#the great season 3

[amilinak]

Elle Fanning as Catherine the Great & Nicholas Hoult as Peter III of Russia in THE GREAT (3x01)

[anyataylorjoys]

#the way she turned a raging misogynist into a Hozier-level feminist THE GREAT ✧ S3E01 The Bullet or the Bear

[brooksdavis]

THE GREAT 3.01 | “The Bullet or The Bear”

[cesareeborgia]

↳ catherine the great in ‘the great’ season 3 trailer (2023)

[thegreatmadness]

the great season 2 being SUCH an amazing season with excellent character work for its two main protagonists, especially peter, really laid the foundation that would kickstart and ensure the show's downfall if you think about it. peter and his relationship with catherine was never intended to be the main focus, but as tony mcnamara (creator) observed his two leads on set, elle fanning and nicholas hoult, and them being a match made in acting heaven, he couldn't help himself and who could blame him? and that's how season 2 was born: from a very human wish to self-indulge as a writer and have fun (despite still wanting one half of said pairing to die at some point, go figure!) like it's no wonder season 2 is the most cheerful, heartwarming and best season of the entire show! not only are peter and catherine a pure joy to watch both individually and together, but the writing is sharper, wittier, every line either a gut punch or a punchline. season 2 felt like SUCH a celebration of insanity and love with its main characters challenging each other to expand their own hearts to accept each other as they are, flaws and all. season 2 is a love story for the ages!!!! the writing wasn't shy about it and embraced its celebration of life, so season 3 being such a sad affair felt like a slap in the face after being doused in ice cold water. using anti-history as a foundation, season 2's thesis was about embracing the messiness of human nature, and inviting love in to mend the broken parts, whilst season 3 chose to unceremoniously revert back to historical accuracy, and to wallow in this cynical and jaded view of humanity, which really broke my freaking heart.

nicholas hoult was also just way TOO good at his job, and that's why we can't have nice things! no but seriously, not being able to imagine the show without him, and some viewers (like me) losing their emotional investment in the show after his character died is a testament to how great of an actor he is, and how great of a character peter had become. he arguably became the best character on the show in a way that feels almost accidental yet fated as he was always meant to be essential to the show's trajectory. in a way, both in the show and outside of it, characters and viewers alike had the hardest time mourning him, for it did feel like the sun stopped shining abruptly and matter-of-factly.

the great was such a bonkers, off the wall, marvellous and little gem of a show. i'll always look back on it fondly and i will always have too many freaking feelings about it! wouldn't it be crazy if someone started a podcast about it to dissect it and cut it open? like what if i did that? wouldn't it be crazy? would it be though?

[xalonelydreamerx]

they returned home and lived happily ever after

[petercathfilms]

the fact is that they put on the same smile on their faces when hearing “the ‘love’ of them”

[thebellekeys]

“I love you. My whole fucking heart and all my body and whatever ineffable spirit animates me. Everything.”

[saywhatyouwillbut]

he's the love of your life and the only person who sees every side of you and he's crossing a frozen lake to go fight a war because his father taught him that loving and being loved isn't a full destiny for a man and he's crossing a frozen lake and then he turns around, turns, says, "actually," like he's changed his mind and then the ice cracks and he falls through and he's gone. and he's gone. and you convince yourself he's not because you can't stand the truth.

[imnotoverlyobsessive]

Peter in The Great is unironically one of my favorite kinds of dudes. Catherine tries to kill him? He’s like 😍 Catherine is ruthless and cruel to him? He’s like 🥵 Catherine insults him and threatens his life repeatedly? He’s just like 🍆 and I love that, that’s fucking hilarious. I love it when a guy is like “omfg she’s so mean and bloodthirsty I love her so much” it’s amazing

[ladystrallan]

I could write an essay on all the intricacies and nuances of the INSANE relationship dynamic of Peter/Grigor/George. The three of them are so codependent it’s crazy. Like George loves Grigor but also loves fucking Peter (and there’s also a weird power dynamic between them because he is emperor), but she doesn’t love Peter romantically. And Grigor loves George so he hates that she’s fucking Peter, but he can’t hate Peter because he loves him so much (platonically, but maybe not???). And Peter is so oblivious and has been made so entitled to everything by being emperor that he needs them both to be completely and utterly devoted to him, and has never stopped to think that maybe he shouldn’t fuck his best friend’s wife. They’re his friends but he also has so much power over them. It’s simultaneously beneficial and awful for everyone involved. It’s so toxic but none of them can imagine life otherwise. It’s so interesting and it should have been explored more on the show.

[put-em-up-star-boy]

My friends are telling me that this is the closest, but Idk.

[dorkphenix]

[thesilverlady]

I finished watching s3 of The Great today and I gotta say, king Hugo gave me the biggest book Aegon II vibes

[tea-space]

How could they take them away from me!? They delivered so well in the tropes I love 💔

[thegreatmadness]

peter and catherine in stag (3x04)