I honestly think it may be best to just re introduce the whole food poisoning angle that was in the original episode, because it felt like something was missing in the episode without some form of it.
I second this. I just watched the episode of your edit involving Maul’s takeover of Mandalore and there’s a part where Maul recruits Almec for his coup. Satine tries to pushback by mentioning he killed children, which without the poisoning scene comes out of left field.