Woland interrupts Berlioz and Ivan at Patriarch's Ponds, insisting that Jesus Christ was a real historical man.

Woland narrates the story of Pontius Pilate sentencing Yeshua Ha-Notsri to death as proof of Jesus's existence.

Berlioz slips on sunflower oil and is decapitated by a tram, exactly as Woland predicted moments earlier.

Ivan chases Woland and his retinue through the streets of Moscow but cannot catch or hold any of them.

Ivan arrives at MASSOLIT in a disheveled state and is forcibly taken by police to an insane asylum.

Woland produces a signed contract, takes over Styopa Likhodeev's apartment, and magically transports Styopa to Yalta.

Woland's magic show at the Variety Theater showers the audience in money and hands out fashionable Parisian gifts.

Ivan meets the Master at the asylum, who believes his story and confirms that the mysterious stranger is Satan.

Azazello meets Margarita at Berlioz's funeral, gives her a magical cream, and promises it can reunite her with the Master.

Margarita serves as hostess at Satan's Ball, greeting an endless procession of historical criminals and sinners.

Woland offers Margarita a wish and she asks for the tormented woman Frieda to be freed from her eternal punishment.

Woland grants Margarita a second wish and the Master appears before her, dazed but alive.

Levi Matvei visits Woland on a stone terrace carrying Yeshua's request that the Master be given peace.

Azazello pours wine for the Master and Margarita and they collapse, poisoned into the afterlife.

The Master frees Pilate from two thousand years of guilt, and the couple is sent to live forever in a peaceful cottage.

Woland arrives at Patriarch's Ponds and disrupts two atheist writers by claiming Jesus was real, then predicts that Berlioz will be decapitated — a prophecy that swiftly comes true. Ivan, unhinged by what he has witnessed, is committed to an insane asylum where he meets the mysterious Master, who confirms that the stranger is Satan. Meanwhile, Woland and his retinue seize Berlioz's apartment and perform a chaos-laden magic show that exposes the greed of Moscow's citizens. Margarita, longing for the Master, accepts a magical cream from Woland's assassin Azazello and is transformed into a witch, agreeing to host Satan's grand ball. At the ball, Margarita's selfless wish to free a tormented sinner instead of reuniting with the Master so impresses Woland that he grants her a second wish, and the Master is returned to her. The story closes with Levi Matvei delivering Yeshua's request, Azazello poisoning the couple into the afterlife, and the Master freeing the guilt-ridden Pilate before he and Margarita are granted eternal peace in a quiet cottage.

Satan visits Moscow and the Master and Margarita find eternal peace.

High priest Kaifa refuses Pilate's urging and insists the Passover pardon go to Bar-rabban rather than Yeshua.

Woland's retinue — Korovyov, the giant cat Behemoth, Azazello, and the vampire Hella — is first revealed alongside him.

Building manager Bosoi accepts a bribe from Korovyov and is later arrested for possessing illegal foreign currency.

Varenukha is ambushed by Behemoth and Azazello and transformed into a vampire by Hella's kiss.

The Master tells Ivan about meeting a woman carrying yellow flowers and falling immediately in love with her.

The Master describes how savage reviews of his Pilate book drove him to burn the manuscript and enter the asylum.

Rimsky realizes vampire Varenukha casts no shadow and barely escapes at dawn when a cock crows, then flees Moscow.

Levi cuts Yeshua's body down from the cross after the soldiers leave and carries it away from Bald Mountain alone.

Margarita consoles herself by reading the salvaged remains of the Master's burned manuscript before leaving the house.

Margarita flies into critic Latunsky's office on her broomstick and destroys it in revenge for his campaign against the Master.

Natasha uses the leftover magical cream to transform neighbor Nikolai Ivanovich into a flying hog and rides him after Margarita.

Woland toasts from a cup made of Berlioz's skull and has spy Baron Maigel shot at the climax of Satan's Ball.

