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The second season closes as a tragic revelation stuns the family; Cesare tortures Savonarola with no mercy; and a new suitor works his charms on a flirtatious Lucrezia. Meanwhile, Della Rovere's assassin makes a move.

Alexander celebrates the Easter holiday with a beautiful celebration and an end to his pious fast, while Della Rovere's assassin gets even closer to the pope. Meanwhile, Lucrezia's lover asks her father for her hand in marriage; and Juan's increasingly erratic behavior endangers his sister's child.

Upon his return to Rome, Juan elaborates on how he received his"battle wounds," however, Cesare is suspicious and determined to learn the truth. Meanwhile, Lucrezia takes a lover, the younger brother of her intended; and Della Rovere recruits an accomplice for his assassination plot.

Juan's happy return from Spain is ruined by his failure to seize the Sforza castle.

Cesare recruits a band of mercenaries with the help of Micheletto to seek revenge on the retreating French troops; the Pope forges more strategic alliances and enriches himself in the bargain; Lucrezia joins Giulia's quest to aid Rome's poor.

Alexander VI refuses to allow a Catholic burial for Paolo, even though he doubts the boy's suicide. Lucrezia lashes out by refusing to eat, thus endangering the life of her infant son.

The stable boy who fathered Lucrezia's child travels to Rome to meet with her, but is met by Juan instead; the Pope's lovers Giulia and Vittoria take him in disguise on a revelatory tour of Rome's indigent.

In the Season 2 premiere, Pope Alexander VI takes a new lover and throws a grand, pagan fete for the citizens of Rome when a cache of ancient artifacts is discovered; the rivalry between brothers Cesare and Juan spills into the streets; Lucrezia tends to her newborn child; now a pastoral priest once again, Della Rovere narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.