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THIS SEASON WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE BRAVERY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE

DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS SERIES WISHES TO THANK THE SOLDIERS, OFFICERS,

AND MEDICS WHO HAVE PROTECTED OUR COUNTRY AND KEEP DOING SO.

NIZHYN. HOTEL

Good gracious, what will the gendarmes say when they come here to investigate?

Maybe you were looking for something this morning when getting ready to leave?

My key. Quickly!

Do you need something?

Fortunately, nothing from you.

Goodbye.

Don't take it personally.

Prince Yablonevskiy is upset about an unpleasant incident.

Am I supposed to hold his hand and comfort him or something?

Not at all.

The reason behind the prince's discontent is not worth a damn.

He was raving about a thief supposedly breaking into his room,

but nothing is missing.

Someone broke into Yablonevskiy's room?

No.

You have nothing to worry about.

Nothing is threatening your safety

or your valuables, I promise.

What is going on?

Is the master trying to starve himself to death?

He hasn't even touched his food.

Maybe the food is that bad he doesn't want to eat it.

Tikhon,

were you drinking mad cow's milk or what?

Or did I hear you wrong?

Well, if the cook is thinking about flirting with the manager

instead of the cooking,

one can only hope that the master doesn't fall ill from her dubious meals.

Auntie Galina!

Markiyan Vasylyovych wants you to inspect the tablecloths.

What are you trying to say, you sick man?

I am trying to poison the master?

CHERVINSKYS' ESTATE

Hello, Natalia Panasivna.

Hello, Makar Ivanovych.

And then Auntie Galina started beating him.

She was mad as hell! I never saw her like this.

It's obvious what happened between them.

Mr. Manager obviously fancies our Auntie Galina.

She has been in fact a widow for almost two years.

Why shouldn't he court her?

But Tikhon Yuriyovych hates him,

so they keep fighting like cat and dog.

Is Lev Petrovich in his room?

He went on a ride after dinner.

Shall I send for your dinner?

I'm not hungry.

Good morning.

Not that good.

Is that all?

No lectures for getting late for breakfast?

No acidic comments on your titleless guests' manners?

No ruining their appetite with your refined contempt?

Why is that?

Is your age taking its toll?

Or have you, Natalie, found out

some of Mr. Chervinsky's dirty secrets?

How did you manage to tame him?

You should practice being humane, Zoriana Nazarivna.

It might even work.

I'm sorry I'm late. It's good that you didn't wait for me.

Enough with the apologies.

It's clear as day that you want to eat alone.

That's why you're late for dinner every morning.

And you dine at home

every second evening at best.

Don't worry, Lev Petrovich.

I'm not forcing my company upon you.

Have some cheese pancakes.

They are especially good today.

Tikhon, let's go.

I should go, too.

Antyp Fedorovych and I need to work on your assignment.

Piotr Ivanovich is right.

Your striving for solitude is too obvious.

To everything but you, obviously, since you're still here.

I've received a letter from Tetiana Korienieva.

She asks you and me to dinner at their house tonight.

She wants to discuss her idea for a charitable auction

and your participation in it.

I was waiting for you, Lev.

I need your help.

Find my father. I'm begging you.

I know you can send out an inquiry or something, I don't know.

They will listen to you.

Yes, of course. I'll do it today.

I'll let you know as soon as I have news.

I'm sure it will be good news.

Thanks.

I will definitely be at Mrs. Korienieva's.

I'll be ready to go immediately after the rehearsal.

Found it. I had to go to Mrs. Hryzak's shop.

Here, sir, just what you asked for.

The thinnest thread there is.

Thank you. This is exactly what I wanted.

Did your father do this to you?

With his own hands?

It's a very effective method of disciplining.

I will remember that taking my father's stationary

is a theft till the day I die,

and also that smiling to a neighbors' girl during a mass

is fornication.

A child needs to be punished for every sin

to teach him and show him the way.

Do you hate him?

I'm scared of him, Robin.

Still. Scared senseless.

So, to answer your question,

it wasn't justice I was looking for in People's Will

but protection and power.

I wanted somehow do to him what he did to me

and keeps doing to my brothers.

You do have a huge power at hand, Monk.

The question is whether you're ready to use it.

NIZHYN. THEATER

I wanted to share with you the joy of this unexpected find.

I hope you will like it.

What is this?

I remember my mother the most the way she was at the piano.

My father liked her playing.

Even romances, even though he always claimed

he wasn't an admirer of romances.

There was this one romance that seemed to turn his soul inside out.

Even I could see it.

Whenever he had a bad day,

Mother would sing it at night.

