The Young Pope
The Young Pope Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
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About
"A gorgeous, blasphemous character study in power"
A young, ultraconservative American cardinal is unexpectedly elected pope and immediately sets about upending Vatican tradition with startling authority and personal demons. The show is less about plot than mood: hypnotic, painterly visuals, dry wit, and a slow accumulation of power struggles inside the Church's marble corridors. It moves deliberately, favoring atmosphere and character study over conventional drama, carried almost entirely by Jude Law's magnetic, unsettling performance and Paolo Sorrentino's ornate directorial eye. It's strange, stylish, occasionally very funny, and never quite resolves whether its pope is a saint, a tyrant, or something else.
Jude Law's mesmerizing, ambiguous performance as a pope nobody can predict.
you want fast plotting rather than slow, image-driven meditation on faith and control.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Lenny, The American Pope | 7.9 | 2K | 57 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 8.1 | 2K | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 7.9 | 2K | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 7.9 | 2K | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 8.5 | 2K | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | 8.0 | 1K | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Episode #1.7 | 7.8 | 1K | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Episode #1.8 | 8.6 | 2K | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Episode #1.9 | 8.7 | 2K | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Episode #1.10 | 8.7 | 2K | 65 min |