The Gilded Age (TV series)

American historical drama television series

The Gilded Age

Genre| Historical drama
Created by| Julian Fellowes
Written by|

* Julian Fellowes
* Sonja Warfield

Directed by|

* Michael Engler
* Salli Richardson Whitfield
* Deborah Kampmeier
* Crystle Roberson Dorsey

Starring|

* Carrie Coon
* Morgan Spector
* Louisa Jacobson
* Denée Benton
* Taissa Farmiga
* Harry Richardson
* Blake Ritson
* Thomas Cocquerel
* Simon Jones
* Jack Gilpin
* Cynthia Nixon
* Christine Baranski

Composers|

* Harry Gregson-Williams
* Rupert Gregson-Williams

Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 17
Production
Executive producers|

* Julian Fellowes
* Gareth Neame
* Michael Engler
* Salli Richardson Whitfield
* David Crockett
* Robert Greenblatt

Producers|

* Holly Rymon
* Claire M. Shanley

Running time| 46–80 minutes
Production companies|

* Neamo Film and Television
* Universal Television
* HBO Entertainment

Original release
Network| HBO
Release| January 24, 2022 (2022-01-24) –
present (present)
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The Gilded Age is an American historical drama television series created and written by Julian Fellowes for HBO that is set in the United States during the Gilded Age, the boom years of the 1880s in New York City. Originally announced in 2018 for NBC, it was later announced in May 2019 that the show was moved to HBO.[1] The first season premiered on January 24, 2022,[2] and the second on October 29, 2023.[3] In December 2023, the series was renewed for a third season[4] and in August 2024, HBO confirmed it will return in 2025, but no specific date of release has been set.[5]

The series has received positive reviews, with particular praise for the costumes and performances of lead actors Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Cynthia Nixon, and Christine Baranski. At the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, the second season received six nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Coon and Baranski.

## Plot

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The series follows Marian Brook, a young woman entering 1882 New York City's rigid social scene who is drawn into daily conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and the old money van Rhijn-Brook family. The two are neighbors across 61st Street near Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of New York. The series explores conflicts of the upper and upper middle classes, the African-American upper class, and the domestic workers who tend to all of their needs.

## Cast and characters

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### Main

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* Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell, determined to use her money and position to break into a polite society that resists change and newcomers at every turn.
* Morgan Spector as George Russell, Bertha's husband, and a classic robber baron representing "new money."
* Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook, a penniless young gentlewoman whose circumstances force her to live with her estranged aunts.
* Denée Benton as Peggy Scott, a young ambitious African-American writer who works as Agnes' secretary.
* Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell, debuts in society at the end of season one, innocent and naïve, yet ready to be treated as an adult and bridles against her mother, Bertha's, plans for her.
* Harry Richardson as Larry Russell, a recent Harvard University graduate eager to make his way in the world.
* Blake Ritson as Oscar van Rhijn, Agnes' intelligent and charismatic son who is looking for a rich heiress to guarantee him a proper standard of living and act as a shield for his homosexuality.
* Thomas Cocquerel as Tom Raikes (season 1), a sensible young lawyer, smitten when he meets Marian Brook, his late client's young adult daughter.
* Simon Jones as Mr. Alfred Bannister, the Van Rhijns' self-aggrandizing English butler who keeps the rest of the staff in check.
* Jack Gilpin as Mr. Church, the Russell family's butler, a supporter of Mrs. Russell, excelling at his job.
* Cynthia Nixon as Ada Forte (née Brook), Agnes' spinster sister who is reliant upon her charity until marrying later in life. She is much sharper than is initially thought.
* Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn (née Brook), a proud and stubborn old money socialite, matriarch of the van Rhijn-Brook family.
* Ben Ahlers as John "Jack" Trotter (season 2; recurring: season 1), footman of the Van Rhijn household.[6]
* Michael Cerveris as Mr. Watson (season 2; recurring: season 1), George Russell's valet with a mysterious past.[7]
* Celia Keenan-Bolger as Mrs. Bruce (season 2; recurring: season 1), the Russells' housekeeper.[7]
* Debra Monk as Mrs. Armstrong (season 2; recurring: season 1), Mrs. Van Rhijn's catty lady's maid.[7]
* Donna Murphy as Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (season 2; recurring: season 1), a prominent American socialite and de facto leader of the elite group of New York society known as "The Four Hundred."[7]
* Kristine Nielsen as Mrs. Bauer (season 2; recurring: season 1), Mrs. Van Rhijn's kindly cook. A German immigrant from Hanover who takes young Bridget under her wing.[7]
* Kelli O'Hara as Aurora Fane (season 2; recurring: season 1), Agnes' niece by marriage who helps both Marian Brook and Mrs. Russell break into society.[7]
* Patrick Page as Richard Clay (season 2; recurring: season 1), George Russell's loyal secretary.[6]
* Taylor Richardson as Bridget (season 2; recurring: season 1), the Van Rhijn housemaid, troubled by an abusive past.[6]
* Douglas Sills as Monsieur Baudin (season 2; recurring: season 1), the chef of the Russell household who initially presents himself as French before it is revealed that he is Josh Borden from Wichita, Kansas.[6]
* John Douglas Thompson as Arthur Scott (season 2; recurring: season 1), Peggy's father.[7] As a well-to-do pharmacist, he is a pillar of the Black elite.
* Erin Wilhelmi as Adelheid Weber (season 2; recurring: season 1), a German immigrant from Berlin, Gladys Russell's lady's maid.
* Kelley Curran as Mrs. Enid Winterton (née Turner) (season 2; recurring: season 1), Bertha's ambitious lady's maid, who does not intend to be a servant forever. She is fired at the end of season 1, but re-emerges in season 2 as the much younger wife of a rich widower.[6]
* Sullivan Jones as T. Thomas Fortune (season 2; recurring: season 1), publisher of the weekly New York Globe.[8]

