Hitched

 

 

We find our heroes where we last left them. Lorenzo is marrying the fair Angelica against his will. She really just wants to be with Mac (and vice versa). Leo is making a fancy weapon for the Duke of Florence and Tom is there for moral support.

 

From left to right: Dangerous weapon, its inventor, moral support

 The Medicis are throwing an elaborate wedding for Lorenzo and Angelica. Angelica's father Felipe Visconti is coming for the lavish event, with her enormous dowry. Lorenzo is very unhappy when he realizes that he will have to start a family with Angelica. 

 

"This sucks!"

 

Tom and Leo are horrified when Mac informs them he can't stand seeing Angelica married to someone else and that he is leaving Florence. Leo takes time from his busy inventing schedule to come up with a plan to ruin the wedding so Mac will stay. He forges a letter from the King of Naples, arranging a meeting with his envoy Old Ludovicio. The envoy is of course Leo disguised as an old man. 

 

A very untrustworthy old man

 

"Old Ludovicio" offers Rocco the hand of the king's daughter, Princess Eleanor, claiming that she has been jilted and needs to save face by immediately marrying a young man from a prominent family. Piero of course sees a prime opportunity to move his family up in the world. He lies and says that Rocco is already married, offering up Lorenzo instead of the Duke. "Old Ludovicio" finds the arrangement quite satisfactory. He pretends that Princess Eleanor can not see Lorenzo before their wedding day so no one will find out about the match. Meanwhile, Lorenzo accidentally walks in on in Leo in his old man makeup and realizes that the whole affair is a plot by his friends. Angelica agrees to elope with Mac if he can hijack the wedding. 

 

"I love you because I'm not taller than you."

 

"What is that supposed to mean?!"

 

 Signor Visconti arrives with the news that he has been robbed by brigands on his way to Florence and the dowry is gone.

 

Who could have possibly done such an awful thing?

 

Without a dowry, Piero cancels the wedding and plans to marry Lorenzo off to Princess Eleanor instead.

 

"Princess Eleanor"

 

 Lorenzo's mother insists on visiting Princess Eleanor in the convent where she is supposedly staying. Unable to get out of it, Leo must find a fake Eleanor. Naturally, it falls to Tom to disguise herself as the fictional princess. The friends pretend to be rat catchers and convince the nuns at a nearby convent that they have a rat problem and need to leave while they do a little pest control. Mac disguises himself as a nun while Lorenzo takes on his Old Ludovicio persona to fool Lorenzo's mother. After some rather snobbish behavior from Tom in her princess disguise, Teresa de' Medici is pleased with Princess Eleanor and satisfied with the match.

 

Mac the nun

 

The Medici household continues with preparations for a wedding; but this time it's a royal extravaganza. Mac prepares to run away with Angelica. At the last minute she decides that she can't disgrace her father by eloping with him. Right before the ceremony, the Medicis receive a letter from the King of Naples informing them that Princess Eleanor has had a better offer and will not be marrying their son after all. A panicked Piero desperately tries to renew the betrothal with the Viscontis, but Signor Visconti knows that Angelica doesn't want to marry Lorenzo so he swans off with daughter and dowry in tow.  

 

"Where will I ever find another girl like Angelica?"

Bit o' history:

The Santa Maria convent where the Medicis go to meet Princess Eleanor is most likely meant to be Santa Maria del Carmine, still standing today.

 

The convent today