The Borgias: The First Season

They were the wealthy and avaricious family whose influence spread across 15th-century Italy and reached the very throne of the Vatican. Follow the Borgias' corrupt, decadent, and violent rise to power in this steamy Showtime series. Jeremy Irons stars as patriarch Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI; Francois Arnaud is his scheming son Cesare; and Holliday Grainger is the seductive Lucrezia; with Colm Feore, Joanne Whalley.

9 episodes on 3 discs. 7 3/4 hrs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital mono.