Vladimir (TV series)
Synopsis
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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Vladimir opens with a narrator describing a sense that she has lost control over the people around her. In the opening scene, set in a remote cabin, a man later revealed to be Vladimir Vladinski is tied to a chair wearing only a cardigan and his underwear. He appears to have been drugged and is slowly regaining consciousness. The story then moves backward six weeks to recount the events that led to the |
Vladimir opens with a narrator describing a sense that she has lost control over the people around her. In the opening scene, set in a remote cabin, a man later revealed to be Vladimir Vladinski is tied to a chair wearing only a cardigan and his underwear. He appears to have been drugged and is slowly regaining consciousness. The story then moves backward six weeks to recount the events that led to the moment. |
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The narrator is preparing for her 30th faculty retreat at the university where she teaches. While shopping at a grocery store, she steals several curious glances at a man who briefly looks back at her. Later that day, she arrives late to a faculty meeting in progress. The meeting concerns a scandal involving her husband, John. Six students have formally requested that he be removed from the university. The narrator had deliberately entered late to avoid the discussion, but once seated she realizes that the man from the grocery store is present. He is introduced as Vladimir Vladinski, the department’s newest faculty member. |
The narrator is preparing for her 30th faculty retreat at the university where she teaches. While shopping at a grocery store, she steals several curious glances at a man who briefly looks back at her. Later that day, she arrives late to a faculty meeting in progress. The meeting concerns a scandal involving her husband, John. Six students have formally requested that he be removed from the university. The narrator had deliberately entered late to avoid the discussion, but once seated she realizes that the man from the grocery store is present. He is introduced as Vladimir Vladinski, the department’s newest faculty member. |
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The narrator later meets Vladimir for a campus tour she had promised to give him. During their walk, he finally asks to read her novel, and she gives him a copy. Afterward, she pressures a colleague to help delay John’s disciplinary hearing so he can quietly retire. David initially refuses, but she threatens to reveal their past affair, forcing him to reconsider. |
The narrator later meets Vladimir for a campus tour she had promised to give him. During their walk, he finally asks to read her novel, and she gives him a copy. Afterward, she pressures a colleague to help delay John’s disciplinary hearing so he can quietly retire. David initially refuses, but she threatens to reveal their past affair, forcing him to reconsider. |
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That night she lies awake beside John while thinking about Vladimir. She eventually gets up and reads Vladimir’s book on the couch, falling asleep there. The next day she attempts to persuade the |
That night she lies awake beside John while thinking about Vladimir. She eventually gets up and reads Vladimir’s book on the couch, falling asleep there. The next day she attempts to persuade the university president's wife that John’s hearing should be postponed. Soon afterward, the narrator learns that John’s hearing has been postponed until summer. |
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Relieved, she attends a faculty drinks gathering to which Vladimir invited her. She praises his book and invites him to lunch to discuss it, but he declines, saying he would prefer to read her book first. Cynthia later arrives with their daughter to pick him up, and the couple share a quick kiss in front of the narrator. |
Relieved, she attends a faculty drinks gathering to which Vladimir invited her. She praises his book and invites him to lunch to discuss it, but he declines, saying he would prefer to read her book first. Cynthia later arrives with their daughter to pick him up, and the couple share a quick kiss in front of the narrator. |
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Inspired by the encounter, the narrator begins writing again. Later she lies beside the diving board of her swimming pool until someone suddenly tackles her into the water. It is Sid, her |
Inspired by the encounter, the narrator begins writing again. Later she lies beside the diving board of her swimming pool until someone suddenly tackles her into the water. It is Sid, her and John's daughter, who drunkenly believed the woman by the pool might be one of John’s former students after being unable to reach her mother. Sid confesses that she and her girlfriend, Alexis, have broken up and that she slept with a man during the aftermath. |
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John’s situation worsens after he is seen at a bar with a much younger date and runs into the university president. As a result, his disciplinary hearing is moved back to its original date. |
John’s situation worsens after he is seen at a bar with a much younger date and runs into the university president. As a result, his disciplinary hearing is moved back to its original date. |
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