Exclusive First Look: The Borgias Is "Hell Bent" for Season 3

Jeremy Irons

The Borgias is back, and TVGuide.com has your first look at the "hellish" Season 3 art.

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The new season, which premieres on April 14 at 10/9c on Showtime, features a Pope Alexander (Jeremy Irons) who is "hell bent," as the poster would say, on getting rid of anyone in the Vatican who might be disloyal to him after his nearly fatal assassination attempt last year. After staring mortality in the face, Pope Alexander is also dead-set on establishing a hereditary monarchy to rule with his son, Cesare (François Arnaud).

Too bad Cesare is busy fighting, and getting very close to his sister Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger), who is entering Neapolitan politics and learning the art of poisoning. (Fair warning: It's probably best to not to take a sip of whatever she's got in that goblet!)

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So will Pope Alexander get his son in line for the throne? Will he really be able to weed out all the bad seeds in the Vatican? The new season of The Borgias premieres on Sunday, April 14 at 10/9c on Showtime.

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