Medici: Masters of Florence

May I see Piero properly?

Of course.

It is an honor to be his Godfather.

He will have wealth and influence beyond any man's dreams.

And a family.

We will build a new family of our own, soon enough.

Things are no better witn your uncle?

Every time I vote with the Medici in the Priori, I

seem to twist a knife in Jacopo's wound.

We hardly talk at the bank.

Luca, we need to talk.

Mother.

Look, it's not yet common knowledge,...

...but Galeazzo Sforza has acquired the city of Imola.

Now is our chance to secure it.

Deal with Sforza?

He cannot be trusted.

Must you see a cloud stitched to every silver-lining, Luca?

If he will sell it,...

...Florence will be strong enough to become a true Republic.

Should this chimera you chase, dictate policy?

Well, a city where every man stands equal before the law?

Where every citizen has a real say in the decisions that affect them?

Or is that impossible?

It sounds pretty enough, but...

...what it means in reality is rule by the mob.

Oh, so you doubt the ability of the people to run their own city?

We were common merchants not long ago...

What right do we have to withhold that right from others?

Luca,...

...if we do not...

...strengthen this Republic, we will wake to find ourselves...

...ruled by a tyrant.

I know,... I know that...

...Galeazzo Sforza is...

...unreliable.

But what choice do I have?

I'm to attend the marriage of his daughter,...

...in Milan.

I'll press him to sell Imola, before anyone else does.

What news couldn't be entrusted to a messenger?

The news we've been waiting so long for.

A chance to weaken the Medici.

Must I wait all day to hear it?

Rumor has it Galeazzo...

...Sforza now owns Imola, and may sell it.

The Pope has long had an interest in gaining control of it.

Now is the journey worth your precious time?

With it, the Papal States would surround Florence,...

...have a choke hold on its trade with Venice.

Sit.

Lorenzo cannot afford to let Sixtus have Imola.

It Is the perfect opportunity...

...to drive a wedge between the Medici and the Papacy.

You would lose from It, too.

Not if the Pazzi bank were to...

...take the Papal account from the Medici.

Sixtus will never entrust his financial affairs...

...to a man who has no heir.

A bank without a future.

You must win over Francesco.

Why don't you inform Sixtus about Imola,...

...and see he appreciates the urgency of acquiring it?

You can leave Francesco to me.

Is it custom...

...for a girl in Milan to be married so young?

She's twelve.

It's legal.

Caterina was illegitimate.

Marrying the Pope's nephew...

...is more than she had any right to expect.

Messer Medici, you didn't travel here...

...to question Caterina's marriage.

He is here to try and buy Imola.

Are you not?

Yes, you're right, Madonna.

As a favor.

A favor?

Well, the city is famously hard to govern.

If there is trouble, we will crush it.

Yes, that may be, but...

...it won't be cheap...

...to keep a city like Imola garrisoned indefinitely.

You'll have to sell it eventually. Why not now?

How much?

What?

I am not the answer to what is missing in your life.

And nor are late nights and wine.

And what is missing from my life?

Purpose.

You must find your place in the world.

In your family.

And what place is that?

Lorenzo is head of the bank, and the family.

Then you should be his right hand.

That place is taken by another.

Besides,...

I love wine,...

...and late nights.

And you.

You know,... by conducting...

...yourselves like this, you put her at risk.

Would you have me stop?

And lose that light in her eyes?

I must be allowed to finish it.

To paint her again.

The Da Forli's wish to borrow more money.

I don't think I know them.

Thank you for coining.

I came only to tell you,...

...there can be no communication between us that my husband...

...is not aware of.

You didn't tell Francesco you were coming here today...?

Why?

He will not talk with me about...

...anything but the business of the bank.

My husband treats you as he does with good reason.

It was not him,...

...but your hatred of the Medici that cost you your family.

It was God that took my family.

Three sons.

And a daughter.

My wife, Madeleine,...

...she carried them,...

...and each time, he chose to tear them from her...

I'm sorry.

She could bear it no more.

She now nurses her pain...

...in a mountain convent.

Francesco is like a son to me.

Is there nothing can be done to heal this wound?

Guglielmo will have a child soon.

A Medici.

Guglielmo is dead to me.

I must go.

Very well.

You weren't at the wedding of Da Forli's first son,...

...Angelo, a few years ago, were you?

No. Why do you ask?

No reason.

But you are... quite sure?

Quite.

On reflection, I'm sure I don't even know them.

Straight in. Here you go.

In the corner.

Put it here.

A birthing chair?

So soon? -It's a caution, Madonna.

We do not want to be ill-prepared.

Yes, don't be frightened.

I'm not.

Not for myself.

I so want to give Guglielmo a boy.

I was scared too, when I carried Lorenzo.

But I remember your grandmother,

Contessina, telling me that husbands...

...not only look to their wives for children.

But for a sharp mind and a loyal heart.

And you...

...have both.

Sister.

How are you?

In need of distraction.

How was the wedding?

Unique.

And Imola?

The city has always been prone to unrest.

And we'll place one of our own there.

Someone whose loyalty cannot be questioned.

I'll approach Francesco.

He understands that Imola is key to...

...strengthening our ties with Venice,...

...hopefully pulling her into an alliance with Milan and Florence.

I'm not questioning...

...your visión for our city,...

...but trust must be earned.

Well, what a better way to earn it?

Have you considered your brother?

No, and this isn't right for him.

It's not what he wants.

What Giuliano wants is to feel needed.

Now, you've made Francesco godfather to your son,...

...at least offer Imola to your brother.

Signore Francesco,...

...we need your signature on this page.

Thank you.

Francesco, I wish to apologize.

What for?

For meeting your wife, without your consent.

I'm sorry,...

...I assumed she had told you.

Well, of course she told me.

Yes, of course...

Please, don't be angry with her.

I had hoped she might help effect a reconciliation between us.

I assure you,...

...she was very clear.

All fault for the current situation...

...is mine.

I would ask you to not speak with my wife again,...