At the beginning of the episode, as Natasha and Andrei get engaged, he tells her that because of his father's wishes, he needs to leave for one year. She accepts and think that the wait is worth it. However, when she went to visit his family, it did not go as planned, she felt like his family hated her and like they did not wanted her to be appart of the family. As for Nikolai, he is in love with Sonya, but since his family is having some financial struggle, his parents want him to marry Julia Karagina. He disagrees completely, which causes for his mother to be devastated. Later in the…