In the beginning of the episode, Andrei's father tells him that he must wait one year and go travel before marrying Natasha. So Andrei proposes to Natasha, which she accepts and promises to wait the whole year. When he leaves, she is completely devastated. She goes to visit his family with her father, which was a terribly awkward experience. Natasha then believed that her engagement was doomed because she thought his family hated her. We learn that the Rostov family are in great financial struggle, so Nikolai is told by his mother that he should marry Julie Karagina, who is quite wealthy…