The Borgias/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* 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]].

* 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.