Pilate meets Levi Matvei and reveals that he himself ordered the secret assassination of Judas of Kerioth.

Korovyov and Behemoth set fire to the MASSOLIT building after being refused entry to the writers' restaurant.

Ivan takes a job as a history professor but returns to Patriarch's Ponds each spring and dreams of Pilate walking free.

The Pilate narrative deepens when high priest Kaifa refuses to pardon Yeshua, sealing his fate, and Woland's full retinue of supernatural accomplices is revealed at Patriarch's Ponds. Across Moscow, Woland's crew methodically expose and punish corruption — bribing and entrapping the building manager Bosoi, turning theater administrator Varenukha into a vampire, and sending financial director Rimsky fleeing the city in terror. In the asylum, the Master recounts his love affair and the destruction of his career, from writing the Pilate manuscript to burning it after savage critical reviews. The Pool covers Margarita's acts of vengeance during her flight over Moscow, including demolishing her nemesis critic's office, and highlights the most sinister moments of Satan's Ball. The narrative threads of Judas's murder and Pilate's remorse are resolved before Korovyov and Behemoth burn down key Moscow institutions, and the epilogue shows Ivan haunted by his experiences for the rest of his life.

Woland's retinue spreads chaos while the Master's tragedy and Margarita's revenge unfold.

Woland shocks the writers by knowing Berlioz's name and claiming he personally witnessed the execution of Jesus Christ.

Pilate privately questions Yeshua about inciting rebellion against Caesar and furiously announces the death sentence.

Behemoth cuts off Bengalsky's head during the magic show, and Korovyov then restores it to Bengalsky's body.

Korovyov forces audience member Apollonovich to reveal his secret mistress in front of his wife and the entire crowd.

Yeshua is nailed to the cross on Bald Mountain as Levi watches helplessly and pleads with God for a merciful death.

Berlioz's uncle Poplavsky rushes to Moscow hoping to claim the apartment but is thrown out by Woland's retinue.

Margarita attends Berlioz's funeral and Azazello reveals that the Master is still alive and can be reached through Woland.

Woland shows Margarita a magic globe charting the world's wars and introduces the demon Abaddon who oversees them.

Afranius uses the woman Niza to lure Judas outside the city walls, where two men stab him and steal his betrayal money.

Pilate drags his bed onto the moonlit balcony, falls asleep, and dreams of walking peacefully beside Yeshua toward the moon.

Moscow's investigators conclude that all strange events were caused by a sophisticated gang of hypnotists and ventriloquists.

The Master and Margarita visit Ivan at the asylum to say their final goodbyes, promising everything will be as it should.

As they ride through the night sky, Woland's entourage sheds its disguises and transforms into their true demonic forms.

The Master and Margarita find Pontius Pilate on a moonlit platform, still staring at the moon after two thousand years.

Ivan's wife sedates him each full moon as he dreams of the Master and Margarita appearing to tell him all is well.

The novel's turning points begin when Woland shocks Ivan and Berlioz by revealing he personally witnessed the crucifixion, and Pilate's private interrogation of Yeshua leads to the fateful death sentence that haunts him for centuries. In Moscow, Woland's magic show delivers two stunning reversals — Bengalsky's beheading and restoration, and the public exposure of Apollonovich's affair — while Ivan's sedated dream reveals the full horror of the crucifixion on Bald Mountain. Part Two pivots when Margarita learns at Berlioz's funeral that the Master is alive and within reach, unlocking her determination to deal with Woland. The supernatural finale brings a cascade of revelations: Woland's entourage drops their disguises, Pilate is discovered still frozen in torment on a moonlit platform, and the Master and Margarita say their farewells to Ivan before departing the world of the living. The epilogue closes the circle as Ivan's wife sedates him each full moon and he dreams of Pilate finally meeting Yeshua and walking free — a vision confirmed by the Master and Margarita when they appear to assure him all is as it should be.

Hidden identities, shocking discoveries, and pivotal decisions that reshape every character's fate.