The Gilded Age
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Thats the bar for this show.
Im looking for table swans.
The Russells are prominent this week as Bertha forces her way into the Four Hundred.
I love that theyre focusing on fewer storylines so you get to know the characters more deeply.
Good job, show.
We begin with Gladys Russell trying to sneak out with the help of a maid.
Gladys really keeps endangering the jobs of servants with her selfish goals.
Last week it was her governess, and now this!
She just wants to marry her nice, bland young man.
But that will not happen, especially after Georges talk with him.
Again, the Astors made their money by killing beavers in Michigan.
Agnes tells Marian she can go if Peggy goes with her.
This is an extremely wise move because Marian makes bad judgment calls all the time!
Look at the shoe incident of last week!
Shes still recovering from that with Peggy.
I dont know how she can ever recover!
She brought a carpetbag of old shoes to donate to Peggys rich parents!
I would sink into the earth and never return.
Marian kind of tries to apologize to Peggy, but doesnt really?
She tries to defend herself by saying she was curious about Peggys life because Peggy hasnt told her anything.
Marian: Maybe the Worst?
Look at your LIFE, Marian.
Look at your CHOICES.
She works for the van Rhijns.
Im unsure of her job.
Shes usually saying grumpy things to Peggy, and shes played byBroadway star Debra Monk.
A very unpleasant invalid.
Some of Miss Armstrongs personal unpleasantness suddenly makes more sense.
Aurora has a luncheon for Ward McAllister, coiner of the Four Hundred and right-hand man to Mrs. Astor.
We have had NONE of that.
On this trip are Aurora Fane, Marian, Peggy, and Bertha.
I would be on board.
They kiss and he tries to eat her face.
Thank GOD Peggy shows up and shuts him down.
GET OUTTA HERE, TOM.
I am unbearably crushed that we get no hotel shenanigans other than the gross hallway kiss.
People need help getting their corsets undone, and maybe their maids cant be found!
Then everyone is back home and Bertha invites Gladyss paramour, Archie Baldwin, to lunch.
Gladyss new ladys maidAdelheidis excited about this.
I scream when they call her Adelheid.
Church is extremely correct.
Archie seems nice and like he is actually into Gladys, which I was not expecting.
He calls her just about the best girl there is, which is v cute.
Thought not by Archie; hes pretty surprised.
George even likes Archie, but this is not Berthas Big Plan, so out the door he goes.
Archie says goodbye to Gladys, and her brother Larry asks Bertha what shes done.
Theres gonna be weeping at an altar.
George says this could destroy the company and the Russells.
Then double-check you survive it, says Bertha.
And were left on that cliffhanger!
There are currently fourGilded Agefanfics onArchive of Our Own, and one is Bertha/Aurora, so I feelveryjustified.
THE CARPET BAG OF SHOES.
