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Da Vinci's Demons Premiered on Starz on April 12, 2013

About the Show:
In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free.

The secret history of Leonardo Da Vinci's tantalizing life reveals a portrait of a young man tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He is a heretic intent on exposing the lies of religion. An insurgent seeking to subvert an elitist society. A bastard son who yearns for legitimacy with his father.

He finds himself in the midst of a storm that has been brewing for centuries. A conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His aspirations are used against him by the opposing forces of the time—luring him into a game of seduction where those who despise his intellect need him most.

Leonardo must take up the fight against foes who use history to suppress the truth. A hero armed only with genius,
Da Vinci stands alone against the darkness within, and the darkness without.

Facing an uncertain future, his quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing as he explores the fringes of his own sanity. Da Vinci throws himself into his genius and emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light.

His story becomes a mirror into our own world, calling us all to join his fight to Free the Future.

Cast:

Actor’s name	Character’s name
Tom Riley	Leonardo da Vinci
Laura Haddock	Lucrezia Donati
Blake Ritson	Count Riario
Elliot Cowan	Lorenzo Medici
Lara Pulver	Clarice Orsini
Gregg Chillin	Zoroaster
Hera Hilmar	Vanessa
Eros Vlahos	Nico
James Faulkner	Pope Sixtus IV
Tom Bateman	Giuliano Medici
Alexander Siddig	Al-Rahim
David Schofield	Piero da Vinci
Michael Elwyn	Gentile Becchi
Allan Corduner	Verrochio
Michael Culkin	Jacopo Pazzi
Nick Dunning	Lupo Mercuri
Elliot Levey	Francesco Pazzi

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Episode 1: The Hanged Man (Apr/12/2013)
A chronicle of the life of Leonardo da Vinci begins with the Italian artist-inventor in his mid-20s, when he is commissioned by the Medicis to create an Easter spectacle in Florence. Later, he's hired to build war machines, and meets a mysterious Turk.

Episode 2: The Serpent (Apr/19/2013)
Leonardo continues his quest for the Book of Leaves. The Pope’s nephew arrives and meets his spy. Leonardo’s war designs fail, causing a rift with the Medicis. The Pope learns of Leonardo’s prowess.

Episode 3: The Prisoner (Apr/26/2013)
Riario engages the Pope and a mysterious prisoner in a discussion concerning the count's defeat, while Leonardo searches for a rational explanation when an outbreak of demonic possession occurs at a convent, and the blame is placed on the Medicis.

Episode 4: The Magician (May/03/2013)
Bechhi is accused of spying for Rome and arrested; Leonardo unveils his latest weapon when the armies of Rome and Florence square off. Later, at a party in his honor, Leonardo is arrested and charged with sodomy.

Episode 5: The Tower (May/10/2013)
Lorenzo demands that Leonardo's estranged father defend his son in court. Later, Leonardo surprises a corrupt judge during a performance for visiting royals, and is surprised himself when the Turk makes an appearance at the workshop.

Episode 6: The Devil (May/17/2013)
The Turk's clue about the Book of Leaves leads Leonardo to Wallachia and an encounter with Vlad Dracula, while Lorenzo and Piero have a meeting with the Duke of Urbino. Later, the spy search intensifies.

Episode 7: The Hierophant (May/31/2013)
Leonardo constructs a suit for underwater transportation and takes to the sewers to enter the Vatican, where he meets the pope and a mysterious prisoner. Meanwhile, Giuliano reveals the identity of spy in Rome.

Episode 8: The Lovers (Jun/07/2013)
The Pazzis set in motion a plan to murder Lorenzo and Giuliano on Easter Sunday, while the Turk tells Leonardo the location of the Book of Leaves. Later, Lucrezia serves up a startling revelation as Leonardo steps in to save the Medicis.

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