Illusion Part 1: Framed

It's three months after the series one finale of rampaging robot and Lorenzo is no longer speaking to his friends because of their accusations against his father. Piero has still not given up his nefarious ways. He has happened on a scheme to pay Leo back for frustrating his plans, sending his goon Placidi to Verrocchio's workshop to threaten Tom in the middle of the night. What Tom doesn't know is that he has also planted a bag of gold under Leo's mattress. Mac is worried for Leo's safety and decides that they mustn't leave Leo alone.

In spite of his fabulous lifestyle Lorenzo is bored without his friends

As it happens Lorenzo is incredibly bored without his friends and goes to the market for entertainment. There he runs into Mac and Leo; Mac wants to reconcile but Leo is still angry with Lorenzo for siding with his father. Meanwhile Verrocchio has completed a portrait of Signor Costa who is disgusted with the work and refuses to pay. Verrocchio and Costa have a very public fight in front of the art workshop and Costa accuses him of stealing his money. Verrocchio goes and drinks off his rage at a local tavern where he spends the night when he misses curfew.

While the Verrocchio is away the Piero will play

Placidi meets Costa outside of the tavern and when Costa asks for payment for starting the brawl with Verrocchio, Placidi kills him, taking his purse. He pays off a man to claim that he saw Verrocchio killing Costa. When Verrocchio wakes up the next morning he is arrested by the magistrate under suspicion of murdering Costa. They find Costa's purse under Leo's mattress, but it is a duplicate purse that Placidi planted the night he broke in to threaten Tom. Neither Tom nor Leo believe that Verrocchio is guilty, but are astonished when they discover that Verrocchio accidentally killed his best friend with a rock when he was younger. Gossips in Florence are saying that his original incident was no accident, but Leo does not believe them and he decides to ask his father for help. He refuses on the grounds that he is prosecuting the case against Verrocchio, Piero having asked for him personally. Leo also learns that not only is his father remarrying, but also he has not told his bride-to-be that he already has a son. Leo realizes that Piero's hand is behind the whole thing and it dawns on him that Piero's goon planted the purse in Verrocchio's workshop. (To be continued…)

"PS you have a new mom!"

There is a big change in series two as James Clyde has replaced Alistair McGowan as Piero De Medici. Piero has really always been a one dimensional character, but it's upsetting to have such an abrupt cast change.

One dimension...

...of EVIL!