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.
Elenco: Jeremy Irons , Joanne Whalley , Holliday Grainger , Colm Feore , Sean Harris , François Arnaud , Lotte Verbeek , Ruta Gedmintas , Simon McBurney , Thure Lindhardt , Peter Sullivan , Vernon Dobtcheff , Jemima West , Vernon Dobtcheff , Jemima West .