Although the onus is on the viewer to at least do a bit of brushing up on the past to know the real story among these real people, it’s easy to allow grumpy historians to ruin the mood by complaining about accuracy. The fact is, these kinds of grand historical reimaginings can be a scrumptious combination of costume drama acting, soap opera theatrics and pay cable promiscuousness.

That’ll make the hours fly by. And it doesn’t mean your pleasure needs to be all that guilty.

via The Borgias: TV Review – The Hollywood Reporter.

Par rapport à Camelot, l’autre fresque lancée ce vendredi sur Starz, The Borgias version Showtime recueille de meilleures critiques et la performance de Jeremy Irons  est souvent mise en avant.

A découvrir demain soir sur Showtime à partir de 21h avec les épisodes 1 et 2.