MEDICI // 1x01-1x02 (Original Sin - The dome and the domicile)

S1, Ep1
2016 Original Sin
The Medici family suffers a great loss with the death of its patriarch GIOVANNI. When the designated heir COSIMO discovers that his father was poisoned, he decides to put MARCO BELLO on the assassin's trail.

S1, Ep2
The dome and the domicile
The war is throwing Florence into chaos.PIERO, Cosimo's only son, is eager to fight. Meanwhile, Cosimo manages to "buy" the withdrawal of Milan's troops, thus saving the city, but in the meantime Florence has again fallen into the plague.

EPISODE 1

The Medici family suffers a great loss with the death of its patriarch
GIOVANNI. When the designated heir COSIMO discovers that his father
was poisoned, he decides to keep the news to himself and to put MARCO
BELLO, his right-hand man, on the assassin’s trail. Cosimo, who has long
abandoned his dream of becoming an artist, then takes his father’s place as
head of the bank and of the Signoria, where he needs to defend himself
against the hostility of the noble families, headed by RINALDO DEGLI
ALBIZZI. When the Duke of Milan annexes the city of Lucca away from
Florentine dominion, Cosimo must decide whether to side with the
nobility, as Giovanni would have done, or to free himself from his father’s
shadow.

EPISODE 2

The war is throwing Florence into chaos. PIERO, Cosimo’s only son, is eager
to fight, but his wife LUCREZIA tries to restrain him. Meanwhile, Marco
Bello continues his investigation into Giovanni’s murder, and tracks down a
pharmacist who may know something.
While Cosimo’s brother LORENZO goes (in vain) to the Pope to ask for his
intervention as peacemaker, Cosimo hires the artist BRUNELLESCHI to at
last provide a dome for the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Only
CONTESSINA, Cosimo’s wife, fully understands the value of that gesture
and supports her husband. Just when Marco is at the point of obtaining the
information he sought from the pharmacist, he finds the man stabbed to
death. Cosimo manages to “buy” in secret the withdrawal of Milan’s troops,
thus saving the city – but in the meantime Florence has again fallen into the
grip of the plague.