We have ourselves some romantic intrigue and all of the terrible decisions that come with it.
Did anyone really expect Natashas year-long separation from Andrei to go as planned?
Marya isnt great at small talk.
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The disastrous meeting takes a turn for the worse when Nikolai emerges long enough to complain about it.
Helene can smell insecurity.
Anatole corners her in the coat closet.
Natasha thinks thats kind of hot.
Kids, it isnt.
After a few near-kisses, Natasha pulls away again, but shes smitten.
I have no will when Im with Anatole, Natasha swoons at Sonya like thats a good thing.
Its like Im his slave.
Id do anything for him.
Snap out of it!
Shes 24 hours too late.
Natasha accepts Maryas apologies but tells her that shes releasing Andrei from their engagement: I made a mistake.
Present tense, Natasha.
Youre making a mistake right now.
At least Sonya refuses to sit back and let it happen.
He has a wife in Poland.
Her mistake was her innocence, and shes about to pay for it more than she deserves.
In Andreis eyes, Natasha is now a fallen woman.
Everyones timing is terrible right now.
Also terribly timed: The war is back on.
(Not that theres ever a good time for that.)
Its too late, he tells Boris.
Im going to take your country.
But its all right!
Its not your fault.
Anyone care to join me in a Marya Deserves Better campaign?
The family manages to move him to one of their country estates, where he succumbs to his injuries.
I never meant to abandon Sonya like this, but I think I ship it.
(If only it were that simple.)
Pierres been feeling aimless lately, and he handles it by going off to war.
He doesnt officially enlist.
They face death as they lived: regretting how they left things with Natasha.
