The Gilded Age Season 2 Brings Forbidden Romance, Fresh Scandal and a House Divided — Watch Trailer
It’s all-out social warfare in the second season of HBO‘s The Gilded Age, and Bertha Russell intends to be the last woman standing.
Returning Sunday, Oct. 29 (9/8c), the period drama picks up in 1883 with the news that Bertha’s bid for a box at the Academy of Music has been rejected. And as we all know, hell hath no fury like a Russell scorned. (For her staff’s sake, we hope there are no breakfast trays nearby. She’s a thrower!)
“Through the eight episodes of the season, we watch as Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor and the old system and works to not only gain a foothold in society, but to potentially take a leading role in it,” per HBO’s official logline. Meanwhile, “George Russell takes on his own battle with a growing union at his steel plant in Pittsburgh. In the Brook House, Marian continues her journey to find her way in the world secretly teaching at a girls school while much to everyone’s surprise Ada begins a new courtship. Of course, Agnes approves of none of it. In Brooklyn, the Scott family begins to heal from a shocking discovery, and Peggy taps into her activist spirit through her work with T. Thomas Fortune at the NY Globe.”
The Gilded Age‘s sprawling cast includes Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Ben Ahlers, Michael Cerveris, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, Jack Gilpin, Simon Jones, Sullivan Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Debra Monk, Donna Murphy, Kristine Nielsen, Kelli O’Hara, Patrick Page, Harry Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Blake Ritson, Douglas Sills, Erin Wilhelmi, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, John Douglas Thompson, Ashlie Atkinson, Laura Benanti, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Christopher Denham, David Furr, Ward Horton, Matilda Lawler and Robert Sean Leonard.
Hit PLAY on the trailer above for your first look at The Gilded Age Season 2, then drop a comment with your thoughts below.
The moral: you can do good, but all that will bring you is people who either take advantage of you, take credit from you, screw you over, and definitely leave you on your own when you need help from others. It appears that each major character this season needs to fend for themselves!
Looks good!
It has been a long wait. Glad it’s back.
Oooooh! I can’t wait!!!! This is my show! I have watched Season 1 so many times! I love the storylines, the artistry…..the costumes. MAN! This season Mrs. Russell is going to give Mrs. Astor a run for her money! But my favorite is character is Aunt Agnes! She is as blunt and real as they come! Just thinking about this season is giving me the vapors! I need my smelling salts!!!
Hoping for a decent set of scenes or storyline for Ben Ahlers (Jack). This show has such a big cast. My main issue in the first season was that Marian was so blah, and surrounded by so many other, more interesting characters. It was annoying anytime the focus came back to her. Hopefully they give her some development and story worthy of a lead, or sideline her in favor of more from the breakouts and under-served characters and actors.
I have been waiting very impatiently for Season 2. By the trailer, it looks like it will be very exciting!!
I can’t wait. I’m so excited!!!
I am excited to see the series, I am so glad he continues it. He is a great story teller…
The 1st episode did not disappoint. Absolutely loved it. The wait was excruciating. I actually watched the marathon of the 1st season that was on earlier Sunday. Also watched the 1st episode of Season 2 all 3 times it aired Sunday incase I missed something. Hopefully Season 3 is in production. I could watch this show forever.