Player Affinity writes: The latest installment of Showtime's period piece saw many advances for the Borgia clan, one quite literally. As French troops led by King Charles and petitioned by Cardinal Della Rovere press deeper into Italy, Pope Alexander VI, all of Rome, as well as the viewer, is wondering how long it will be until war is at their doorstep. Well, at least those of us who didn't study up on fifteenth century papal history are.