He's very good at being loveable and strange, terrifying and tender-hearted, maybe it's because he likes taking roles that bring a modicum of order from utter chaos, that change monstrous people into good-hearted folk because they were challenged to strive for greatness in a way that meant not losing their soul. No matter the reason without knowing his, but I also love that he plays such unique characters.
Nicholas Hoult's acting in this show, I mean Elle was brilliant too... but he was absurd and yet quite scary sometimes with this capacity for violence, idiotic and threatening, deceitful and sincere and he made it all believable.
Traits that Peter III would pass to his son, Paul I and his grandsons, Nicholas I and Alexander I: -Paul I is his idiocy. -Nicholas I is his violence and threat. -Alexander I is his sincerity and deceitfulness.
Nicholas Hoult is an incredibly under appreciated gem, in every performance I’ve seen him in he camouflages perfectly and I walk away thinking “Dang that guy did a great job! I should see what else he’s in!”
He walked this insane line where he was SUCH a bad person a lot of the time, and yet he had this odd sincerity and almost naivete to him that made him weirdly sympathetic the whole time. Not once did I ever want him dead, which is wild because he was often straight up evil and horrible. All the performances in the show are great, but Hoult was pulling off something magical with Peter and I can't quite figure out how he did it.
The ability for someone to love another the way he loved her was also a deciding factor for me not ever wanting him dead. I teared up when he did not emerge from that ice. When someone is able to tap into love on that level, it’s probably the most admirable trait a human being can poses. They can no longer be a villain.
How am I just finding out that this show was cancelled via RUclips COMMENTS?!?!?! Please, as a history lover, BRING IT BACK. I know it’s not 100% accurate but that’s what made it so GREAT!
I find that viewing this show as a history lover makes it kinda bad since it's really only occasionally (as the intro says) accurate. Like 15~30%. Viewing it more as an alternate history type thing was the only way I could get down with it. That's when it became great for me at least.
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This series is GENIUS!! I can't believe it's been axed. Elle Fanning, Nicholas Holt and the rest of the cast were all extraordinary and should have won a bunch of awards.
I have a bittersweet feeling about this🥺, I am sad about Peter's death and the cancellation of the show, but at the same time I feel that it was the most appropriate since the actors managed to fit together so well, that seeing just Catherine's character would not have been been enough. At least now there is this story which ended in a good way, they closed well.
But he didn’t … She tries and kills his doppelgänger who doesn’t end up dying either. The last moment is her sobbing in his arms with regret of sort after he presents himself in front of her.
The greatest tragedy is them killing Peter, he's character is too Great but historically he did die, so soon. The Great will never be the same, I love those two too much 😢
started watching to have a silly show to pass the time, never would have guessed how invested i would be in those characthers and in their lovestory as hole. when peter died i sobbed like a child, nicholas hoult is a wizard of acting i swear
Peter was considered mentally regressive and physically weak. He had doctors trying to figure out why he had trouble sexually and part of the reason they decided was his absolute inability to mature. Catherine forced him to abdicate and a brother of one of her lovers(one of her baby daddy's) killed Peter thankfully. She reigned over 34 years. Longer than any other female monarch. She brought the gold age to Russia with the arts, education, improved commerce etc.. westernized and was quite independent. She loved Russian culture and did anything she could to strengthen it. Peter while alive, provided smallpox, collected toy soldiers and had many people put to death for fun.
(in the show) She basically stokholm syndrome'd herself to love him and he had probably never encountered a woman who could tolerate his tomfoolery for so long. Trauma bonding at it's best
At first I fell in love with this show so much that I orded a biography of Catherine II. Then, I fell in love with the book, but since I read it, everytime I try to watch this show I feel agony.
I just came upon this show, so I have a question, if u don't mind...I don't know much history about Catherine and Peter, but is this based on actual facts within their relationship? Or is this show complete satire?
