Catherine takes her first steps toward a coup. Taking advice from Marial, she attempts to seduce and recruit palace intellectual Count Orlo. It's a disaster. However, after seeing Peter's brutal treatment of local nobles and unwillingness to listen, he decides to join Catherine's coup.

The Great Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - The Great
• s01e02 - The Beard
• s01e03 - And you Sir, are no Peter the Great
• s01e04 - Moscow Mule
• s01e05 - War and Vomit
• s01e06 - Parachute
• s01e07 - A Pox On Hope
• s01e08 - Meatballs at the Dacha
• s01e09 - Love Hurts
• s01e10 - The Beaver's Nose

The Great Show Summary

The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia's history. The series is fictionalised and portrays Catherine in her youth and marriage with Emperor Peter and focuses on the plot tohug her depraved and dangerous husband.