The Great
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Catherine has the Russian empress version of a conspiracy theory peg board on her wall.
Catherines got real Annie-Edison-from-Communityvibes in that her inner monologue is probably constantly shouting youre just not studying HARD enough.
They are literally dividing (with string) and conquering.
How does everyone feel about the Coup Club?
I like them in the way I like ineffective clubs populated by well-intentioned and endearing characters.
I mean, we know it will EVENTUALLY be effective, because Catherine eventually becomes the Great.
But every time they assemble in the theatre, Im like, aw, you guys have snacks.
Speaking of Peter, he has bought Catherine a massive diamond from Siberia.
This is most likely based on theOrlov diamond.
Was it stolen, maybe from a religious building in India by a European colonial power?
This fictional Siberian version, instead of over-awing Catherine, prompts her to recite the Wikipedia entry on Siberia.
She is studying hard enough.
Is Nicholas Hoult a wizard?
(Arkady calls it a witty and eloquent response.)
I dont want anyone to murder this dopey idiot with his 70s rock-star low-cut shirts and dangly necklaces.
Leo is upset, but hes being a real bummer, so lets ignore him.
(Oh, he finds out about Coup Club and is onboard.)
So theyre off to see the king and queen of Sweden for peace talks.
(It goes like this: FISH!
blam Ha-ha!)
She and Catherine both want to end the war.
The men continue to shoot at things.
We never really talked about Velementov sexually assaulting Catherine?
It happened some number of episodes ago.
Like everyone in the second half of the season, however, hes shown some growth.
He says he will stop trying to bang her.
I really like this scene!
She is very confident that shes different now.
Im in Velementovs camp on this.
Peter and Hugo the king of Sweden bond over how hard it is not measuring up to your father.
Peter the Fucking Great.
At least my dad was Olaf the Okay.
This sounds proverbial enough that its sure to come into play later.
But lets end this war.
Everything at the negotiations is going along great until Sweden says they will require St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg issolelyRussian and always has been.
I was so surprised.
Anyway, so Peter says no and squishes a pomegranate in Swedens face.
Russia and Sweden will each claim victory at a different battle and each ignore the battle they didnt win.
The whole first lie wins thing circles back around, and we all feel like weve learned something.
Oh, we didnt talk about Grigor!
Grigor shot the bird Peter loved to look at and also ordered 104 melons to his room.
Grigor is not doing great.
Catherine gives the Coup Club pitch to Velementov.
Maybe we should change their name to the Best Friends Gang.
