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'The Borgias' Season 2 Key Art Suggests Some Family Friction (Exclusive)

Shifty eyes, a mysterious vial… Things aren't looking good for the new Pope when Showtime's period drama returns on April 8. When the series returns, Rodrigo Borgia (Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons) will demand that his children join him in getting revenge against the families that opposed his climb to the papacy. That’s to be expected. But at the same time, his own family may become his biggest threats.

Cesare’s (François Arnaud) sibling rivalry with Juan (David Oakes) grows into resentment toward their father. And after Rodrigo’s horrible choice for her husband last season, Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) is finding some independence. Who can blame her? All the while, Rodrigo’s very persistent nemesis Della Rovere (Colm Feore) hasn’t given up and he’s closing in on the Vatican’s new residents.

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In the first season of The Borgias, the premiere family of Rome had to deal with a variety of personal and professional threats, ranging from abusive husbands to conspiratorial colleagues and crises of both faith and identity. Rodrigo, Cesare, and company may have been able to fight off even the most aggressive of foes, but their time in the crosshairs of half of Italy is far from over.The latest promo for season 2, titled "God and Borgia", is more of the same lush mixture of sex, violence, power, and politics that we saw in season 1, only this time framed by experience. From the time Rodrigo Borgia became Pope Alexander VI, people have been gunning for him and it looks like season 2 finds The Borgias turning on one another. Guilia Farnese has given her lips to another, while Cesare is amping up his interest in the military, possibly trying to usurp Juan's position as Borgia family soldier and get closer to his father in the process. If that wasn't enough, there's another plot to kill the Pope, only this time from a mysterious friar that (I don't think) we've met. Is the Borgia family equipped to handle another threat so soon after fending off Cardinal della Rovere?

And don't think the actions last season happened in a vacuum, either, as the full trailer shows. Lucrezia's outwitting of the entire French army has boiled the blood of King Charles VIII, placing an even bigger target on Rome than had been there before. But before you're thinking that the city isn't prepared, especially with Juan leading the troops, check out the updated weaponry that Rome is employing. Maybe Rome won't be invaded for a fourth time after all.

The Borgias premieres its second season on Sunday, April 8th at 10:00 on Showtime. Preceding it will be the fourth season premiere of Nurse Jackie and third season premiere of The Big C, respectively.

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It was ordered for a 3rd season, which means the Pope will be back. Without the pope there is no show.

The Borgias' Renewed: Showtime Orders Season 3

"The Borgias" will return for a Season 3 full of sin on Showtime. The cable network has ordered a third season of 10 episodes slated to premiere in 2013.

Jeremy Irons will return as Pope Alexander VI. Production on Season 3 is expected to begin during summer 2012. Now in Season 2, "The Borgias" (Sundays, 10 p.m. ET on Showtime) tells the story of the Borgia family, their rise to power and the struggles they face to keep it. The Season 2 cast is rounded out by François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley, Lotte Verbeek, David Oakes and Colm Feore.

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