It really shows that if people communicate and talk about their feelings and have understanding for one another and want the relationship to work it can
Not really, since the video is based around their relationship in the show where she actually DID love him, both at the beginning and post-coronation to some degree. Irl absolutely, she hated him so this would be an absurd video idea if it was intended as a historical information video. But it isn't. It's based on the satirical historical drama where events played out a little differently.
I was reading the comments about how dumb they said his death was and I completely agree. I didn't expect it to be actually like that that it's just baffling, it is sooooo hella dumb, this is literally the most lamest deaths of all.
I’m just disappointed they did the coup before Catherine had her illegitimate baby boy, bc the story of his birth is PERFECT for the show (tell me Catherine ordering Marial to burn her house down to distract Peter bc she knows he likes watching the flames and she can secretly give birth wouldn’t happen in this show)
@@RandomName-my2uo I wasn’t talking abt Paul I was talking about Aleksei Bobrinsky. Leo doesn’t even exist in real life he was made up purely for the show, extremely loosely based on Sergei Saltykov whom was Catherine’s first love and she gave her virginity to, also rumored to be Paul’s biological father But speaking of Paul there is debate over whether Peter was his father or not since Catherine claims they never consummated their marriage in early drafts of her memoir and some historians think he was the one who was impotent and/or infertile
the third season up to peter’s death was extremely boring, because that part of their relationship, them being together and trying to make it work was already told. with his death, something new began. i was sorry about it, but it wasn’t dumb at all. it would have dragged out endlessly otherwise.
@@monicad99 But viewers aren't interested enough in seeing Catherine the Great's true reign which began after Peter truly. They love the toxic love story too much.
@@pinkparis Not all viewers. Also I can't imagine why anyone would go into a show titled The Great, and expect it to only be about her and Peter. The toxic love story was great for sure, but it's called The Great not Catherine & Peter.
No worries...we'll just have to dig Peter out from the underworld and continue on with the show...or make Paul exactly like his father and end the show there 😊😊😊
I hated Peter in the beginning. But his childhood made me understand him a little better, still he did make horrible decisions. He truly loved his son & his aunt when she lost her son. His mother and father were brutes and I can see why he grew up the way he did. I will miss this show lol
PLEASE ONE MORE SEASON!!!!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!! ONE MORE SEASON!!!
@@seanbraley2772 I don't remember Peter III wanting to marry another woman for power, neither did Elizabeth I tried to marry for power(she almost did, but he died. Another was a secret marriage, but it is certainly not for power). Also, Elizabeth didn't arranged Sophia Frederika (Catherine's original name) to Peter III for power, but because, Sophia is a nephew of Elizabeth's first fiance. Otherwise, the arrangement would be politically impractical due to Sophia's poorer background(their family is barely wealthy, according to her displeased mother, despite being connected to Holstein-Gottorp family through her mother). But, none of that really matters, because the show is barely meant to be historical, or anything closer to being realistic.
They were. Peter was an absolute animal. This is a parody of history, but the reality was Peter was a tyrannical nutter and she was a dreamer who loved science and progress.
Man I love this show. Elle is awesome but it's just not the same without Nicholas. I started out as hating him with and cant wait for him to die but he had so much character development in the show that I basically stopped watching and got upset when he died. I know Peter is going to die after all, but dang. Ofcourse they had to make him lovable in the end :(
After reafing up on her... Im not sure who was actualt worse. Cathrine or Peter. Peter was cruel... But in his off time. Catherine was cruel on a nationwide scale. Shes a monster honestly.
It’s sad that I’m unable to watch the 3rd season in India as it’s not available and then I’m scrolling through the comment section to find out Peter dies. 😢
I’ve seen a few clips on RUclips and considered watching the whole show, but this video showed so much of the story I’d feel like I was watching repeats. Was this comprehensive spoiler really necessary?
" I love Russia "
"You are not even russia" Iconic 😂
*Russian
@@theinvisibleme4104 they say that cause she is the empress as the ruler "she is russia" its in the thing i think
He's so real for that
With Peter's death, the show was over.
