The Borgias -- "World of Wonders" -- 6/10/12
06-10-12 | 12:42 PM
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The Borgias -- "World of Wonders" -- 6/10/12
06-10-12 | 10:29 PM
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Re: The Borgias -- "World of Wonders" -- 6/10/12
WTF. Did not expect the ending at all.
06-12-12 | 07:39 AM
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Re: The Borgias -- "World of Wonders" -- 6/10/12
It seemed like only a matter of time before there was fratricide. I wonder if Cesare killed Juan in real life.
06-12-12 | 11:03 AM
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Re: The Borgias -- "World of Wonders" -- 6/10/12
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI’s son, Juan Borgia, was last seen alive on the night of June 14, 1497. Several days later, his body was dragged from the Tiber. He had been stabbed to death. His grief-stricken father launched an intense investigation only to end it abruptly a week later. The consensus among outsiders was that the responsible parties had been identified and the Borgias wanted to deal with them privately. There is persuasive evidence that the plot to kill Juan was hatched by the Orisinis, who had ample motive and opportunity. The Borgias also seem to have believed they were guilty; they nursed their hostility toward the Orsinis into a full-fledged vendetta. But within a year of Juan’s death, a rumor was circulating in Rome that Cesare was the true mastermind behind his brother’s death, benefiting as he did from it. The rumor appears to have no foundation in fact and was probably spread by either the Orsinis themselves or Cesare’s irate brother-in-law, Giovanni Sforza. Despite being without credence, the charge that Cesare killed his brother lingers to this day.
So while the verdict is still out most likely Cesare didn't kill his brother. That they had Juan die like he really died is a credit to the writers tho. They didn't try to make something up to glamorize his death.
