The Gilded Age
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And sometimes that place makes a pretty decent burrito.
It literally does not matter!
The History Police are not going to arrest you, JF.
Also, literally like ten people care if you go off-script from 1880s America.
This isnt Tudor England.
Very few people are emotionally invested in the actual facts.
schools, and some romance items.
Weve all suspected it, and here it is!
Berthasellsher daughter to the Duke of Buckingham so she can one-up Mrs. Astors opera house.
You guys, there is actually important damn stuff going on in the world.
Mrs. Winterton seethes in one of the boxes to the side.
Bertha makes Gladys sit next to the duke and forbids her from visiting Billy Carltons box.
And who is her rival?
The ones who made their money fromtrying to kill all the beavers?
Oh, yeah, better impress them.
This situation is butts.
Its a victory (overall).
In the midst of this, Peggy sees T. Thomas Fortunes wife and theirnew baby.
Get right out of here with that.
Booooo, sir, booooooo.
Peggy has been through enough this season.
Wow, we are just wasting no time.
Why does every relationship on this show go from zero to 60?
The second Larry shows any actual romantic interest in Marian, we are OFF.
The idea of a slow burn probably makes Julian Fellowes want to vomit.
No, everyone loves when one person vaguely expresses attraction and then the two people get married.
But no, instead, theyre just happily making out on a stoop.
Obviously, we have to end with the Van Rhijns.
I was really scared Oscar was going to harm himself!
And to clarify, they stillhavemoney.
The family will just need to sell the house and move downtown.
But in a stunningly melodramatic twist (JF got my letters!
Things I Want Next Season
A musical episode.
More thwarted revenge plots from Mrs. Winterton.
When they fail, she has to angrily stomp around like Yosemite Sam.
Lots of Christine Baranski sputtering because she cant get her way.