### Recurring

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* Audra McDonald as Dorothy Scott, Peggy's mother.
* Nathan Lane as Ward McAllister, arbiter of social rules and style in old New York.
* Ashlie Atkinson as Mamie Fish, American socialite and self-styled "fun-maker."
* Ward Horton as Charles Fane, Aurora's husband and one of the city's aldermen.
* Claybourne Elder as John Adams, Oscar's secret lover.
* Jeanne Tripplehorn as Sylvia Chamberlain, a socialite excluded from high society due to past actions. (season 1)
* Katie Finneran as Anne Morris, determined to keep new money out of her circle.[7] (season 1)
* John Sanders as Stanford White, an up-and-coming American architect (season 1).
* Linda Emond as Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross.[8] (season 1)
* Zuzanna Szadkowski as Mabel Ainsley, George Russell's secretary. (season 1)
* Amy Forsyth as Carrie Astor, the comely daughter of Mrs. Astor. (season 1; guest season 2)[6]
* Robert Sean Leonard as Luke Forte, an unmarried clergyman from Massachusetts (season 2).
* Jeremy Shamos as Mr. Gilbert, a financier working to open the new Metropolitan Opera House. (season 2)
* Laura Benanti as Susan Blane, a widow with whom Larry Russell becomes romantically involved. (season 2)
* Nicole Brydon Bloom as Maud Beaton, a young and wealthy socialite who attracts Oscar van Rhijn's attention. (season 2)
* David Furr as Dashiell Montgomery, a widowed cousin of the van Rhijns and Aurora Fane. (season 2)
* Matilda Lawler as Frances Montgomery, Dashiell's teenage daughter. (season 2)
* Ben Lamb as the Duke of Buckingham (season 2)
* Dakin Matthews as Joshua Winterton, a rich, elderly widower who marries Turner, Bertha Russell's lady's maid. (season 2)

### Guest

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* Bill Irwin as Cornelius Eckhard who, looking for a rich wife, attempts to court Ada Brook, a childhood acquaintance. (season 1)[6]
* Michel Gill as Patrick Morris, Anne's husband and one of the city's aldermen. (season 1)[8]
* Tom Blyth as Archie Baldwin (season 1)[9]
* Jordan Waller as Oscar Wilde (season 2)
* Amber Gray as Gloria Valentine (season 2)
* Melanie Nicholls-King as Sarah J. Garnet (season 2)

## Episodes

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1| 9| January 24, 2022 (2022-01-24)| March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)
2| 8| October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)| December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)

### Season 1 (2022)

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1| 1| "Never the New"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes| January 24, 2022 (2022-01-24)| 0.463[10]

