The pope finally baptizes Paolo's son but is furious when suitable Genoese son in law Calvino Palladicino steps down on account of his brother Raffaello being in love with Lucrezia, who tells her father even he would never be her free choice. Posing as Franciscan, Della Rovere's young assassin Antonello is hand-picked to succeed the taster he killed, which seemed an accident, but the sudden interruption of the papal fasting causes the poison to get lost. Tormented by excruciating syphilis and dazed by opium, Juan misbehaves at the christening, threatening the baby and raping a dancer who song the popular 'ten more sons'. Cesare tells Lucrezia she still can't kill their brother for father's sake, but has Michelotto commit the murder. After Machiavelli explains Savonarola's hold on his fanatic following is playing on irrational fears, Cesare dares him to a fire test, which breaks his spell and allows capturing him for torture and execution after confession.
—KGF Vissers