I would never have thought

that I'd find it here in Nizhyn.

Today I saw it in a window

of a book shop on the corner. This score.

Can you believe it? That's the same romance.

That's wonderful.

I can understand your father's feelings.

Do you know this romance?

My first big concert was in Krakow four years ago.

I opened it with this romance.

I remember how nervous I was while rehearsing it.

All right, I will leave you to it.

Are you going to say something?

- Does Neviedomsky know about your idea? - No.

I'd like to hope that it will change.

Lev Petrovich is too cautious.

If he finds out, he'll do anything to stop us.

With good intentions, of course. Which are always a problem.

I can't let it happen.

Do you really want to get your hands dirty?

It's not like making speeches

or tease the gendarmes with leaflets.

It's a mortal sin.

A murder.

Are you ready to take someone else's life?

Don't make me sound like a monster, Monk.

I'm not a killer.

But they didn't leave us a choice.

Look what they did to the best of us.

Where is Perovskaya? Zheliabov?

Kibalchich? Rysakov?

Their deaths should not be in vain.

The palace hears the streets only when there are explosions.

They are like your father,

but much, much worse.

My goal isn't to take a life.

I only want to turn tables once and for all,

protecting the weak and poor from the all-powerful.

I can make you a bomb.

- But I can't throw it at that vampire. - This won't be your task.

I have ordered the condiments for the desserts you asked for.

His High Excellency will have a party of ten accompanying him.

We will hire cooks and dishwashers

to help you for a week in Chervinka.

That has already been agreed.

Thank you, Markiyan Vasylyovych.

I can handle it. Don't worry.

Olesia, don't stand here gawking! Run to the pantry.

It's time to add butter to the porridge, and we're almost out. Go get it.

Wait, Markiyan Vasylyovych.

I need a word with you.

Look, I…

I don't want you to get me wrong.

I don't want you to think I'm leading you on or anything.

I don't understand, Galina Romanivna.

What are you talking about?

Our trip to Nizhyn was very nice.

I felt like my soul was waking up from a long sleep.

But I don't want to give you false hope.

It wouldn't do either of us any good.

I don't have the right to ruin your life with hopeless waiting.

I have enough on my soul to reproach myself for.

So

do me a favor,

don't come to my kitchen so often.

People are starting to talk.

And…

Take this back.

I made you a present without any double meaning or expectations.

I'm not taking it back.

If you don't like it, just throw it away.

As for the rest, I won't bother you with unnecessary visits.

And about ruining my life with waiting

or something else, Galina Romanivna,

let me decide it for myself.

Tikhon Yuriyovych, are you coming in?

Don't you see I can't open the door, you fool?

Can't you give me a hand?

Thank you, Markiyan Vasylyovych. Have a good day.

NIZHYN. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POLICE

He left two years ago.

No one heard from him since August of 1879.

Roughly eighteen months. Things happen, of course.

You know, Lev Petrovich,

there's little hope to find him alive.

I understand that, but it's better than the suspense.

Kryvchyk said you were looking for me.

Hello, Mr. Chervinsky.

I was, Vasiliy Fedorovych.

Lev Petrovich and I want to know

about your progress in the case of the press and the leaflets.

The investigation is ongoing.

How nice. Where exactly is it going?

Into the darkness?

Why?

I have a few leads.

Vasiliy Fedorovych, believe me,

nobody doubts your competency.

But anyone can stumble upon a task they lack experience or skills for,

and it's completely normal.

I advised Ivan Sylvestrovych to call reinforcement from Kharkiv.

Why not?

Sometimes lookers-on see more than the players.

What do you say, Vasiliy Fedorovych?

I say there is no need for it.

I am planning to put my main suspect under surveillance starting today.

I'm sure the case will be solved in a few days.

Who is your main suspect?

Let me not disclose their name yet.

It's too prominent a person.

That's why I want to get conclusive evidence

before I press any charges.

All right.

This and this is what I'll need first of all.

Look at this list…

Can I find all of this at the institute's laboratory?

They'll definitely have the acids.

And this and this

can be bought at a drugstore.

This one is for migraines, and this one for bruising.

I'll take a look at the laboratory's storage today.

Then we'll see where to look for ingredients.

Are you sure you'll be able to do it?

I can make a bomb like the one that killed the tsar.

As long as we find nitroglycerine.

It won't work without it.

What is it you two are going to blow up?

Go, Robin.

I will finish it up myself

and explain to Bayda what's going on.

Here. Please, Lev Petrovich. This way.

Wait for her here. The rehearsal is almost over.