In 1882 New York City, industrialist George Russell moves into an elaborate Stanford White-designed mansion with his wife, Bertha, and their young-adult children, Larry and Gladys. Across the street, sisters Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook await the arrival of their niece Marian Brook, a modern-thinking young woman who is leaving Doylestown, Pennsylvania following her bankrupted father's death. Peggy Scott, a graduate of the Institute for Colored Youth, offers assistance when Marian's purse and train ticket are stolen. Marian's aunts allow Peggy to stay over during inclement weather. Agnes later offers Peggy employment as her secretary. Peggy's mother, Dorothy, wants Peggy to reconcile with her estranged father. Agnes' son, Oscar, meets Larry Russell at a party hosted by socialite Mamie Fish. Both meet Marian upon returning to New York. Bertha attempts to break into high society by hosting a lavish party, which Marian secretly attends. No one notable shows up, shunning Bertha, who vows revenge.

2| 2| "Money Isn't Everything"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes| January 31, 2022 (2022-01-31)| 0.598[11]

Marian's young Doylestown lawyer, Tom Raikes, has moved to New York City for a new position. He is romantically interested in Marian. Aspiring writer Peggy has sent query letters to publishers without receiving any replies. Marian arranges for Peggy to consult with Tom regarding a legal matter. Meanwhile, Bertha offers her ballroom for Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Fane's upcoming charity bazaar. Instead, they hold it in an expensive hotel solely to snub Bertha. Offended, Bertha and George attend the bazaar where George proceeds to buy everything and has it immediately delivered to his home, effectively ending the event. George makes a deal with Alderman Patrick Morris, in which Morris and other aldermen will buy George's company stock on margin, then pass a law allowing George to build a new train station in the city, resulting in huge profits for everyone.

3| 3| "Face the Music"| Salli Richardson Whitfield| Julian Fellowes| February 7, 2022 (2022-02-07)| 0.542[12]

George learns the law will not pass and that the aldermen are manipulating the stock to their advantage. The legislators sell short, promising to deliver shares at a lower price expecting them to go down. In retaliation, George buys back as much company stock as possible, driving the aldermen into poverty by forcing them to buy at the now higher price. Peggy declines the Christian Advocate's offer to publish her story due to their racist conditions. Oscar van Rhijn plans to court Gladys Russell, much to his lover John Adams's chagrin. Ada's former suitor, Cornelius Eckhard, calls on her. Years earlier, Ada's father turned him away, knowing Eckhard considered Ada a "meal ticket." When Agnes discretely informs Eckhard that Ada has no money, his pursuit abruptly ends. Tom Raikes proposes to Marian, who delays answering, knowing Agnes would oppose the match. The aldermen beg George to stop inflating his company's stock price, but he is merciless. Facing financial ruin, Alderman Morris commits suicide.

4| 4| "A Long Ladder"| Salli Richardson Whitfield| Julian Fellowes| February 14, 2022 (2022-02-14)| 0.604[13]

George offers to help the Fanes financially recover from the stocks debacle on condition that Aurora Fane helps introduce Bertha into the old money circles. New York Globe editor T. Thomas Fortune hires Peggy to write an article about political affiliations. When Bannister is at the Russell house, he offends Church by mildly disparaging the culinary choices and table setting practices. Sylvia Chamberlain, a widow tainted by rumors that she was her late husband's mistress, attempts to befriend Marian. George rebuffs Turner's attempts to seduce him. Bridget, who distrusts men, reveals to Mrs. Bauer that her mother failed to protect her from sexual abuse. While visiting her parents in Brooklyn, Peggy and her father argue. Marian, believing the Scotts are poor, arrives unannounced with used shoes, intending it as charity, offending the family. While attending a concert with Bertha and the Fanes, Marian runs into Tom Raikes, who is the Schermerhorns' guest. Marian insists Tom must win over her aunts before accepting his marriage proposal.

