Medici: Masters of Florence

Season 32016

The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies.

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8 Episodes

E01 Original Sin

The Medici family suffers a great loss with the death of its patriarch Giovanni. When the designated heir Cosimo discovers that his father was poisoned, he decides to put Marco Bello on the assassin's trail.

October 18, 2016

E02 The Dome and the Domicile

The war is throwing Florence into chaos. Piero, Cosimo's only son, is eager to fight. Meanwhile, Cosimo manages to "buy" the withdrawal of Milan's troops, thus saving the city, but in the meantime Florence has again fallen into the plague.

October 18, 2016

E03 Pestilence

Albizzi has managed to foment the citizenry against Cosimo, accusing him of the crime of usury. When Cosimo learns of the situation, he decides to return to Florence. Albizzi then invents a ploy to get Cosimo arrested and held for trial.

October 25, 2016

E04 Judgement Day

From prison, Cosimo asks Contessina to try bribing a member of the Signoria, to buy votes in his favor. Albizzi starts poisoning Cosimo's food through his prison guard. Contessina negotiates exile rather than the death penalty.

October 25, 2016

E05 Temptation

While the Medici are in exile in Venice, the situation deteriorates day by day in Florence, with Albizzi imposing his rule over a city gravely depleted by the absence of the Medici.

November 1, 2016

E06 Ascendancy

The return of the Medici to Florence is an out-and-out triumph, with Albizzi in prison for his attempt to become the city's "tyrant".

November 1, 2016

E07 Purgatory

The Signoria now has a vacant chair, and Cosimo is asked to choose who should occupy it. Piero thinks that his moment has now come, but the banker Pazzi, too, has his eyes set on that seat.

November 8, 2016

E08 Epiphany

Pazzi has managed to convince the Pope to remove the Medici as Church bankers, but Cosimo is disinclined to surrender what he has worked so hard to attain.

November 8, 2016

Medici: Masters of Florence

E01 Original Sin

E02 The Dome and the Domicile

E03 Pestilence

E04 Judgement Day

E05 Temptation

E06 Ascendancy

E07 Purgatory

E08 Epiphany

Versailles

The Vertical Line

My Father's Murderers

Saints & Strangers

The First Lady

The Driver

Królowa Bona

Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered

Nassiryia - Per non dimenticare

Takeshi's Castle

The Ignorant Angels

The Red Tent

Undergrads

The Saboteurs

James Gunn's PG Porn

Baron Noir

Isabel

Roman Empire

Stan Lee's Lucky Man

E01 Original Sin

E02 The Dome and the Domicile

E03 Pestilence

E04 Judgement Day

E05 Temptation

E06 Ascendancy

E07 Purgatory

E08 Epiphany