moliere berates the youth of today for their rampant technologies and their lack of revolutionary fervour. fat lad envies moliere's boulangerie. the chaps discuss la mare au diable by george sand - and moliere even gets to spend an agreeable night in her hotel.

moliere muses on the apparent influence of the scottish enlightenment on contemporary continental european politics. fat lad wonders whether a popular retro primetime drama may in fact be a socialist utopian hidden-camera documentary. and the show comes with free soothing bucolic vintner sounds for all wannabe executive producer types. the chaps discuss germinal by emile zola.

molière wonders about corruption as he wanders his chateau gardens. are the aristocrats really beating the bracken, yonder, for the benefit of the sans culottes? fat lad goes off on one about the plague - he's very quiet in this episode, but he is shielding and he is very shy. in the literary section the chaps discussed 'a vision for europe 2020 nothing but an alternative' edited by david adler and rosemary bechler.