5| 5| "Charity Has Two Functions"| Salli Richardson Whitfield| Julian Fellowes| February 21, 2022 (2022-02-21)| 0.631[14]

Bertha strongly disapproves of Gladys' suitor Archie Baldwin, but George insists he be invited to dinner. Peggy has not forgiven Marian's assumptions that her family was poor. Mrs. Armstrong visits her abusive invalid mother in a small tenement apartment. Bertha seeks Ward McAllister's assistance in climbing New York's social ladder. Aurora Fane, Bertha, Marian, and Tom Raikes travel to Dansville to hear Clara Barton speak at a Red Cross branch opening. Peggy accompanies them to write an article for The Globe and also watch over Marian at Agnes's request. Miss Barton notes how wealthy people use charity to enhance their social standing. Peggy purposefully interrupts Tom and Marian as they are kissing. Privately, Peggy tells Marian she was in love once but her father disapproved. Marian apologizes to Peggy for her earlier misunderstanding. Oscar recruits Bertha's maid Turner as a spy in his quest to marry Gladys. George gives Archie an ultimatum: accept a lucrative job that George has arranged with J. & W. Seligman & Co. and stop pursuing Gladys, or refuse and never work in finance again. Archie, shaken, abruptly departs, leaving Gladys sad and confused. Richard Clay arrives to inform George that a company train derailed outside Millbourne, Pennsylvania. George and Bertha prepare to address the crisis.

6| 6| "Heads Have Rolled for Less"| Salli Richardson Whitfield| Julian Fellowes| February 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)| 0.682[15]

With five people confirmed dead, George sets out to uncover the train derailment's cause, eventually learning that someone inside his company passed off substandard axles as new. Bertha is voted onto the Red Cross board, enraging Anne Morris, who blames George for her husband's death. Peggy's interview with Clara Barton increases the Globe's subscriptions. Gladys and Carrie Astor bond at a party hosted by Mamie Fish, with Carrie making suggestions for Gladys' debutante ball. Marian juggles keeping Larry's secret that he wants to become an architect and eliciting a Red Cross donation from Mrs. Chamberlain, who confirms the rumors regarding her and her husband. Bertha hires van Rhijn butler Bannister to serve an English-style luncheon for Ward McAllister, greatly offending Church, the Russell's butler. When Agnes receives an anonymous note exposing Bannister, she interrupts the luncheon, then awkwardly leaves. Armstrong witnesses Oscar meeting with Turner and reports back to Agnes. Bertha learns a railroad employee is claiming George instructed him to use the substandard axles.

7| 7| "Irresistible Change"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes| March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07)| 0.750[16]

George unveils plans for a new electric-powered train station. George refuses to allow Larry to study architecture but later reconsiders. Prompted by Carrie Astor, Bertha sets a date for Gladys's debutante ball. George may face manslaughter charges for the train crash. Agnes sends Marian to inform Bertha that Turner may be having an inappropriate affair, but withholds Oscar's name. Bertha later catches Turner flirting with Larry and dismisses her. Agnes remains convinced that Tom is unsuitable for Marian. The city readies for Thomas Edison's electric power distribution ceremony, during which he will activate his Pearl Street generating station. Bertha excludes Marian from her carriage party to witness the event to instead invite Tom Raikes and Cissie Bingham, the rumored illegitimate daughter of Henry Flagler. Peggy attends the event with Fortune. Edison's electric lights amaze everyone assembled.

8| 8| "Tucked Up in Newport"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes| March 14, 2022 (2022-03-14)| 0.701[17]

George prepares for trial while Bertha plans Gladys's debutante ball. Oscar travels to Newport with the Russell family to court Gladys, but John Adams thwarts him. Aurora Fane distrusts Tom, but Marian accepts his marriage proposal and they plan to elope. George's valet, Watson has been watching Mrs. Flora McNeil's home from outside. When she asks him why, he introduces himself as "Collyer," causing her to quickly go inside. Agnes' maid Mrs. Armstrong intercepts Tom's letter to Peggy, forcing Peggy to reveal to the van Rhijn-Brook family that she bore a stillborn son and her father forcibly annulled her marriage. Peggy resigns after Agnes will not fire Armstrong. Bridget discovers Jack at his mother's grave. He reveals that all his family members are dead or estranged. Through Marian, George Russell discovers his stenographer Miss Ainsley and George Dixon framed him for negligence and the charges are dismissed. In Newport, McCallister takes Bertha to see Mrs. Astor's grand home there, both believing Astor is away. When Mrs. Astor arrives early, Bertha hastily exits out the back.

