The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies.
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- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes aired
- 24
- Latest aired
- S03E07
- Total runtime
- 21h 16min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 October 2016 – November 2016 8 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 11 months
- Season 2 October 2018 – November 2018 8 episodes
- Season 3 December 2019 8 episodes
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S01E01 Original Sin
October 18 · 51min find the promo
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The Medici family suffers a great loss with the death of its patriarch Giovanni. When the designated heir Cosimo discovers that his father was poisoned, he decides to put Marco Bello on the assassin's trail.
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S01E02 The Dome and the Domicile
October 18 · 53min find the promo
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The war is throwing Florence into chaos. Piero, Cosimo's only son, is eager to fight. Meanwhile, Cosimo manages to "buy" the withdrawal of Milan's troops, thus saving the city, but in the meantime Florence has again fallen into the plague.
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S01E03 Pestilence
October 25 · 49min find the promo
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Albizzi has managed to foment the citizenry against Cosimo, accusing him of the crime of usury. When Cosimo learns of the situation, he decides to return to Florence. Albizzi then invents a ploy to get Cosimo arrested and held for trial.
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S01E04 Judgement Day
October 25 · 53min find the promo
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From prison, Cosimo asks Contessina to try bribing a member of the Signoria, to buy votes in his favor. Albizzi starts poisoning Cosimo's food through his prison guard. Contessina negotiates exile rather than the death penalty.
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S01E05 Temptation
November 1 · 52min find the promo
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While the Medici are in exile in Venice, the situation deteriorates day by day in Florence, with Albizzi imposing his rule over a city gravely depleted by the absence of the Medici.
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S01E06 Ascendancy
November 1 · 49min find the promo
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The return of the Medici to Florence is an out-and-out triumph, with Albizzi in prison for his attempt to become the city's "tyrant".
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S01E07 Purgatory
November 8 · 50min find the promo
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The Signoria now has a vacant chair, and Cosimo is asked to choose who should occupy it. Piero thinks that his moment has now come, but the banker Pazzi, too, has his eyes set on that seat.
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S01E08 Epiphany
November 8 · 50min find the promo
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Pazzi has managed to convince the Pope to remove the Medici as Church bankers, but Cosimo is disinclined to surrender what he has worked so hard to attain.