The pair then switched roles and Kalou teed up a one-on-one chance for his fellow Ivorian with a glorious pass but Foster narrowed the angle expertly to pull off the first of a series of impressive saves.
But the series quickly found its pacing, the elaborate 'Rashomon' structure revealed its glorious ambition and the combination of absurdity and intelligence meshed as well or better than you might have remembered from the original three seasons.
This exhibition, held in a museum and architectural complex endowed, rebuilt and expanded by a series of Renaissance and Early Modern popes, includes many reminders of the papacy's glorious record of patronage of the arts and learning.