Da Vinci’s Demons Episode 1.06 “The Devil”
• Definitely the oddest episode so far, with lots of surreal moments, dreams, narrative leaps and wibbly wobbly camera work – you half expect Leo to wake up at the end and go, “It was all a dream…!” He doesn’t.
• We wouldn’t normally give away spoilers like “LEONARDO MEETS DRACULA!” but all the prepublicity has hardly been hiding the fact. More like screaming it from the crenellations.
• And a very bizarre interpretation of Vlad it is too. Is he supernatural? We’re not telling. But he does make the Terminator look like a pushover.
• And he’s far from the only nutter in the episode… and we don’t mean just Leonardo, for a change.
• But he does own a giant, Renaissance version of Ker-Plunk.
• Someone has to drink bull’s testicles.
• Leonardo’s dad is concerned about revealing himself.
• There’s a facial-disfigurement double whammy that provides one of the most memorable sights you’ll see on TV this year…
• Nico gets to try out another of Leo’s inventions.
• If time is a river; Leo seems to be stuck in the ox-bow lake .
• Guiliano is resisting temptation.
• "Dung beetles think they’re unique.”
• Leo has a mouthful to deliver.
• Lorenzo seeks to make a new military alliance.
• Lucrezia needs to watch her back.
• The pope goes postal.
• You’ll see the most gothic light fitting ever created.
• “You've dropped some change.”
• Guiliano on the path of the traitor.
• Someone ends up a dogs dinner .
• Leo mentions his batt friends.
• An Abyssinian turns his hand to map-making – literally.
• Dragonetti's Little book comes in handy.
• We learn Guiliano’s sign of the Zodiac
• Somebody assumes a better position for a male heir.
Da Vinci’s Demons airs in the UK on FOX, Fridays at 10pm
