The Great: Season 3

TV-MA

2023

Created by Tony McNamara
Recommended
100%
81%
10 episodes
Comedy
Drama

Elle Fanning is Catherine the Great, Russia's longest-reigning female ruler, in this anti-historical satire series from the Oscar-nominated co-writer of The Favourite. Nicholas... More

Elle Fanning is Catherine the Great, Russia's longest-reigning female ruler, in this anti-historical satire series from the Oscar-nominated co-writer of The Favourite. Nicholas Hoult co-stars as her maniacal and somewhat idiotic husband Emperor Peter.

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Where to watch The Great: Season 3

The Great: Season 3 is available to stream in the... More United Kingdom now on Amazon Video and Apple TV Store.

The Great: Season 3 episodes

The Bullet or the Bear

Catherine and Peter seek some marriage guidance after the chaotic... More events of the previous day left them in an awkward place in their relationship.

Choose Your Weapon

Catherine is visited by the UK and US Ambassadors both... More wanting her to intervene in the War of Independence. Maxim takes issue with the public displays of affection between Grigor and Marial.

You The People

Catherine involves the peasants, nobles and merchants in a conference... More designed to bring change to Russia. Peter’s hunt for revenge on an historic enemy threatens to destabilise Catherine’s attempt to outlaw murder.

Stag

Arkady and Tatyana help Peter and Catherine through a rough... More patch as they clash over their son Paul. Catherine fears Paul will grow up to be a ruthless and careless leader and Archie and Elizabeth are alarmed when Catherine refuses to ordain him.

Sweden

Peter is once again tormented by his father, Peter the... More Great’s expectations and his failure to continue the legacy of his empire. Catherine must decide what to do about the unrest being stirred up in the regions, but Velementov is in no state to help her.

Ice

Catherine tries to persuade Peter to come home whilst Hugo... More re-doubles his attempts to regain his kingdom. Georgina continues to play her complicated court games.

Fun

Catherine wants to bring more fun to the court. With... More Georgina’s help she stages a festival of truth, jokes and stunningly clever ideas. Katya puts on a play that challenges Catherine’s reign, and Catherine samples Peter’s invention of salty desserts.

Peter and the Wolf

Catherine introduces divorce to the court with unforeseen consequences. Grigor... More befriends Maxim and goes stag hunting, and Elizabeth and Petrov go on a trip to the regions.

Destiny

Under orders from Catherine, Grigor hides out in the forest... More with Paul. Catherine plays a dangerous game with herself to prove that her destiny lies in Russia, and grapples with the impact Peter’s decisions have on her rule.

Once Upon a Time

Catherine meets court scientist Nikolai, who announces a comet is... More about to pass through Russia. She uses this phenomenon to her advantage and in the face of some huge challenges, unearths a new side of her leadership.

The Great: Season 3 | Ratings & Reviews

Sumptuous, sparkling and vulgar in a way very little modern writing quite pulls off, the return of The Great heralds another round of some of the best storytelling on television.

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"The Great Season 3 is many things. It is heartbreaking, hysterical, frustrating, and deeply, beautifully weird."

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Paste

"Fanning and Hoult are as winning as ever, and the series wastes no time diving back into its playful retelling of one of Russia’s most famous monarch couples."

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