Drink & Read

Wherein, Pierre joins the Masonic Brotherhood and undertakes some spooky challenges, Helene becomes her own publicist and sets her sights on young Boris, and Andrei grieves over the loss of his wife, through spirited debate. Brother, my Brother...

Wherein, Nikolai comes home, Helene reclaims the power of the misnomer "Slut", the cuckolded Pierre finally says "enough is enough, I am the Boom-Boom gun" and challenges Dolohov to a duel. Bang, Bang, my baby shot me, down! Maybe that joke is in bad taste for this episode? Ah, well...

Wherein, Andrei, Nikolai, Boris, and Dolokhov finally face their Waterloo...or the equivalent of it. We dear readers come to the terms that war sucks, and Napoleon is revealed not to be as bad as he was hyped up to be. Cue Rain On Me, but replace the rain with canon balls... 

Wherein, Helene gets hitched, through manipulation, Mary falls hard for a bad boy, and Nikolai demonstrates some killer dressage in devotion to his emperor. Proving once again that all you need for love to blossom is delusion...

Wherein, Nikolai takes a tumble and ends up pinned under a pony, the French successfully implement Looney Tunes warfare, and Dolokhov attempts to climb military ranks by throwing well-timed insults at the French. Why would anyone want to kill little old me? Everybody loves me! 

Wherein, we get to the onset of war! Andrei gives the "We're All in This Together" speech,  the Russian boys we've come to love realize that battle is not a fashion show, and we meet an actually competent General? Go figure?

Wherein, Anna Mikhailovna stars in the spinoff series, Law and Order: Moscow, Pierre Bezukhov  becomes the new most eligible Count in town, and young Mary Bolkonsky sends subtle, seething shade, all while remaining in the Lord's good graces. Welcome to our first ever pre-war "willibuster"...

Drink & Read's recap of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace begins. Wherein, we discover our best boys/girls, Promiscuous ft. Nelly Furtado and Timbaland blares in the background, and a police officer goes for a dip with Bruin the Bear. I enjoy all of your children ... I don't care much for Anatole. 

Premise: A literary casual romp. Featuring a theater major, convinced he has a a handle of philosophy, religion, economics, and the written word has a wee drink and talks for an hour or so. Think Masterpiece Theater, sans the class... Werein, host Jonathan Kwiatkowski introduces himself, brings up petty grievances, secret dreams, and introduces our first novel. In 19th century Russia...