Fair rating?The Great· Season 2 · Episode 6
A Simple Jape
Catherine is frustrated by the lack of meaningful change in her rule of Russia so far. Seeking to shake the court out of its complacency, she plays a joke on them involving a serf to prove a point, but it gets wildly out of hand with tragic consequences.
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#10In Season 2of 10 rated episodes
#26All-timeof 30 rated episodes
−0.6vs season avgSeason 2 averages 7.0
2021First airedNovember 19, 2021
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