S1 E1: Original Sin
After 20 years of grooming, Cosimo de' Medici replaces his late father in the Signoria of Florence, where he must decide whether to support a call for war.
55 minutes
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The wealthy Medici family rise to power during great social upheavals throughout medieval Italy. Their contributions to the artistic life of the country is in contrast to their quest for control and the envy of those who wish to depose them.
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Guido Caprino, Giorgio Caputo
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
After 20 years of grooming, Cosimo de' Medici replaces his late father in the Signoria of Florence, where he must decide whether to support a call for war.
55 minutes
As the war with Milan takes a heavy toll on Florence, Cosimo boosts morale and the economy by undertaking the impossible: building the cathedral dome.
56 minutes
While Albizzi uses the plague to turn Florentines against Cosimo and his dome, two Medici family members are lost. Marco forces a shocking confession.
51 minutes
After Cosimo's arrest, his wife tries to buy a Signoria member's help. Piero seeks to refute the charges, while Lorenzo takes a more drastic approach.
55 minutes
In exile in Venice, Cosimo finds himself drawn to a slave woman. Meanwhile, back in Florence, Contessina runs into her childhood sweetheart.
55 minutes
Cosimo returns to Florence while Rinaldo is held for trial on treason and tyranny. Cosimo is visited by an unexpected guest: the pope. Cosimo convinces the Signoria to exile Rinaldo.
53 minutes
The Signoria now has a vacant seat, and Cosimo is asked to choose who should occupy it. Meanwhile, Lucrezia tries to prove Lorenzo's innocence.
52 minutes
Pazzi has managed to convince the pope to remove the Medici as the church's bankers, but Cosimo is unwilling to surrender what he has worked so hard to attain.
53 minutes