3.956 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe nobles and servants try to ensure their survival by making a deal with the mercenaries who are close to breaching the villa gates.
As the bubonic plague spreads through Italy, a group of nobles and servants retreats to a villa, where their lavish getaway quickly spirals into chaos.
Acting
Zosia Mamet's desperate hostess unraveling in real time
Production
Gross gorgeousness of plague-era wealth rotting from within
Writing
Kathleen Jordan's knife-sharp class satire with actual heart
Creator
Kathleen Jordan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boccaccio's original was literally plague reading for Renaissance nobles; Jordan weaponizes that same escapist irony.
Zosia Mamet and Saoirse-Monica Jackson improvised several dinner scenes after the writers ran out of ways to make them more insufferable.
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