The day is fading…

No need to fuss, Vladimir Olehovych. I'll be waiting in the hall.

Tell Mademoiselle to come out as soon as she is ready.

How can I, Mr. Chervinsky?

No, I can't allow it. Please sit down.

Shards of the heart

Your tender voice is like

Your tender voice is like

Excuse me, I have to leave you to prevent a drama turning into a tragedy.

Like in springtime, I hear your voice

Hello, M-lle Rossignol.

I'd like to know where my daughter is.

NIZHYN, INSTITUTE

There is something In her more charming than beauty

That speaks not to feelings but to soul

There is something about her

That bewitches you

More than love and miracles of Earth

Like sweet memories for the soul

Like sweet shine of your star

And I will hear your voice

Wait here, please. I'll go and bring her.

Lev Petrovich, I'll be quick.

I'm not staying here. I'm coming with you.

If that's what you want, Marianna Fedorivna.

Mama, what are you doing here? Uncle was supposed to drive me home.

I was at the bank, signing some papers,

so I decided to wait for you until the rehearsal ends.

But, Polina, I want an explanation.

Mademoiselle claims

that you weren't ready with the piece she asked you to learn.

I hope you haven't been sitting in the dressing room

wallowing in self-pity all this time

instead of studying for the rehearsal.

I wasn't.

If you don't mind, I'd love to take the score home with me

to work on it some more.

It's very complicated.

You aren't firing me, are you?

Not yet.

But I'm warning you, this can't happen again.

You are not a child,

and you have to understand the responsibility that lies upon you now.

I'll see you tomorrow, M-lle Rossignol. Mr. Chervinsky.

I understand you are a European celebrity now.

But why be so abrupt?

She is still a child,

and after your telling-off she might lose her faith in herself.

Don't judge things you know nothing about, Lev Petrovich.

It will do you no good.

This is our special pride,

the desks for chemical experiments.

It wasn't easy to get hold of this miracle of science.

Where do you keep all the reagents?

Some of them must be poisonous and dangerous.

We keep almost all of them here.

Some substances require special conditions:

temperature, humidity.

I'm here exactly to make sure they are correct.

But I don't see any locks on the cabinets.

How can you be so carless in our hard time?

The laboratory is always under control.

In daytime, I'm here, and at night I lock it

and give the key to the watchman.

Besides, after the grievous events in St. Petersburg,

we keep dangerous substances like nitroglycerine

at Professor Antonenko's.

Here I have only a small amount needed for the ongoing experiments.

I must admit I never suspected in you

such a strong interest to natural sciences.

Can I suggest to introduce you to the history and philosophy chairs now?

I'm glad I was able to surprise you, Vladimir Dmytrovych.

Thank you for this detailed tour.

Mr. Korieniev, I suppose

your chair will be not less interesting than the laboratory.

I'll make sure you don't get bored, Miss Viter.

NIZHYN, KORIENIEVS' HOUSE

This time, as you can see, I kept my word.

Let me introduce you.

Mademoiselle Natalie Rossignol,

the wife of professor Korieniev

and head of the Nizhyn charitable society Tetiana Yehorivna Korienieva.

I don't think I've been introduced to this young lady.

Our oldest, Yulia.

She dreams about Paris

and begged me to let her meet with Mademoiselle

who was lucky to see it with her own eyes.

Believe me, Yulia,

the descriptions cannot convey even half of its beauty and charm.

You really need to see it by yourself.

Well, let's go.

Oh, Vladimir Dmytrovych must be held up at the institute.

These scientists can be so inattentive.

He doesn't always remember our agreements.

But we can start without him.

That's too bad. I have something important to discuss with him.

Tetiana Yehorivna, I hope you will not mind

if I leave you for a while to extract your husband from the claws of science

for the sake of a family dinner.

Of course, Lev Petrovich. Not at all.

I'd be very grateful to you.

I lost my battle to science long ago.

Let's go.

To the institute.

RAILWAY STATION

Report.

Do you have to be so abrupt?

Not even a hello.

I don't feel like joking.

I said, report. Do you have anything?

Just a few small things.

Your Nesterenko was talking about revolution at a pub.

He was probably just drunk and wanted to be a hero.

I see.

From now on, you will follow only one man,

and I want to know everything about him.

Whom she sees, how often, for how long,

what they are talking about,

whether he has any new friends.

Name?

Vladimir Korieniev.

Of course you can count on me.

I will gladly sing at the gala, if you think it appropriate.

Thank you.

There will be more people willing to come and listen to a European celebrity

than if we simply ask them to part with their money for the good cause.

I also wanted to ask you about Miss Viter.

