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Line 7: * Rodrigo gets ''three'' in "Nessuno": First is his [[The Chessmaster\|master manipulation]] of Charles. He greets the French king not in his full Papal regalia, but in the robes of a simple priest. Charles even mistakes him as such when he walks into St. Peter's. He uses Charles's own piety and dreams of recognition to get him to agree to abandon his war against Rodrigo and crowns him King of Naples to boot. The second is his one-two punch of [[The Grovel\|forcing all the cardinals who abandoned Rome to come back in sackcloth and ashes]] and "[[~~Aint~~Ain't Too Proud to Beg\|unburdening themselves]]" of their sins (and accepting huge amounts of money and property as "penitence"), followed by his [[Humiliation Conga]] to Giovanni Sforza (let's just say it involves kidnapping, public nudity, and Sforza declaring himself impotent in front of all of Rome). ** The third is his [[Batman Gambit]] to the French forces - he sends them to Naples, where [[The Black Death]] is waiting. * Cesare beating his brother, the soldier, in a sword fight. * Della Rovere kills two highwaymen, both while lying prone in a cart and one of them at range. He even tops it off with a [[Bond One -Liner]]. {{quote\| ''Forgive me, sister. Sometimes goodness needs the help of a little badness.''}} * The reveal of Rome's "cannons" is awesome from start to finish. Cesare's defiance, the pounding music, the synchronized falling-away of the banners unveiling them, and not least the actors' work--hardened political mavens and soldiers having subtle but uncontrollable flinches in the face of the sudden appearance of massed artillery, men ready to fire them, and their battle lines still forming up and well within range. ** The best part of that? {{spoiler\|The cannons are all fake! When it was clear that Rodrigo's financial mismanagement made it impossible to cast real ones, Cesare had them made out of plaster instead.}} The part where he reveals this to his family is also brilliant, as it drives home to Rodrigo a) Cesare is someone he truly can rely on, and b) just what a house of cards their dynasty is.