Huzzah for three seasons of greatness 🥂
exactly👏👏
Actually Catherine's life just begun and there is so much more to tell about her life. Peter was just a intro for her life.
Huzzah 😅
Unfortunately yet fortunately Peter dies because that's how Catherine rises to the throne
@@nooneeey Very true HISTORICALLY. But this is a show and Peter and Catherine's love story drove it.
Why is Nicholas Hoult always playing freaks, i love it
He's very good at being loveable and strange, terrifying and tender-hearted, maybe it's because he likes taking roles that bring a modicum of order from utter chaos, that change monstrous people into good-hearted folk because they were challenged to strive for greatness in a way that meant not losing their soul. No matter the reason without knowing his, but I also love that he plays such unique characters.
He's great at it.
Nicholas Hoult's acting in this show, I mean Elle was brilliant too... but he was absurd and yet quite scary sometimes with this capacity for violence, idiotic and threatening, deceitful and sincere and he made it all believable.
Want to be sexy
Traits that Peter III would pass to his son, Paul I and his grandsons, Nicholas I and Alexander I:
-Paul I is his idiocy.
-Nicholas I is his violence and threat.
-Alexander I is his sincerity and deceitfulness.
Nicholas Hoult is an incredibly under appreciated gem, in every performance I’ve seen him in he camouflages perfectly and I walk away thinking “Dang that guy did a great job! I should see what else he’s in!”
He walked this insane line where he was SUCH a bad person a lot of the time, and yet he had this odd sincerity and almost naivete to him that made him weirdly sympathetic the whole time. Not once did I ever want him dead, which is wild because he was often straight up evil and horrible. All the performances in the show are great, but Hoult was pulling off something magical with Peter and I can't quite figure out how he did it.
The ability for someone to love another the way he loved her was also a deciding factor for me not ever wanting him dead. I teared up when he did not emerge from that ice. When someone is able to tap into love on that level, it’s probably the most admirable trait a human being can poses. They can no longer be a villain.
How am I just finding out that this show was cancelled via RUclips COMMENTS?!?!?! Please, as a history lover, BRING IT BACK. I know it’s not 100% accurate but that’s what made it so GREAT!
I think it was because of Peter's death...
Same 😢
Это вообще не точно
Да я бы сказал,что это отличное фэнтези с темнокожими придворными 😂😅 @@live7187
I find that viewing this show as a history lover makes it kinda bad since it's really only occasionally (as the intro says) accurate. Like 15~30%. Viewing it more as an alternate history type thing was the only way I could get down with it. That's when it became great for me at least.
I'm still salty over this show being axed, Elle and Nicholas had fantastic chemistry! 💖
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You are also here???
IT WAS CANCELLED?!
What?!? 😢😢😢
Nooooo
Hulu cancelling the best show on Hulu. Boo. The Great was epic. Elle Fanning deserved an Emmy for her acting in Season 3
This series is GENIUS!! I can't believe it's been axed. Elle Fanning, Nicholas Holt and the rest of the cast were all extraordinary and should have won a bunch of awards.
I have a bittersweet feeling about this🥺, I am sad about Peter's death and the cancellation of the show, but at the same time I feel that it was the most appropriate since the actors managed to fit together so well, that seeing just Catherine's character would not have been been enough. At least now there is this story which ended in a good way, they closed well.
Because people who can't watch the show without Peter hate women. I'm sure if they'd gotten rid of her, you and everyone would still watch.
@@zephyrwlfmisandry is just as bad
@@XiallaciNOPE.
@@maib.7358 uhm yes it is lol
Huzzah!
“You are the most enough I’ve ever met” 😂
Loved that show. I know Peter had to die but i wish he didn't, they have such great chemistry. The last awesome hulu show gone:(
But he didn’t … She tries and kills his doppelgänger who doesn’t end up dying either. The last moment is her sobbing in his arms with regret of sort after he presents himself in front of her.
@@Sashababy20 so you clearly didn't watch the whole show or even this video to the end.
