Medici: The Magnificent - Season 2 [Sub: Eng], Episode 06: Alliance

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The Florentine republic's high magistrature of 'gonfaloniere' is up for (re)election, but the Pazzis will stop at nothing to sabotage any Medici candidate, even if that requires sabotaging the lucrative triple alliance with Venice and Milan. The pope follows the Pazzi advice to threaten Milan with excommunication, but Giuliano convinces duke Galeazzo Sforza to dismiss false Pazzi promises, which alas leads to a bloody riposte. Strategic Citta di Castello, formally in the Papal States but traditionally under Florentine protection, lies under siege from a papal relative implicitly granted papal permission to ransack it, but Lorenzo mediates a deal further compromising the Medici bank finances, despite papal refusal to reconcile. Back at Jacopo's side, Francesco helps discourages or murder Medici supporters in the Priori council to support the Gonfaloniere's reelection, but Lorenzo chooses a strategic young candidate. Francesco informs Simonetta Vespucci's husband of her affair with Giuliano, leading to private tragedy for all of them.

Genre: Drama, Biography, History