The season follows the newly elected Lenny as he navigates the intricate politics of the Vatican.
The first season of HBO’s (2016), created by Paolo Sorrentino, is a visually stunning and surreal exploration of power, faith, and personal trauma. Starring Jude Law as Lenny Belardo—the first American pope, who takes the name Pius XIII—the series subverts expectations by presenting a pontiff who is neither a progressive modernizer nor a simple puppet of the Vatican’s political elite. Plot and Character Arc The Young Pope - Season 1