💡Franz overhears a meeting about impending executions and learns about Sinbad's plans to postpone them.
🕵️♂️Franz recognizes Sinbad during a trip to the opera and realizes the Count of Monte Cristo's true identity.
🚩Peppino, one of the criminals, gets a pardon from execution due to the Count's intervention.
🎭Franz and Albert meet with the Count and witness his knowledge of fine arts and literature.
💰Franz seeks the Count's help to pay ransom for Albert's kidnapping, revealing the Count's influence and resources.