Illusion Part 2: Perspective

It's part two of the second series premiere and we find Maestro Verrocchio where we last left him: in jail for the murder of Signor Costa. Leo tries to get the witness to confess he was lying about seeing the murder, but only earns the outrage of his father for tampering with a witness.

Leo's father gives everyone a good scolding despite—you know—totally being in the wrong and everything

Out of options, Leo goes to Piero and begs him to free Verrocchio. Piero feigns ignorance and Leo watches helplessly as Verrocchio is condemned to death for a murder he did not commit. To Lorenzo's shock his father freely admits that he framed Verrocchio. He secretly hopes that Lorenzo will return to his friends. Disgusted with his father's complicity Lorenzo apologizes to Leo and lends him his horse to help free Verrocchio. Meanwhile Tom and Mac have hatched their own scheme to break Verrocchio out of jail.

No one will ever guess

Tom disguises herself as Verrocchio's grieving "mother" and Mac Wambas it up as a priest who only knows one line of Latin. They bring along a fellow "priest" who is really a life-sized dummy they hope to exchange for Verrocchio when the jailer's back is turned. The jailer is not fooled and gives them a night in his cells for their pains.

Mac begins to see the upside of incarceration

Leonardo shows up to rescue his maestro and is thrown in with him. Unlike Mac and Tom however, this is all part of his plan. Together with Verrocchio, Leo spends the night painting a false cell wall. in the morning the two hide behind the canvas and to the astonished eyes of the jailer it seems as if they have escaped.

"Why yes, this wall does make a lovely pair of drapes!"

When the jailer is raising the alarm he leaves the jail unguarded and everyone escapes. Leo distracts the guards by riding away on his bicycle and Verrocchio heads for the hills. Right at the city gates they are nabbed by the city guards. Piero offers his son a chance to turn Leo in for stealing his horse, but Lorenzo refuses to lie and threatens to leave home unless his father frees Verrocchio. Piero feigns repentance and arranges to have Verrocchio acquitted. The entire scheme seems to be some elaborate plot to have Leo lulled into a false sense of security. The fact that Leo is not fooled and the plan is overly complicated seems to have no effect on Piero whatsoever. Leo is not quite ready to welcome Lorenzo back into the fold, but Mac and Tom definitely look like they will be working on him. The gang should be back to normal within an episode or two.

"Huzzah, we are free to resume our romantic triangle!"