparent half-brother tried to threaten her by putting his hands on her throat and she doesn't even flinch:
Favourite scene! Her steel was incredibly.

I was a little confused about who Pascal was and how he knew Micheletto was gay (they must have had amazing 16th century gaydar) and how they were suddenly intimate so fast, but whatever, the end result was great even if they were a bit rushed getting there. Pascal was hot, and so was M/P, and it was nice that they didn't entirely forget about that part of M's character after last season.
Yes, this. I love how much pandering I feel like we get from the writers & cast. First C/L becoming canon, then the female gaze :D

Speaking of, Vanozza with a bow-and-arrow is something that should be on my screen more often...:)
Oh god, yes, I WAS SO EXCITED WITH THAT GLIMPSE. Vannozza has been supremely awesome the entire show, y/y?

I liked that Cesare's gut reaction was to lash out and want to kill the spy for this.
Hahaha, MTE. #stanning for serial killers.

Also Lucrezia's palm reading was great--don't need a witch to know that she loves her brother though! ;)
I really liked how this scene was played. What the old woman says could well be from those "rumours circling the country" about C/L, too, so it's not entirely pulled into mysticism. It walks a fine line.

"I know this feeling all my life...all my life."
"I can hate and love."

^those lines were superb.

Caterina is my favourite forever. I'm sure you know this already :D

JESUS MUST LOVE YOU, CESARE BORGIA. THAT LINE. THAT LINE.