Complex sentence: While bedridden, Hans pretends to apologize to Cleopatra and also pretends to take the poisoned medicine that she is giving him, but he secretly plots with the other freaks when to strike back at Cleopatra and Hercules.
Split into simpler sentences: While bedridden, Hans pretends to apologize to Cleopatra and also pretends to take the poisoned medicine that she is giving him. But he secretly plots with the other freaks when to strike back at Cleopatra and Hercules.