The Borgias

The Borgias is a 2011 historical fiction cinematic television series created by Neil Jordan.

The Borgias shows the corridors of power in the Vatican, following the quest for power of Rodrigo Borgia, chosen to be the new pope under the name of Alexander VI in 1492. With this, the Borgia family becomes the most influential and dangerous of Renaissance Italy, unaware that all this power will eventually lead them to ruin.

The series features Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning manipulative patriarch of the Borgia family who builds an empire through the corruption of the Catholic Church and orchestrates a reign of ruthless power and flamboyant cruelty. This one on his way up to Pope through bribery and simony, creates enemies who will try anything to harm him. In his macabre plans, enlisted the help of Cesare (François Arnaud), Juan (David Oakes) and Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger), their children. A story worth remembering, where the thirst for power and influence blood flow.

The Borgias were controversial and heretical, not only for practical unprecedented in his time, but because they are better than their enemies. Along the way, the family commits virtually every sin in biblical and even invents a few more themselves.

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Community

Community is an American television comedy series created by Dan Harmon that premiered on September 17, 2009 on NBC. The series has completed three seasons and has been renewed by NBC for a fourth season of 13 episodes.

The series is about a group of misfits who study at Greendale Community College. The leader of the group is Jeff Winger, a lawyer who lost his license and now need to study in order to exercise again. With the help of his classmates, Winger forms a study group of Spanish that together they discover more about themselves than about the studies. 

In this group are present Britta, a blonde who has nothing stupid, just was slow to decide on going to college and put his life on track, Troy, a former football star trying to find a new path, Abed, a Palestinian-American , addicted to pop culture and film and television, which compares any detail to a situation of some movie or TV series. 

Also participate, Pierce,  an entrepreneur, former hippie whose life experience has brought him great wisdom, Shirley, a middle-aged divorcee very daring who abdicated her life to raising children and decides to fulfill her dream, Annie, a former addict drugs that is passionate about Troy since high school. To complete the core is the Lord Chang, the eccentric Spanish teacher. 

Other characters are also figures essential for the proper functioning of the plot as the hilarious Craig Dean, Students Star-Burns, Leonard and Vaughn, in addition to several special guests that the series has had as Jack Black and Owen Wilson.

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The Mentalist

The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series that debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also its Executive Producer.

The series chronicles the life of Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who for years has earned a lot of money claiming to be a psychic medium. After a television program when he affirmed he helped the police psychological profiling the serial killer Red John, his wife and son are murdered by Red John as an act of revenge. Consequently Patrick claims not to have any paranormal ability and abandons his career as a psychic. 

Then he starts working as an independent consultant for a fictionalized version of the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based in Sacramento, California. With his skills of observation and perception of everything around him, Jane helps in the resolution of a considerable number of complicated crimes. With this he hopes to find Red John, so justice can be made. After this, everyone in the department recognize the merit in solving difficult cases, but not all are fans of his attitudes, because he always breaks the protocols  surpassing serious limits during investigations. Agent Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney), due to his behavior, have difficulty in accepting the presence and permanence of Patrick in her unit, while acknowledging his great talent.

In the series also appear to us agents Kimball Cho (Tim Kang), Wayne Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and rookie Grace Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti), that will enjoy us with their own eventful journeys.

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