Do you plan to involve Zoriana Nazarivna into the charitable auction?

At Vladimir Dmytrovych's parents' musical soiree

she seemed to me a very energetic person.

This is very true.

I'm afraid charity is not exactly her cup of tea, though.

I might be mistaken.

Well, at present she is busy with preparations.

She obviously doesn't have time.

Do you know

if she is going to supervise the meeting with the students and professors?

I'm afraid I don't know.

You should talk to her.

Please stay.

I can't.

I have in fact fled from Chervinka for a few hours.

I need to go back.

Thank you for showing me the way. It's easy to get lost in these corridors.

- Professor. - Lev Petrovich.

It's impolite to let your guests wait

for so long.

Zoriana Nazarivna, what are you doing here?

I came to ask the professor to find more books for the school.

We have four new pupils.

It will be done, Zoriana Nazarivna. By the end of the week.

- Don't worry. - Thanks.

Vladimir Dmytrovych,

I promised your wife to bring you home to dinner.

I intend to keep my promise.

Would you like to join us, Zoriana Nazarivna?

I can't. Thanks for the invitation, though.

NIZHYN. HOTEL

Mr. Yablonevskiy, what a surprise.

You are back early today, and I told your friend

that you will probably not come back till dark.

What friend?

A gentleman was here less than an hour ago.

Good manners, polite, a first-class suite.

He asked if he could see me, so I told him you weren't here.

Did the gentleman leave his name?

No. He didn't want to leave a note, either.

Why did he want to see me?

I'm afraid he only asked whether you always came home so late.

Thank you.

And there is also…

- She doesn't want to settle down. - Hush.

Vira, baby, what's wrong?

Hush.

Now, now. Vira.

Look at this pretty necklace.

I suppose she wants to meet you, Natalia Panasivna.

Vira…

You're so pretty.

Are you all right?

Come here.

Excuse my excessive sensitivity.

There is so much love in your house.

The wonderful Vira

and Yulia.

Yes. Should I send for a mint tea?

No need for it.

No need.

Lev Petrovich, could you please take me home?

I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I must be tired, that's all.

It was a pleasure to visit you today. I'm sorry.

Thank you for your warm welcome, Tetiana Yehorivna.

We are always glad to see you, Lev Petrovich.

It's a shame that Mademoiselle got so upset.

Don't take it personally.

You heard Natalie. She works too much.

One day of relaxation, and she will be right as rain.

- Goodbye, Vladimir Dmytrovych. - Lev Petrovich.

Home!

Don't ask. Please don't ask me any questions.

How awkward.

Why would she get so upset over Vira?

Innocent things can sometimes remind one about horrible pain.

Obviously, Natalia Panasivna has something to be upset about,

something to mourn.

Why did you decide to trust Robin,

Monk?

She is a very restless lady.

As if the entire world owes her.

That's why I trust her.

She won't give up the cause

or get scared by gendarmes

or devil himself.

Lev Petrovich seems a good, decent man.

But have the good people ever won over the strong ones?

A force can be defeated only by bigger force.

We have such force in Robin.

Oh.

Has Monk told you?

Yes.

And?

I'm with you.

If there is no other way,

we'll have to take this one.

Well, splendid.

We need to find a place for this idea of ours.

I've thought it over.

We'll do it here.

But Lev Petrovich?

He knows a thing or two about chemistry. He will see at once what's going on.

I have this corner that is just mine.

And he never stays here long.

We won't find a safer place.

Maybe you're right.

All right, the laboratory has almost everything from your list.

I can't take a lot,

but I'm planning to borrow some things there tomorrow.

CHERVINSKYS' ESTATE

Natalie, you don't need to explain anything.

Besides, no one knows better than me that you don't know how to do it.

I'm sorry.

I was rude and tactless.

I was trying to make a joke

but it came out all wrong.

I don't know how to do it?

So all this time you couldn't forgive me my leaving

or that stupid letter?

No.

I realized something was not right.

I was looking for you all over France,

sending letters for you to every singing school I could find.

I hoped I'd get an answer soon but

It never happened.

Then the letter from the Opera school came.

I was informed that you had graduated and left.

However, they were happy to inform me

that their alumna would soon have her debut in Krakow.

I rushed there like a madman.

I don't believe you. She couldn't have said that.

Let me in, now!

KRAKOW THEATER, FOUR YEARS AGO

Do you have to be so loud?

I told you verbatim what Mademoiselle had to say.

A meeting isn't possible.

Natalie explained everything in the letter she sent to your mother.

If you aren't satisfied, I'm sorry, but I can't help you.

