Season 3 a mess

Worse yet is how bad it goes off the rails with historical accuracy. Okay, I accept the flourishes of fancy to make it entertaining.But they portray Leonardo's father getting beheaded while in Real Life he lives till 1502. Lorenzo De'Medici lives till 1492. Clarice Orsini till 1488.

The Ottoman invasion of Naples was in 1480.

(Spoiler Alert)The Confederacy LOSES the Civil War!!!!

(Spoiler alert if you watch on TV.) Totally agreed. So disappointing, they didn't do anything in the way that made this a fun show. No adventure, no romance, no continuity- between first two seasons and season 3, and individual episodes within this season.. everything had been leading up to a showdown between Sons of Mithras and Enemies of Man and the chase for the Book of Leaves; Florence vs Rome, freedom vs tyranny; false Pope vs Imprisoned Pope; suddenly it's all about the Turks? Sons of Mithras suddenly villains, not even a hint of that before? Lorenzo disappears for more than half the season and comes back an irrelevant douchebag; Clarice is a focus early, on her way to redemption it seems but suddenly gets offed, which kills that subplot anti-climatically, the whole SEASON is anti climatic, unsatisfying, drab, dry, no humor, dark and depressing and ugh what a waste. I was looking forward to this for months, now I'm just mystified by the decisions they made. Bummer

On the positive side there are far fewer shots of men's Junk hanging out and wagging around!

(Spoiler Alert)The Confederacy LOSES the Civil War!!!!

I just finished the show and have to totally agree.

Season 2 ended with Leo finding that the book is in Constantinople and he has to get there before Carlos does.

Then season 3... And... Nothing? The book no longer matter. Carlos just hangs around for no reason what so ever.

Lucricia frees her imprisoned father whom she was willing to kill for, only to completely dump him 5 minutes later?

They constantly mentioned the enemies of men yet completely dropped the name just for the sake of calling them "the labyrinth" and everything to do with the "sins of Daedalus" is forgotten.

The pope was the major antagonist in season 1 and clearly knew a thing or two about the book is now a complete buffoon?

And what's the deal with Riario? He's good? He's bad? He's possessed? He's not?
Make up your mind for crying out loud!

And in the end it was just about the Turks? Not the Sons of Mithra nor the Labyrinth?

I get that they were cancelled after the show was done filming... But still, WTF?

You could thank Starz for the messed up season 3. They needed forever to give a definate answer to the shows future. The season and the ending seemed rushed and i think the writers were planning for more than just these 10 episodes when they got the call of the cancelation. And i think the knew somewhere at mid-point of shooting or even in the end, so they had to go back and re-shoot to have somewhat a normal ending to the series.

I also didnt like it. Watched all seasons but didnt like it very much except i liked mystic and historical environment. Series had potential but were badly made in character interaction part and biased actions (like changing and double personalities).

I liked season 1 and 2, thought it was gonna be like those but damn. 3rd season is just horrendous. No wonder it's cancelled and dead.

NO ONE has even mentioned The Most Important aspect of Season 3: The sudden introduction, acceptance and tactical use (to Kill, of course) of THE SUPERNATURAL.

For a Show based on DaVinci, that is truly THE most important departure from Accuracy, etc. DaVinci was purely a Man of Science. That is part of the genius of him (and the show?) - that such an Artist relies so heavily on true Science and the power of Science and Technology, etc.

IF it could not be explained by Science, DaVinci would NEVER look to the Supernatural! ANY true Scientist would never compromise themselves by indulging the belief that the Supernatural even exists, never mind as the Explanation for anything and especially as The Solution for everything!

The entire Show has been based on DaVinci"s use of Science to explain! "Magic is Science you do not yet understand", and all of that. And then SUDDENLY the Book of Leaves turns out to be Supernatural? DaVinci's use of that Supernatural Page is normal?