2. | A Fake Beard

: Elle Fanning (Catherine), Nicholas Hoult (Peter), Sacha Dhawan (Orlo), and Phoebe Fox (Marial). The Great | Tele2 Play

"" is the second episode of the first season of the satirical historical drama series The Great . It originally aired on May 15, 2020, on Hulu. Episode Summary 2. A Fake Beard

: Marial, a former noblewoman turned servant, continues to mentor Catherine in the brutal and eccentric politics of the Russian court. : Elle Fanning (Catherine), Nicholas Hoult (Peter), Sacha

: Peter forces his religious advisor, Archie, to find a "divine sign" to justify a war, highlighting the tension between the church and Peter's whims. : Elle Fanning (Catherine)