9| 9| "Let the Tournament Begin"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes| March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)| 0.813[18]

Back in New York, Bertha is turned away when calling upon Mrs. Astor. Insulted, she rescinds Carrie Astor's invitation to Gladys's debutante ball, upsetting Carrie. Marian prepares to elope with Tom, assisted by Peggy and Sylvia Chamberlain. Monsieur Baudin is forced to confess that he is a French-trained chef from Wichita, Kansas, named Josh Borden. Despite George's protests, Bertha fires Bordin. Tom jilts Marion to instead marry into money. Peggy learns her father lied and that her infant son did not die and was adopted. She and her mother leave for Philadelphia to search for him. George and Bertha employ every tactic to entice the old-money crowd to attend their ball. Mrs. Astor makes amends with Bertha by agreeing to come and persuade friends to also attend, including the van Rhijn-Brooks. The ball is nearly derailed when Borden's replacement chef gets drunk, but Borden returns to help. The ball is a success and George rehires Borden. Ada comforts broken-hearted Marian, assuring her better days are ahead.

### Season 2 (2023)

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10| 1| "You Don't Even Like Opera"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes| October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)| 0.452

In 1883, juxtaposed Easter Sunday services are held: the Scotts at a Black congregation in Philadelphia, and the other for affluent residents (including the Astors, the Russells, and the van Rhijns) on Upper East Side Manhattan. Reverend Luke Forte is the new rector. Widower Dashiell Montgomery, Agnes's nephew by marriage, is moving to New York with young daughter, Frances. Marian learns that Tom Raikes is marrying Miss Bingham. Snubbed by Mrs. Astor's opera community, Bertha supports the new Metropolitan Opera over the senior Academy of Music. She wants the nouveau riche to buy opera boxes and later attract the old-money crowd. George and other robber barons face labor issues. Oscar arrives at Agnes's house bloodied and beaten after a homosexual encounter. Oscar, wanting a rich wife and to propagate the van Rhijn line, proposes to Gladys, promising independence (while secretly maintaining his gay life). At her dinner for key opera patrons, Bertha surprises guests with a famous opera singer, which prominently displays Bertha's growing influence. Peggy and her parents meet the Philadelphia family that adopted Peggy's son.

11| 2| "Some Sort of Trick"| Deborah Kampmeier| Julian Fellowes| November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)| 0.355

Gladys refuses to go to Newport until Oscar's marriage proposal is settled. George, knowing Oscar's true intent, convinces Gladys to marry for love rather than to escape her domineering mother. Marian refuses to quit teaching watercolor classes after Agnes disapproves. Agnes warns Armstrong to treat Peggy respectfully when she resumes her secretarial job. In Newport, wealthy widow Susan Blane hires Larry to renovate her home. Their relationship becomes romantic, to Bertha's disapproval. Aurora Fane attempts to match Marian with Edward Morgan, a drunken dandified bore. When Chicago iron and steel workers strike for better pay and working conditions, George intends to avoid similar problems at his Pittsburgh mills by bribing the union representative, who reuses his offer. The Russells are shocked that the wealthy Mr. Winterton's new wife, Enid, is Bertha's former maid, Turner. Ada is smitten with the unmarried Rev. Forte.

12| 3| "Head to Head"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes & Sonja Warfield| November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)| 0.513

The Opera War between Bertha and Mrs. Astor intensifies. Bertha eagerly anticipates the Duke of Buckingham's impending New York visit. Dashiell courts Marian, who appears ambivalent. Bertha maneuvers to force New York's elite to choose between supporting the Academy of Music or The Met. Mrs. Astor recruits Agnes to help generate support for the Academy of Music. Pittsburgh union leader Mr. Henderson, rejects George's attempt to bribe him and bust the union. Bertha angrily confronts George after Mrs. Winterton (Turner) mentions their previous encounter. Bertha believes George that nothing happened but is furious he withheld this. Peggy is assigned to cover the dormitory opening at a Black school in Tuskegee, Alabama, but the Scotts worry she is naive about racism. Playwright Oscar Wilde, in New York for his play, is attracted to John Adams, Oscar van Rhijn's former lover. Watson's wealthy son-in-law, Mr. McNeil, offers him financial support if he permanently moves away. Watson insists that his daughter Flora make the request. Ada discreetly spends time with Reverend Forte.

