Truth and Lies

Truth and Lies is the eighth episode of season two, and the seventeenth episode of the series. It was written by David Leland and directed by John Maybury.

Plot synopsis
Juan returns to Rome trying to spin his combat injury as proof of his valor, but Cesare exposes his brother's ignoble behavior; Lucrezia takes a lover in her intended husband's younger brother; Della Rovere has recruited an angel-faced young friar as his suicide assassin, and the young man advances their agenda with a bold move against the Pope's food taster.

Appearances
Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia

François Arnaud as Cesare Borgia

Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia

Joanne Whalley as Vanozza Cattaneo

David Oakes as Juan Borgia

Sean Harris as Micheletto Corella

Peter Sullivan as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza

Colm Feore as Giuliano Della Rovere

David Alpay as Calvino Pallavicini

Tom Austen as Raffaello Pallavicini

Jesse Bostick as Antonello

Noah Silver as Benito Sforza

Bosco Hogan as Cardinal Alessandro Piccolomini

Robert Cavanah as Hernando De Caballos

John Arthur as Brother Bernardino

Vernon Dobtcheff as Cardinal Julius Versucci

Roger Lloyd-Pack as Friar

Zoltan Rihmer as Latin Reader

Richard Durden as The Physician

Alex Lanipekun as Mohammed

N/A as Giovanni Borgia

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Trivia

 * Goof: At Lucrezia's proposal scene, the scale model on the table is far too modern: her three cannon decks, rig and lines show she is either a the late 1700's ship of the line or a heavily armed East Indiaman from the same period. The action takes place around 1500.

Sneak peeks


Behind the scenes