@@marys1032 you're right. I haven't. I just saw that they've put S3 on Channel 4 so I'll get my heart broken there. BRB 🥹
Bring it back, PLEASE. I loved this series. Catherine’s story has just begun
IKR!!!
I absolutely loved Catherine and Peter!! I was so sad that Peter died. And I'm so sad the show is cancelled. It was GREAT. ❤
The greatest tragedy is them killing Peter, he's character is too Great but historically he did die, so soon. The Great will never be the same, I love those two too much 😢
started watching to have a silly show to pass the time, never would have guessed how invested i would be in those characthers and in their lovestory as hole. when peter died i sobbed like a child, nicholas hoult is a wizard of acting i swear
This was my favorite Hulu show. I'm still sad about Peter's death and its cancelation.
Peter was considered mentally regressive and physically weak. He had doctors trying to figure out why he had trouble sexually and part of the reason they decided was his absolute inability to mature. Catherine forced him to abdicate and a brother of one of her lovers(one of her baby daddy's) killed Peter thankfully. She reigned over 34 years. Longer than any other female monarch. She brought the gold age to Russia with the arts, education, improved commerce etc.. westernized and was quite independent. She loved Russian culture and did anything she could to strengthen it. Peter while alive, provided smallpox, collected toy soldiers and had many people put to death for fun.
She wasn't the worlds longest reigning female Monarch. That's Queen Elizabeth II
@@leahdragon Maybe she meant in Russia?
@@lisab301, or at that time.
@@leahdragonshe did not reign, the politicians do it, she gave that part up to save her family from getting rid off! Not really comparable.
@@leahdragon Think they meant in Russia
(in the show) She basically stokholm syndrome'd herself to love him and he had probably never encountered a woman who could tolerate his tomfoolery for so long. Trauma bonding at it's best
Later in the show that’s not true
It’s not really Stockholm syndrome tho. She wasn’t held captive
@Njx063 Technically, you don't have to be held captive. Being abused can cause Stockholm Syndrome, too.
Trauma bonding indeed
This show should continuee, it deserves more attention!!
The great was a really witty serie!!! HUzzah for the chemistry of those two
There's over 30 years of Catherine's history that can be used as source material for this show. Why end it???
Coz let's face it
Without Peter, it's some bs Liberal propaganda bs
Because the whole show is based on their relationship
@@seanbraley2772no it wasn’t
It didn't do well enough with certain demographics. That's the main reason shows get cancelled, not making enough money due to lack of general appeal
Porque sin peter este programa es una porqueria
"you're not even Russian" great line
I love seeing catherine most of the time... But withouth peter ... Without them together just breaks my heart
Man I can’t see season 3 on Amazon prime for some reason It says video currently unavailable
When they killed off Peter, I was done with it anyway. I ended up loving how he became a better man for her. He really loved her.
This was the best show on television. I am heartbroken.
Please bring it back for season 4. My heart yearns for the great.
Se cancelo
Me too. Me too.😢
I just finished this and the writing and character development is phenomenal.
At first I fell in love with this show so much that I orded a biography of Catherine II. Then, I fell in love with the book, but since I read it, everytime I try to watch this show I feel agony.
Oooh what book?!
@@thesongsyouwrote Catherine the great: portrait of a woman, by Robert K.Massie. I deeply recommend.
I just came upon this show, so I have a question, if u don't mind...I don't know much history about Catherine and Peter, but is this based on actual facts within their relationship? Or is this show complete satire?
Thank you I was thinking of reading about Catherine! @@misscoffee6442
@@carresteigerwald3278satire
It really shows that if people communicate and talk about their feelings and have understanding for one another and want the relationship to work it can
I can’t believe Peter is gone! I loved this show! Please tell me he did not drown!
This is such a weird video idea considering Catherine hated this guy so much she overthrowed him to become Empress of Russia
Not really, since the video is based around their relationship in the show where she actually DID love him, both at the beginning and post-coronation to some degree. Irl absolutely, she hated him so this would be an absurd video idea if it was intended as a historical information video. But it isn't. It's based on the satirical historical drama where events played out a little differently.