13| 4| "His Grace the Duke"| Deborah Kampmeier| Julian Fellowes| November 19, 2023 (2023-11-19)| 0.482

Bertha shows Aurora Fane, Mrs. Winterton, and others the unfinished Metropolitan Opera House, hoping they will purchase boxes. Mr. Gilbert quietly informs Bertha that financial issues have halted construction, though the matter is resolved soon after. At Bertha's insistence, Mrs. Blane ends her relationship with Larry. Meanwhile, Ada accepts Forte's marriage proposal, and Oscar sets his matrimonial sights on the wealthy Maude Beaton, rumored to be Jay Gould's illegitimate daughter. After Mrs. Astor asks Mr. Winterton to surrender his Academy of Music opera box because his wife (Turner) is considered unsuitable, he vows to support The Met. At a dinner party, Bertha swaps dining table name cards to place herself next to the Duke of Buckingham, bumping Mrs. Winterton. The Duke accepts Bertha's invitation to stay at their Newport house, infuriating Mrs. Winterton who had invited him. In Tuskegee, Peggy and Fortune stay with Booker T. Washington and his wife. George and other business owners conspire to subvert impending labor strikes.

14| 5| "Close Enough to Touch"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes & Sonja Warfield| November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)| 0.510

Two devious servants attempt to sabotage the Russells' lavish dinner party for the Duke of Buckingham, but Watson's and Church's quick actions avert a disaster. The dinner's success vexes Mrs. Winterton, who orchestrated the scheme to ruin it. Marian and Oscar are happy when Ada becomes engaged to Rev. Forte, but Agnes strongly opposes it. When Agnes admits to Forte how much she depends on Ada and fears being alone, he assures Agnes she will always be in their lives. Oscar meets businessman, Mr. Crowther, whose group is buying out the Chicago-Atlantic Railroad, which Miss Beaton is invested in. Oscar decides to invest. At a Tuskegee restaurant, two White men threaten Black diners. After Fortune pushes back, he and Peggy flee. While hiding, they share a romantic kiss. George sends Larry to a trustees' meeting regarding the Brooklyn Bridge's unveiling. Larry discovers that Washington Roebling's wife, Emily has been heading the project for her ill husband. Agnes relents and attends Forte and Ada's wedding.

15| 6| "Warning Shots"| Crystle Roberson| Julian Fellowes| December 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)| 0.593

Mrs. Winterton demands Bertha's center opera box in exchange for supporting The Met. Bannister writes the Russells after observing an inebriated Church; he retrieves the unopened letter and ends their feud after learning Church was despondent on the 30th anniversary of his wife's death in a flu epidemic. Bannister, some staff, and Marion and Agnes, donate money for Jack's alarm clock patent application. However, the patent is declined because Jack lacks a membership in any clockmaker society. After a quick profit, Oscar invests more money into Mr. Crowther's railroad company. Peggy asks Fortune to investigate the New York Education Board closing the Black schools. George, who secretly financed the Met's completion, forces Mr. Gilbert to give Bertha the center box, usurping Mrs. Winterton. Bertha hopes to score a social coup by hosting the Duke in her box at the Met opening. Dashiell stuns Marian into accepting his surprise public marriage proposal. Shortly after his and Ada's honeymoon, Forte is diagnosed with cancer. George is prepared to use violence against striking steelworkers to install scabs; at the last minute, he orders soldiers to stand down and agrees to negotiate.

16| 7| "Wonders Never Cease"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes & Sonja Warfield| December 10, 2023 (2023-12-10)| 0.584

After giving labor concessions, George schemes to break the steelworkers' union. Mrs. Astor offers Bertha a Music Academy opera box. George, suspecting Astor wants to undermine Bertha's growing influence, encourages his wife to stay with the Met. To keep the Black schools open, the administrators consider partnering with Irish teachers to attract poor white students. At the Brooklyn Bridge reception, Larry praises Mrs. Roebling's leadership. Agnes plans Marian's wedding while Luke's health worsens. Oscar intends to propose to Miss Beaton, only to discover that she, Mr. Crowther, and his investment have disappeared. Watson's daughter, Flora, says she never wanted him to leave New York. He will receive a pension and be part of her family. Bannister helps Jack obtain entry into a watchmakers' guild, allowing his alarm clock patent application to be approved. Before he dies, Agnes thanks Luke for making Ada happy. Oscar tells Agnes he has lost nearly all the van Rhijn money.

