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Okay, WOW, things are happening.
First, though, a moment of silence for Nick.
Nick got drunk, passed out in a fountain, and drowned.
Peter gives a eulogy next to the death fountain: Poor Nick, from … Tatarland?
Dead … too soon.
I will miss him.
The Coup Club is meeting in the theatre, a.k.a.
If this doesnt prompt a flashback to fourth grade, I dont know what will.
The clubs new goals are to recruit more members (just not Leo, apparently).
Three aristocrats are at court to meet with Peter: Rostov, Gorky, and Raskolnikov.
Velementovs WTF face is so good I watched it twice.
(Guess what happens!)
Meanwhile, I am delighted because we get a Peter/Elizabeth scene.
Elizabeth says Peter the Great was insistent that a monarch is never safe.
Current Peter is pretty sure everyone loves him.
Would I rather be feared or loved?
I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.
Michael Scott Peter III
Lets meet the aristocrats.
Rostov we already know from the forced shaving incident.
His beardless face is, as he previously stated, real gross.
Marial still likes him, though!
Theyre old friends, which works out great since shes in charge of recruiting him for the club.
Marials teenyness accentuates how tall he is, or as my notes say: Rostov is so tall!
Cheers to Rostovs tallness.
Hes in for the murdering Peter plan.
He declines membership in Coup Club.
Velementov headbutts him and Leo smashes him on the head with a rock.
Raskolnikov tells Orlo he needs 2 million rubles and a port and he doesnt want to know anything.
Is Raskolnikov the smartest one of this group?
Later events say maybe.
Okay, so I mentioned violence.
After Gorky is murdered, Peter thinks maybe itwasnta disgruntled chef who tried to kill him.
He decides to torture everyone at court until someone confesses.
Should I call that The Hoult Effect?
Orlo is 100 percent sure he will confess when tortured.
Marial says they should just kill Peter, so Velementov says hell get a rock.
I enjoy Marial having another person there to advocate for thoughtless action.
Catherine says they just need to find a scapegoat.
She chooses Archie it doesnt pan out.
He offers to give the emperor his eyes to prove his loyalty, which works.
He knows Peter is erratic and wants Elizabeth to be empress.
I dont oppose this idea?
Especially since IRL Elizabethwasempress.
Maybe this is a fun nod to that.
TV Elizabeth is clearly pondering it while she is sexed up by a very pretty lady.
Catherine stands there horrified.
I guess thats why most of us arent empress of Russia.
Peter tells her he may love her.
Shes not into it.
