DJariya

By djariya at 2012-04-08

Synopsis:



Episode 6 of 10

Forgot to do this yesterday in case anyone watched it and wanted to chime in.

CRM114

Another excellent episode. I was really hoping to see Savonarola burned at the stake in this episode though.

Why is the kid being fed the poison by della Rovere? Didn't he already commit to dying for the cause? Why build immunity? So he doesn't drop dead immediately after tasting the Pope's food I'm guessing.

~~ PAL ~~

Most likely to build up some tolerance to Cantarella so when the kid eat the poisoned food he doesn't just go down immediately to a lethal dose. Anyway, I think you already answered for yourself...

Red Dog

I want to know what the plan is to get the kid in to sub in for the Pope's current taster. He didn't seem to enjoy eating sardines too much.

Astrofan

Seemed obvious.

CRM114

But I still think there'd be an immediate reaction no matter what. May not be death but a reaction nonetheless especially since it will be in a much higher dosage.

~~ PAL ~~

That's true, in order for Della Rovere's poison plan to work. The kid will need to take a bite of food with lethal dosage and show no outward reactions (no wincing, screams, foaming of the mouth, holding stomach...) for at least 10-15 seconds. Plus, kid will still need to acknowledge that the food is "safe", and wait for Borgia to actually put food into mouth, which is at least another 10-15 seconds. So all those conditioning doses is probably meant for the kid to be able to hold out for at least that amount of time.

So far in the show, the only person that didn't have an immediate reaction to Canteralla was Prince Djem. But he also went down fast about 10-12 seconds after he drank the poisoned tea.

CRM114

It seems the easier way would be for someone to just shoot him from a distance with a crossbow.

wishbone

Hey! What are you doing with that crossbow‽
Don't you never mind this crossbow...