: Woland famously remarks that "Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil," implying Berlioz will slip and be decapitated by a tram—a prophecy that comes true by the end of the episode. 2. The Story of Pontius Pilate (The Master's Novel)
The episode establishes the series' three parallel storylines: Master i Margarita (2005) 01.avi.mp4
: Although he does not fully appear as a main character in the first episode, his presence is felt through his manuscript about Pilate. Later episodes reveal he is a broken author who burned his work after it was censored and is now living in a psychiatric clinic. : Woland famously remarks that "Annushka has already
: Two Soviet writers— Mikhail Berlioz (head of a major literary union) and the young poet Ivan "Homeless" Bezdomny —are discussing a poem Ivan wrote that fails to properly depict Jesus as a non-existent myth. Later episodes reveal he is a broken author
The episode ends with Ivan Bezdomny fruitlessly chasing Woland and his mischievous companions—the talking cat and the valet Koroviev —through the streets of Moscow after witnessing Berlioz’s gruesome death.