Sorry.

Flowers for Mademoiselle from Mr. Wielopolski.

He is waiting for her in the wings.

Thank you so much.

You can see for yourself.

She has no time to catch up with childhood friends now.

My dear man, let her go her way, and you go yours.

God willing, both of your paths will be happy ones.

Trust me.

Give my best to Mademoiselle.

Tell her that she sang as if she really knew how to love.

Why didn't you come out?

Why didn't you tell me the truth?

Our agreement with Larisa Viktorivna

was simple and straightforward:

no meetings,

no letters, no explanations,

no conversations, no visiting Chervinka until you…

It had been three years.

Mother and Father weren't with me.

What were you scared of?

My God, Lev.

Don't you see it?

I was nobody.

My studies came to an end, and so did my scholarship.

I couldn't come back home,

and I had no relatives or friends around.

All I had left was trying to make my way to the stage with everything I had.

And here it was,

my first concert.

Vladimir Olehovych and I

made me a stage costume

from lace tablecloths bought from a junkman.

I was afraid that your parents would use their connections,

send out some letters, and I'd lose what little I had.

Your present

has been with me ever since.

At every performance.

It has become my talisman.

What shall I do now?

First of all, calm down and get yourself together.

It's the past.

It still hurts. Let it.

Just don't let anyone define who you are supposed to be.

You shined tonight. And you deserved it.

If Natalie Rossignol seriously intends to come on stage again,

you need to freshen up and go behind the scenes now.

Wielopolski and several philanthropists are waiting for you.

He will think that I sold him out.

Sold him out!

He is a big boy, Natalie.

He can handle the idea that life is not as rosy

as we thought when we were 16.

You were right that day when I arrived.

I should have apologized to you.

Apologized and explain myself.

At least after Larisa Viktorivna's death.

Don't forgive me for leaving but forgive me for staying silent.

No one gave us a chance, even ourselves.

It didn't have to be like this.

It had to.

We were naive children,

and the disappointment was unavoidable.

In this, your mother was right.

She hardly realized

how much pain she was inflicting on you and me, though,

protecting us from that disappointing.

You are trembling. I'll have someone bring you tea.

Do you mind if I join you?

Your Excellence, here. Your ticket.

The best seats, as you asked.

Sounds promising.

However, I don't think the rest will be as good as the seats, do you?

You shouldn't say that. Our theater is quite famous,

and now, with Maestro Zadunaysky as its head…

I heard that.

Is my carriage ready?

Of course.

Oh… This was brought in 15 minutes ago for you.

The chemist is with us. I'll get the ingredients tomorrow.

Good news?

Very good.

It's none of your business, though.

Is it, my friend?

Good evening, Piotr Ivanovich.

I'm sorry you had to have dinner alone again.

I've done everything. Changed the candles and all.

Two candle-ends were too big, but it's wax, after all.

It will quickly melt to the shape.

I couldn't change anything in Larisa's room.

It feels as if she's somewhere around and will be back any minute.

Maybe it's time for us to talk about everything.

Mother isn't in this room.

I have no desire or energy to sit here and pretend

that everything's the way it used to be.

I'm sorry, it was a long day. I'm going to my room.

Give him some time, Piotr Ivanovich. He will come round.

Not quickly, but he will.

Let me keep you company tonight.

TO MR. LEV CHERVINSKY

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SULPHURIC ACID, CAMPHOR…

NITROGLYCERIN

FIGHT BY TERRORISM

IT'S TIME TO TELL THE TRUTH LOUD AND CLEAR.

Tikhon.

Are you going to check out? Now, in the middle of the night?

Not at all.

You're doing the right thing, Mr. Yablonevskiy.

This is the best hotel in Nizhyn.

Neither the Furmanov's rooms or the Tsar's Hotel hold a candle…

Can you send a messenger to those two

to find out whether an Adam Hrabowski is staying there?

It's very important.

Don't you worry.

If Mr. Hrabowski is staying at any of Nizhyn's hotels,

you will know about it by the morning.

- Did he say what the rush was? - No.

He only asked to get everything ready for printing.

Goddamn it!

I was going to go to some drugstores.

The nitroglycerine from the lab will be enough only for the test jelly.

Lev Petrovich, do you seriously intend to print another batch?

I believe due to our effort the Committee's leaflet

is already in every household.

We are not printing the Executive Committee's address.

It's time we spoke on our own behalf.

The gendarmes will be furious.

It's a direct call for mutiny.

In one month from now, hundreds of people will stand behind us.

They need to understand why they are there and what they want.

We are going to help them do it.