17| 8| "In Terms of Winning and Losing"| Michael Engler| Julian Fellowes| December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)| 0.686

In October 1883, as the two opera houses' simultaneous opening nights approach, patrons must choose which to support. When Mrs. Astor poaches the Duke as her guest at the Music Academy, Bertha schemes to win him back. Following Oscar's financial disaster, Ada, Agnes, and Marian prepare to sell their house. Marian ends her and Dashiell's engagement, citing their wide differences. The New York Educational Board is thwarted when they secretly attempt to close all Black schools. Larry suggests a partnership after Jack's clock patent is approved. Marian attends the Met with the Russells, annoying Agnes. Watson is leaving the Russell household and Peggy quits her job at The Globe. Mrs. Winterton is outraged that she has lost the center opera box. The Duke arrives at the Met as Bertha's guest, though it is unknown how she enticed him. It is eventually revealed that Bertha promised him Gladys's hand in order for the financially strapped Duke to become wealthy again from her dowery. Most patrons choose the Met, leaving the Academy sparsely attended and cementing Bertha's triumph. Mrs. Bruce and Chef Borden attend the Met, thanks to Bertha's generosity. Ada discovers Forte was secretly wealthy, allowing the family to keep the house and altering Ada and Agnes' relationship. After the Met, Larry escorts Marian to her door where they share a romantic kiss.

### Season 3 (2025)

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Salli Richardson-Whitfield will direct the last two episodes of the season.[20]

## Production

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### Development

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In September 2012, The Daily Telegraph reported Julian Fellowes as saying that he was working on a spin-off prequel of Downton Abbey. Initially conceived as a book, it was then planned for pick-up by ITV. At the time, Fellowes planned to focus the show around Lord Grantham and Cora's romance and eventual marriage as the Earl and Countess of Grantham.[21]

Production and writing for The Gilded Age was updated in January 2016. Asked whether he'd written the script yet, Fellowes said, 'No I haven't, no. I'm doing that this year', before adding: 'And then hopefully shooting at the end of the year.'"[22]

On June 4, 2016, Fellowes was asked by the Los Angeles Times, "Where does The Gilded Age stand?" Fellowes replied, "It stands really with me up to my neck in research, and I'm clearing the decks, so that when I start Gilded Age, I'm only doing Gilded Age. These people were extraordinary. You can see why they frightened the old guard, because they saw no boundaries. They wanted to build a palace, they built a palace. They wanted to buy a yacht, they bought a yacht. And the old guard in New York weren't like that at all, and suddenly this whirlwind of couture descended on their heads. They redesigned being rich. They created a rich culture that we still have—people who are rich are rich in a way that was established in America in the 1880s, '90s, 1900s. It was different from Europe. Something like Newport would never have happened in any other country, where you have huge palaces, and then about 20 yards away, another huge palace, and 20 yards beyond that another huge palace. In England right up to the 1930s, when people made good money, they would buy an estate of 5,000 acres and they'd have to look after Nanny. The Americans of the 1880s and '90s didn't want too much of that."[23]

The final confirmation the show would be produced was announced by NBC in January 2018.[24] NBC originally announced that the show would consist of ten episodes and premiere in 2019.[24][25] About the show, Fellowes stated: "To write The Gilded Age is the fulfillment of a personal dream, I have been fascinated by this period of American history for many years and now NBC has given me the chance to bring it to a modern audience. I could not be more excited and thrilled. The truth is, America is a wonderful country with a rich and varied history, and nothing could give me more pleasure than be the person to bring that compelling history to the screen."[26]

In May 2019, the series moved from NBC to HBO, with a straight to series order.[27] The series premiered on January 24, 2022, and consists of nine episodes.[2]

On February 14, 2022, HBO renewed the series for a second season.[3]

On December 21, 2023, HBO renewed the series for a third season.[4]

### Casting

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In September 2019, the production announced an initial cast consisting of Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Peet, and Morgan Spector.[28]

In November 2019, it was announced that Denée Benton, Louisa Jacobson, Taissa Farmiga, Blake Ritson, and Simon Jones would be joining the show.[29] In January 2020, Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel, and Jack Gilpin were cast as series regulars, with Jeanne Tripplehorn cast in a recurring role.[30][31]

In April, Carrie Coon was cast as Bertha Russell to replace Peet because of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[32] This caused the costuming team to change their approach, using the way Coon presents herself as inspiration for more metallic-colored dresses intended to evoke the burgeoning machine age.[33]

In January 2021, Nathan Lane joined the cast in a recurring role.[34]

In April 2022, it was announced several members of the recurring cast had been upgraded to series regular status for the second season while Cocquerel will exit the series.[35]

In August 2024, Bill Camp, Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, LisaGay Hamilton, Jessica Frances Dukes, Andrea Martin, Hattie Morahan and Paul Alexander Nolan were cast to join the third season.[36]

### Filming

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Backlot at Bethpage, Long Island

Following the move to HBO, the series was expected to begin filming in March 2020,[37][38] before the COVID-19 pandemic delayed production.

