The Gilded Age
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Charity bazaars and tepid romances are the order of the day!
Also some milquetoast insider trading, but we wont spend too long on that.
I think Ive figured out the problem withThe Gilded Ageso far: It needs to be more likeSelling Sunset.
These women are overall terrible show me their opulence!
If she asked a Black lawyer, her father would hear about it.
Who is Peggys mysterious father, and why is she hiding from him?
This is one of the few plotlines I am invested in so far.
Good for you, Peggy.
Marians lawyer is Tom Raikes, and he seems to be one of her potential suitors.
Said Irish maid also says Mr. Oscar is good-looking.Ishe?
c’mon comment below because I honestly cannot tell.
Anne says money isnt everything, and Marian tells her, It is when you havent got it.
This line is so on-the-nose Ho-ho!
Showed those rich ladies a thing or two!
despite being set inthe Gilded Age.
I want cutthroat drawing-room whispers that topple a nation and/or family name!
I want lavish, lingering shots ofSelling Sunsetesque sartorial opulence!
Ive seenGosford Park, Julian Fellowes.
I know what youre capable of.
At the Russells entrance, Anne likens dining there to Dido throwing herself on the flaming pyre.
Morris later accepts this.
Its the Gilded Age!
It all looks terrible underneath!
Remember how Tom is coming over for tea?
Oscar is coming, too.
What would be the advantage here?
That their children are more susceptible to genetic diseases like the nobility of old?
I do also like Bertha, but Im waiting for her to do more.
He says when he sees something he wants, he takes it if he can.
Oscar invited Larry Russell to tea, and Larry isalsoflirting with Marian for some reason.
Good momentary job, show.
Marian, Peggy, and Tom meet at the fountain the next day.
After Tom tells Marian the fountains statue was made by a woman; youll like that (What?
What a relief you scared me for a moment.
I finally felt something at this moment.
I marked the time stamp so I could go back and rewatch it.
Mrs. Astor opens the bazaar, and then all the society ladies wander about to buy doilies.
Jeanne Tripplehorn is back as the mysteriously scandalous Mrs. Sylvia Chamberlain.
That would be the absolute first thing I did.
Mrs. Russell shows up with Mr. Russell, and he buys out every stall and shuts down the bazaar.
Mrs. Astor is impressed and happy to have unexpected free time at home.
The Astors: Theyre just like us.
Did everyone notice Erica Armstrong Dunbar is a co-executive producer?
Dunbar is a history professor at Rutgers and has written multiple books about Black women in 19th-century America.
But really, is Oscar good-looking?
