The Gilded Age
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Im gonna be honest.
I forgot absolutely everyones name.
There are so many cast members in this show, and its been so long since season one.
I thought Marian was named Miriam for sure.
I was so very mistakenly confident.
SO I GUESS ILL DO IT.
Her husband, George, is still making all the money and is now interested in union busting.
Agness son, Oscar, is still gay and wants to marry Bertha and Georges daughter, Gladys.
Tom Raikes is gone, and I hope we never see him again because he was boring.
Peggy and her family deserve their own paragraph because I wish this show was just about them.
As one would be!
Why would you hire all of these Broadway luminaries and not give us a musical EVENT?!
For the musical events you DO have, you bring in outside people?!
No one takes this show seriously, just give us a musical episode.
Here we are then in season two.
Its Easter Sunday, the only reason for which is to allow us to see everyones HATS.
I am not complaining.
Carrie Coon in a hat!
Taissa Farmiga in a hat!
Also some men are wearing hats, I guess.
Because the son that Peggy excitedly found out was not dead is now dead.
Yes, thats right.
Peggys 3-year-old son has died of scarlet fever, and she and her parents are attending his funeral.
Its a lot for the top of the season, but okay?
So lets see what everyone else is doing.
Her parties where Mrs. Astor wearstruly amazing dresses.
It also featuresMarcella SembrichandChristina Nilsson.
(Also, opera is great and more people should go, but I digress.)
Bertha is clearly going to support the Met becauseBertha is Alva Belmont.
Apparently were getting a new love interest for Marian.
Did anyone want this?
I 100 percent dont give a shit about Marians romantic life.
But here we are meeting Agness late husbands nephew Dashiell, a youngish widower with a 14-year-old daughter.
I have no strong feelings.
It is extremely funny how much the show underlines that he is only related to Marian bymarriage.
Marrying your cousin-in-law is weird but technically legal.
We learn that Marians secret Thursday life involves teaching watercolor classes at St. Marys, a school for girls.
Agnes is super-mean about it, and Marian pitches a fit.
Oh, also Robert Sean Leonard is there this season?
This is starting to feel like a fever dream.
Robert Sean Leonard is the new minister.
But what of Oscar?
He then proposes to Gladys, who seems into it.
Sure, why not.
(Did you know marriage equality isstill not legal in Italy?)
The singer they cast for Christina Nilsson is fine.
She sings The Jewel Song from GounodsFaust.
Im sure you also said Whats all this!The Jewel Song?
ButFaustis a French opera!
I know, so weird.
You do you, 19th century.
Things to Gossip About at Mrs. Astors Next Ball
Do we think cousin marriage is allowed?
And should we even be spending our precious gossip time talking about Marian Brook?
Which congregant is most likely to become embroiled in a torrid affair with the new minister?
Where did Carrie Astor get her hat, and should you get one like it?
Do you ever feel the strange urge to have those around you start singing?
Maybe Agnes van Rhijns former secretary and her mother?
