Diabolical Acts

Leo and "Tom" get a job painting a backdrop for an entertainment troupe that is putting on a romance "The Shepherd of Love" in honor of Lorenzo and his fiancée Angelica. Little do they know is that the actor Nazario and his henchman Donnola are actually a pair of thieves who are planning on using the stage as cover (it is conveniently situated in front of the Medici bank vault) to steal the valuable Medici sapphire. 

The valuable Medici sapphire

Meanwhile, Lorenzo is trying to charm his fiancée on the orders of his mother, but she only wants to be left alone.

Angelica is not entertained

Tom decides to try out for a part in the play and Nazario ropes in both her and Leo to play the amorous shepherd and princess. Tom is excited to have a kissing scene with Leo, but fate keeps getting in the way and they never quite make it. The thieves trick Leo into making them a contraption that will move the stones of the bank vault by lying and saying they need it to lift up the king (played by Nazario) from below the stage. As the performance begins the thieves miss their cue, and when Leo goes to check on them he discovers that they have tunneled into the vault. He is able to foil them by using a combination of gravity and his shepherd's crook. The thieves are defeated and dragged away by the ever-ready guards.

"And we would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling kids!"

Tom retires from the stage unkissed by Leo, and quite bitter at his constant non-notice of her enormous crush on him. Piero's plotting is kept to a minimum in this episode except for a quick scene mentioning a planned assassination. One noticeable omission is Mac who doesn't appear in any of the action until the last minute where he strolls up and asked if he missed anything only to be met with a chorus of "No!" from his friends. Colin Ryan as Lorenzo has some great lines in this episode and it was interesting to see "Tom" dress as a girl for the play, making her a girl disguised as a boy disguised as a girl.

Even Tom is getting confused at this point.