Please forgive any mechanical mistakes, my hearts all a-flutter right now! This blog is a little different, as I typed this while watching the show and then tried to organize it topically, not only to get a review out faster, but also to comment on more things! And there were plenty!
For more musings on how hot Cesare is (since I recently moved on from my love of Juan to a love of the decidedly more sexy Cesare), scroll down to number 5 ;)
My Thoughts:
- Holliday Grainger is amazing! The emotion over Pualo's death, "Ask Juan..." "I would have my Paulo saved from the fires of hell" "For being yourself." The wordplay over the "family" toast. Oooh! She was just superb!
- Lucrezia's attempted murder of Juan was so totally awesome! The juxtaposition of Juan/Bernadetta and and Lucrezia singing was beautiful. I was on pins and needles as they kept switching positions - there was a good bit of time when I thought it might be Juan on top, though I never expected the blow to kill him of course.
- Oh my God! The Juan/Rodrigo tensions this episode! At the dinner...oh, that was amazing and then, as he was leaving, Jeremy Irons's "peasant shoes" line...oooh, I had chills!And Juan's thwarted ambitions - that look after the scene with Rodrigo in the chair!
- THE CANNON REVEAL! CROWNING MOMENT OF AWESOME!
- I love how he is so protective of Lucrezia, the look on his face, the yell, the attempt at holding her back, chasing the villagers away, carrying her etc. There's something about a guy who cares for his sister that's really touching.
- And holding the baby, all awkwardly like he doesn't know what to do with a child. And hovering by the midwife and just looking to the side...I loved it! And sleeping there, too! In leather pants to
boot! There's something about a guy (particularly a tough guy, with, you know, leather pants and a freakin' sword) trying to figure out what to do with a baby that's really endearing. (See the episode of the CW's Supernatural where Dean hums "Smoke on the Water" to the shapeshifter baby...and then proceeds to give it whiskey to quiet it.) - Standing behind Vittoria with his arms crossed, all clad in black and menacing...and storming into the main room with a cannon..oh, that was sexy! And when the Cardinal's questioned his knowledge...when the Pope asked if he was sure...the risk, the tension! And, coming back and smashing the cannonball, and that yell...whoa!
- Speaking of, when Caterina Sforza tells Cesare he cuts a "manly figure on his horse," it really seemed to me that that was Cesare's arc for this episode somehow. Particularly that line, and when he goes to face the French/Sforza army and comes back victorious, he just seemed so overtly masculine...and it was so thrilling! I mean, I always thought I liked the androgynous, doormat types, but, God, was I wrong! Whoa! I think I'm still a little flustered! I mean, wow! He rode out there with nothing to back him up but artwork, and he looked badass doing it! And retorting to those naysaying Cardinals...I don't know if I'm hormonal or what, but something about that kind of authoritativeness and decisiveness is really attractive. (I need to start a list of reasons I'm going to have dysfunctional relationships later.)
- This was just such a breakout episode for him, now that Juan's gone and he just proved himself capable (more so that his father) of saving Rome, I feel like there are big things in store for him! (Things which will hopefully include more of the sides of him mentioned in numbers 5 and 8 of this post...and/or more leather pants scenes.)
That's what I thought; please tell me what you thought in the comments!
This was a FANTASTIC episode and was just so enthralling that I plan on watching it again ASAP! Watch it if you haven't!
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