The Gilded Age — TV Episode Recaps & News (original) (raw)

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Julian Fellowes’s new historical confection The Gilded Age is as towering and empty as an untouched croquembouche, one meant only for display. In this ornate standoffbetween the women of late-19th-century New York high society, a heavy-hitter cast of dames — Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Donna Murphy, Linda Emond — play characters arrayed along a sliding social scale of status, from old money to new money to none. They jockey for position: Who will attend the arriviste’s open house? Will that couple really allow their niece to take a walk with that powerless young lawyer? Mrs. Astor is hosting a charity bazaar — who will be allowed to stand at the booths? — Kathryn VanArendonk, “The Gilded Age Rings Hollow”

Created by Julian Fellowes. Starring Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Taissa Farmiga, Christine Baranski, and Cynthia Nixon.


  1. Episode 9 Let the Tournament Begin

  2. Episode 8 Tucked Up in Newport

  3. Episode 7 Irresistible Change

  4. Episode 6 Heads Have Rolled for Less

  5. Episode 5 Charity Has Two Functions

  6. Episode 4 A Long Ladder

  7. Episode 3 Face the Music

  8. Episode 2 Money Isn’t Everything

  9. Episode 1 Never the New

  10. Episode 8 In Terms of Winning and Losing

  11. Episode 7 Wonders Never Cease

  12. Episode 6 Warning Shots

  13. Episode 5 Close Enough to Touch

  14. Episode 4 His Grace the Duke

  15. Episode 3 Head to Head

  16. Episode 2 Some Sort of Trick

  17. Episode 1 You Don’t Even Like Opera

  18. Episode 8 My Mind Is Made Up

  19. Episode 7 Ex-Communicated

  20. Episode 6 If You Want to Cook an Omelette

  21. Episode 5 A Different World
    The Gilded Age Recap: Marriages Crumble George’s partners are abandoning him and Bertha is flirting with the man who won’t do business with him? Things aren’t looking great for the Russells.

  22. Episode 4 Marriage Is a Gamble

  23. Episode 3 Love Is Never Easy

  24. Episode 2 What the Papers Say

  25. Episode 1 Who Is In Charge Here?

Interviews

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    What Is ‘The Gilded Age’ Star Ben Ahlers’s NYQ?From “clock twink” to the Grand Central clock, where does Death of a Salesman star Ben Ahlers fit?
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    The Best TV Performances of 2025Scene-stealing ensemble players as impressive as the leads shouldering entire series.
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    Zohran Mamdani Earns the Robber-Baron VoteMorgan Spector, of The Gilded Age, narrates rich New Yorkers’ mayoral panic.
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    Audra McDonald on Going From Momma Rose to The Gilded _Age_’s ‘Mama Bear’“I said, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute. That was Rose. That wasn’t Dorothy. I gotta tone it down a little bit.’”
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    Ben Ahlers’s Time Has Come_The Gilded Age_’s “clock twink” loves the memes, but he’s trying to look past them.
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    The Gilded Age Must KillThe hesitance toward major character deaths is lowering the stakes.
  9. backstories Aug. 10, 2025

    ‘I Wanted It to Feel Like Cinderella’The Gilded Age goes for broke in its season-three finale with two balls and one fairytale proposal.
  10. close read Aug. 10, 2025

    Bertha Was RightThe Gilded Age is determined to punish her. She doesn’t deserve it. Load More