The Young Pope, created by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Youth) and developed by HBO, Sky Atlantic, and Canal+, is the most bizarre prestige drama we’ve seen in a long time.

Fake moms and dads, honey-pot seductions and murder – 'The Young Pope' is going for broke. Our recap of tonight's action-packed parent trap episode.

Two episodes in, and The Young Pope shines like a city on a hill – a beacon of madcap brilliance, savage humor, and go-for-broke filmmaking excess right when we need it most.

The Young Pope is also insane. Really, truly insane. You won’t believe some of the things that happen on this show. There’s a montage of Jude Law putting on robes set to “Sexy and I Know It ...

But The Young Pope gives him a comeback worth of St. Jude himself, patron saint of hopeless causes. Finally he’s found his vocation – playing a gangster with God on his side.

**"A Very Young Pope Christmas, Part 1" ** The Young Pope knows that Santa isn't real, but a mysterious visitor to the Vatican just might change his mind . . .

'The Young Pope' leaves the Vatican and heads to Africa – and that's when the problems start. Our recap of tonight's jump-the-shark episode.

The Young Pope is not for everyone, though maybe that's exactly how he likes it. Paolo Sorrentino's series stars Jude Law as Pope Pius XIII (born Lenny Belardo), a newly elected, intimidating pope ...

The Young Pope, after a bit of probing, has decided to become honest with two people, and it’s through his interactions with them, as well as his argument with Voiello ...

But when this young Pope, a 47-year-old American named Lenny Belardo and played by Jude Law, wakes up from his nightmare, it doesn’t feel like a cop-out.On the contrary, the twist works like a ...