On the show, Peter really loved his son and wife, and it showed it was very sad seeing him die especially since he was a good dad.
This is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I can’t believe it was canceled.
What a WILD relationship
But I do enjoy the passion.
And the ... communication.
Two strong personalities with issues.
It took me a minute to get into it. I had to adjust to it. Season 2 was by far the best.
I was reading the comments about how dumb they said his death was and I completely agree. I didn't expect it to be actually like that that it's just baffling, it is sooooo hella dumb, this is literally the most lamest deaths of all.
i would not call this a love story, but entertaining to watch
I watched this entire video twice. I’ve never heard of this show but I’m binging it tonight
I’m just disappointed they did the coup before Catherine had her illegitimate baby boy, bc the story of his birth is PERFECT for the show (tell me Catherine ordering Marial to burn her house down to distract Peter bc she knows he likes watching the flames and she can secretly give birth wouldn’t happen in this show)
How was the kid illegitimate? Its Peter's child, Leo was chosen as Catherine's lover precisely because he was infertile
@@RandomName-my2uo I wasn’t talking abt Paul I was talking about Aleksei Bobrinsky. Leo doesn’t even exist in real life he was made up purely for the show, extremely loosely based on Sergei Saltykov whom was Catherine’s first love and she gave her virginity to, also rumored to be Paul’s biological father
But speaking of Paul there is debate over whether Peter was his father or not since Catherine claims they never consummated their marriage in early drafts of her memoir and some historians think he was the one who was impotent and/or infertile
@@drpigglesnuudelworte5209 understood, my apologies, I thought you were talking about the show, not the actual history
I am 6mins in and THIS IS A LOVE STORY?!!! I can't...WTF
Forever begging to have this show come back 😭😭😭
Incredible series.
Bring back the great!
Peter’s death was the story’s death. The dumbest choice I’ve seen a show make in quite a while.
I agree!
the third season up to peter’s death was extremely boring, because that part of their relationship, them being together and trying to make it work was already told. with his death, something new began. i was sorry about it, but it wasn’t dumb at all. it would have dragged out endlessly otherwise.
@@monicad99 But viewers aren't interested enough in seeing Catherine the Great's true reign which began after Peter truly. They love the toxic love story too much.
Dumbest decision? You do know that Peter dies right?
He died according to history so Catherine can inherit the throne.
@@pinkparis Not all viewers. Also I can't imagine why anyone would go into a show titled The Great, and expect it to only be about her and Peter. The toxic love story was great for sure, but it's called The Great not Catherine & Peter.
That was the best show in a our decade ….
Just finished season 1..fun to watch
Why why why did this series have to end!!!??? 😭😭😭
But im glad that the last season ended without a huge cliffhanger, cause then i would be furious!
Give us a fourth season, you cowards.
without peter it makes no sense, after his death the show became 10 times less funny
No worries...we'll just have to dig Peter out from the underworld and continue on with the show...or make Paul exactly like his father and end the show there 😊😊😊
When Chretherin denied Peter's death, it reminded me of Maria Fiodrovna denied her son's death😢
The best series review ever!
I hated Peter in the beginning. But his childhood made me understand him a little better, still he did make horrible decisions. He truly loved his son & his aunt when she lost her son. His mother and father were brutes and I can see why he grew up the way he did. I will miss this show lol
I don't know if I would necessarily call this a love story
I would. It's toxic... And I know I shouldn't be thinking it's a love story... But...
It's definitely love, just not the conventional cookie-cutter romance seen in most media. Catherine completely fell apart after Peter died
I don't know how you wouldn't call this a love story. Enemies to lovers is a pretty common trope
It is, it’s just toxic, twisted and nuanced. It’s not something desirable or even healthy, but it is love nonetheless.
8:03 that moment 😂.
I will never forgive them for Peter death I miss him and I love him Catherine and Peter forever I love them
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Pov you look at the historical record and see peter straight up said to katerina i dont love you: ...
