The epic miniseries charges into battle and to the altar.
I can see the next big late-night talk show game now: SummarizeWar and Peacein 60 seconds.
War and Peaceoffers all of the grandeur youd expect The palaces!
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but the joy of this miniseries is in the details.
Theres a bear at a party!
Gillian Anderson wears a bonnet!
Paul Dano also talks to pigs more than once.
Dano is perfectly out of place as the bumbling Pierre Bezukhov, illegitimate son of a wealthy count.
The Counts latest will leaves everything to Pierre, and Vassily is out to destroy it without Pierres knowledge.
He spends their road trip convincing the young man that he shouldnt expect an inheritance.
The Count has had another stroke.
Shes a mom on a mission.
This is Pierres life now.
Its lonely at the top.
Theyre married before Pierre can even propose.
If only that were his dream.
Welcome to other half of the title.
Pierres friend Andrei Bolkonsky (James Norton) wants to lead the way.
This is the hero of the hour?
Theyre basically sitting ducks, and Andrei volunteers to join them.
Nikolai, also in the battle, is injured, but both men make it out alive.
As for Andrei, hes sad that hes getting old, and it makes him reckless.
As he bleeds out in the field, he finally notices how blue the sky is.
Whats next for our brooding, wife-abandoning hero?
I suspect that hes too pretty to die, but anything could happen.
