Historical Dramas and The “Incest is Easy” Myth – From the Borgias to Bring Up the Bodies {0}
Showtime has decided to axe historical drama, The Borgias, one season shy of its originally planned four season run. Plans for a movie length finale have also been scrapped. The final episode of Season Three will serve as the series finale, which aired last night.
Deadline reports the original plans for Neil Jordan’s two hour finale
“I wanted a totally biblical ending, for the pope to burn in hell,” he said. That is how he wrote the proposed two-hour finale, with the pope dying and no one willing to hear his confession. When they finally find a confessor and the pope starts to repent his sins, the confessor interrupts him, saying, “I’m sorry, it’s too late, you’re already dead and burning in hell.” “This satisfies all moral feelings about the pope,” Jordan said.