Of course he didn’t love her this was a time of monarchs with absolute power they didn’t marry for love they married for power
@seanbraley2772 but katerina wasnt powerful her part of the family was weak
@@seanbraley2772 I don't remember Peter III wanting to marry another woman for power, neither did Elizabeth I tried to marry for power(she almost did, but he died. Another was a secret marriage, but it is certainly not for power). Also, Elizabeth didn't arranged Sophia Frederika (Catherine's original name) to Peter III for power, but because, Sophia is a nephew of Elizabeth's first fiance. Otherwise, the arrangement would be politically impractical due to Sophia's poorer background(their family is barely wealthy, according to her displeased mother, despite being connected to Holstein-Gottorp family through her mother).
But, none of that really matters, because the show is barely meant to be historical, or anything closer to being realistic.
@@kingpoxy2289she obviously she was powerful.
@@CreaTiffany111 She was powerful later on when Peter began to lose support and she began to gain support.
I just realized the friend from the very first scene was young Catherine from The Serpent Queen! Two Queen Catherines in one scene!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TOXIC
No sh!t
She gets her own back...
They were. Peter was an absolute animal. This is a parody of history, but the reality was Peter was a tyrannical nutter and she was a dreamer who loved science and progress.
😅😂it's fantasy, made up...like ur love life 😮😅
But its cute
Why are they uploading it, to add salt to the wound. 😡
From tonight Navratri starts - festival season kicks off❤❤
Can't stop loving this show ❤❤
Why was she crying around 9:54?
Bring this show back please
it made no sense without peter anyway, thanks for amazing 2 seasons and plus one poor excuse of a season
Omg he reminds me of alexandros and Catherine as Robellia!
Finding out she’s a Taurus and he’s a Pisces is scary af. I want no parts 😂😂😂
How dare you give us this when you axed season 4 😢
Great show
WHY POST THIS IF YOU CANCELLED IT!?!?!?????
Rip I’m dead 😂😂😂😂 0:25
omg i miss this show so much and ive just rewatched for the third time a week ago
10:25 so cute 😂.
Why did they end this?
It was perfect. 😍
Man I love this show. Elle is awesome but it's just not the same without Nicholas. I started out as hating him with and cant wait for him to die but he had so much character development in the show that I basically stopped watching and got upset when he died. I know Peter is going to die after all, but dang. Ofcourse they had to make him lovable in the end :(
. . . THAT is the freaking ending?! How absolutely and purely *insulting.*
After reafing up on her... Im not sure who was actualt worse. Cathrine or Peter. Peter was cruel... But in his off time. Catherine was cruel on a nationwide scale. Shes a monster honestly.
Watching from Volgograd Russia ❤
i miss them so much 😭
from Enemies to lovers
Greatest love story!
Waaah!!!!
It's so slow burn and tragic and I like it.
this film is extraordinary.. you have to watch it
It's not a movie but ok.
Self-care by not watching past 16:22
That was the girl that played the young serpent queen on the swings with her at the beginning.
Where I can watch this show?
BRING THIS SHOW BACK
I love them 🖤🖤🖤
Show was not cancelled it was completed
It’s sad that I’m unable to watch the 3rd season in India as it’s not available and then I’m scrolling through the comment section to find out Peter dies. 😢
I hated how he died, it was just so sudden and even I was in denial
Srry but the ending was so funny and bizzare XD
Eu amei a série e achei certo finalizar ela pq sem o Peter perdeu o encanto ❤
Ini nonton nya di mna ya??
9:46 will someone tell me why she’s crying
i hoped this show would go for another 5-6 more seasons 😭
Please tell me this iconic movie name
Where to watch??
He killed her mother?
I hate their story,it's not love , it's trauma bonding at it's peak
I’ve seen a few clips on RUclips and considered watching the whole show, but this video showed so much of the story I’d feel like I was watching repeats. Was this comprehensive spoiler really necessary?
I can't believe its cancelled i loved this show