The Gilded Age
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(Unless …?)
In other words, not a lothappensin this episode.
Make everyone go back to Newport and watch tennis!
I am speaking, of course, of the Naked Woman in Georges Bed That He Neglected to Mention.
Damn you, Turner.
George didnt tell Bertha because he wait for it knew Bertha depended on her.
How very much dare you!
Bertha is furious,obviously.
George basically says Im sorry you feel you deserve an apology, which is a bullshit non-apology.
Bertha calls it a betrayal and storms out.
You are social-climbing robber baronstogether.
SINCE DAY ONE, I repeat, with no textual evidence.
Do you know who uses that word?
Im surprised Bertha didnt punch him right in his beardy face.
If my wife ever said that to me, I would never let it die.
Oh, is that toojejune?
I would ask about literally everything.
He goes to thank Bertha, who says shell be dining in her room that evening.
It has been like HALF A DAY, MY DUDE.
Will Idiein this room?
He finally admits he made a mistake, but he clearly doesnt actually think what he did was wrong.
This better get fixed next week.
How are they supposed to make out in the greenhouse if George is being a turd!
But what about the ill-advised Oscar Wilde cameo?
That being said, I highly recommend reading theAct IV exchange between Vera and the czar.
It features gems like For love of the people I would have been a patriot.
For love of you I have been a traitor.
Let us go forth together, we will live amongst the common people.
I will start saying that latter sentence to my wife every time we leave the house.
Whenever a period drama chooses to include a historical figure, its a real gamble.
A person youve heard of!
Hes mainly like, Oho, I see that John Adams character is a gay one.
Because Oscar Wilde was gay.
As mentioned, Peggy is going to Alabama, a terrifying prospect for her mother.
Peggy is hyped, though, because shes going to do some reporting about the Tuskegee Institute.
Yes, he is a historical figure, but hes a regular guest character, so he is allowed.
Fortune says, as a by-the-way, that when he last lived in Alabama, he was enslaved.
Somehow, I have to put that behind me, he says.
Um, I guess??
Hope nothing terrible happens because I think we can all agree that real life is stressful enough.
Ada and the reverend, a.k.a.
Love an action item.
You know, we should really give Oscar Wilde another chance at writing plays.
Can someone arrange a Cinderella-bang out story with the Duke of Buckingham?
Because that would be fun for everyone.
