Plotoftheseries:Intheseries“CatherineSeason4Favorites,”thereignoftheGreatEmpressofRussia,CatherineAlekseevnaII,continues.Theeventstakeplacein1779,whenthequeenhasbeenonthethroneforseventeenyearsandhasreachedthepeakofhergreatness.Herfamespreadnotonlytoneighboringcountries,butthroughoutEurope.Suchanicknameas“Great”wasassignedtoherbythehighsocietyofEurope,thankstotheeffortsoftheinfluentialPrincessDashkova,whowasalwaysdevotedtoCatherineII.Uponreturningfromabroad,CatherineIIishelpedbytheruler’smainassociate,EkaterinaRomanovnaDashkova.Meanwhile,herhusbandmentionedintheseries,PrinceGrigoryAlexandrovichPotemkin,remaininginsecondplaceintheState,isnolongerherfavorite.Newfavoritesappearoneafteranother,buttheyareallundertheclosesupervisionofPotemkin.Noneofthenewfavoritescanmaintaintheirpositionforlong.Catherineplaysatlove,exaltingherselftothepointthatnomandeserveshertruelove.However,theheartdoesnotobeythemind.YounghandsomeAlexanderLanskoywontheheartofthequeen,butultimatelybrokeit.Despitethestormyloveaffairs,CatherinetheSecondisnotdistractedforaminutefromstateaffairs.Thetimecomeswhenyouhavetothinkabouttheheirtothethrone.DespitethefactthattheEmpresshasason,PavelPetrovich,whoisthemainlegalheirtotheRussianthrone,Catherinedoesnotconsiderhimaworthysuccessor.Shedecidestomakehergrandson,Alexander,herheir.PavelisdeterminedandreadytofightforhislegitimaterightstothethroneofRussia.AnewfightfortheRussianthronebegins.Theseventeen-yearreignofCatherineIIwasmarkedbyherpowerfulinfluenceonbothdomesticandforeignpolicyofRussia.Shetookactivestepstomodernizethecountry,absorbingforeignachievementsandpractices.ThereformsofCatherineIIwereaimedatstrengtheningthestateandincreasingitsinfluenceinEurope.Shealsoactivelypursuedforeignpolicy,expandingtheterritoryoftheRussianEmpireandimprovingthearmyandnavy.Atthesametime,intrigueandpoliticalmanipulationoftenaccompaniedthelifeofCatherineII.Shedividedhertimebetweengovernmentaffairsandherpersonallife,inwhichloveaffairsandpassionsplayedasignificantrole.CatherineIIwasknownforheraffairswithvariousmen,includingstatesmenandforeigndiplomats.Thenewfightforthethrone,describedintheseries"CatherineSeason4’sFavorites",representsadramaticturnfortheempire.Theheirtothethrone,PavelPetrovich,isfacedwithachoice-tofightforhislegacyortocometotermswithhisgrandmother’sdecision.Hegathersaroundhimselfsupportersandforcesreadytosupporthisclaims.Russia’sfatelargelydependsontheoutcomeofthispowerstruggle.Thus,theseries“CatherineSeason4Favorites”presentsafascinatinghistoricaldramainwhichloveintrigues,politicalmanipulationsandthestruggleforpowerareintertwined.Itallowsustolookintothelifeofoneofthemostmagnificentwomeninhistoryandseehowherdecisionsandactionsinfluencedthefateofthestateandherownfamily半部理想困境，次要联系到日本黑帮被边缘化的社会职位，那局部由一个很长的抒情段落加反飞扬的设计构成，灰调下有十分细致的正反打处理（特地见于副角同女友夜早的对话戏），但总体觉得还是短少一个中心境节。影戏最后，正在海边被刺死的副角，年青的帮派年夜佬和他的女儿精确指背黑道家族的过来、现正在和已来，带有一种悲观的宿命论。