Filming of the series began in Newport, Rhode Island in February 2021, at the mansions Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, and The Breakers.[39] A casting call for Rhode Islanders to work as extras on the series was made in December 2020 prior to the production setting up in the city.[40]

In April 2021, filming continued at the Lyndhurst mansion in Tarrytown, New York and the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York. In May 2021, filming continued in Troy, New York in its Central Troy Historic District, where multiple city blocks were transformed to resemble a Victorian era street.[41]

During filming, a horse died on set and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked for an investigation.[42] HBO subsequently issued a statement confirming the death in late June, saying, "a horse collapsed and died, likely of natural causes, according to a veterinarian’s preliminary findings."[43]

Filming for season two began in August 2022 at various locations around White Plains, New York, including Manhattanville College's Reid Hall,[44] which was used for various locations, including offices, a home parlor and an art gallery/museum. Reid Hall was designed by Stanford White and built in 1892 for the family of newspaper publisher and diplomat, Whitelaw Reid.

Other New York locations included Albany, Cohoes, Troy and on Long Island, and the series also filmed in Philadelphia. Scenes set at Susan Blade's home were filmed at Kingscote in Newport.[45][46] The street backlot is near to Old Bethpage, New York in Long Island.[47]

The third season started filming in July 2024.[48]

### Controversy

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On May 21, 2021, the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) filed a charge for unfair labor practices against HBO and its Gilded Age production. The union claimed musicians were fired after asking they be represented by AFM.[49] Two days later HBO agreed to cover the members "on an AFM basis".[50]

### Real-life events

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Although The Gilded Age is a work of fiction, Julian Fellowes worked to accurately represent certain realities of the time period.[51]

Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, also known as "The" Mrs. Astor, ruled New York society in the late nineteenth century. Descending from Dutch settlers, the "knickerbocker" married relatively new money William Backhouse Astor Jr. At the time the series takes place, Astor (Donna Murphy) and her husband are largely estranged. Dismayed by the chaos caused by the end of the Civil War and the rise of new money, and armed with her own distinguished lineage and her husband's fortune, she became the gatekeeper to high society.[52] She and her associate Ward McAllister (Nathan Lane) decreed that members of respectable society must be separated by at least three generations from the origin of the family fortune, as she herself was. McAllister, Mrs. Astor's right-hand man, spent years across the Atlantic absorbing culture, details of European courts, and society news. Although some recognized his devotion to preserving elegance and tradition, others[who?] saw him as an unapologetic snob.[citation needed]

Two characters, Bertha and George Russell (Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector), appear to be at least partly based on the formidable Alva and William K. Vanderbilt. Alva Erskine Vanderbilt (later Alva Belmont) came from a wealthy Mobile, Alabama, family that lost its money after the Civil War. Determined to regain her social status, she married a scion of the immensely wealthy Vanderbilt family in 1875, but the Vanderbilts were considered too "new money" by Caroline Astor and were largely ignored. In order to ascend to the upper echelons of society, Alva Vanderbilt set out to impress Caroline Astor. Among her strategies, she hired society architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a luxurious mansion on Fifth Avenue, then hosted an enormous, extravagant ball for 1,000 as a "house-warming." The details of the festivities were leaked in advance to the press, and young society waited breathlessly for the upcoming ball — including Caroline Astor's daughter, Carrie. Caroline Astor was forced to call on Alva Vanderbilt to ensure her daughter received an invitation. The ball a success, the family was officially welcomed into New York high society.[53]

Other historical figures who appear in the series include Clara Barton (Linda Emond), founder of the American Red Cross, and T. Thomas Fortune (Sullivan Jones), a man born into slavery who would become one of the leading Black journalists of his day. In his editorials, he wrote passionately about civil rights and denounced racial segregation and discrimination. He also helped found a predecessor to the NAACP, the Afro-American League.[54]

## Release

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The series premiered on January 24, 2022, on HBO and HBO Max. In Australia, Paramount+ acquired the series as a "Paramount+ Exclusive", premiering on January 26, 2022. This also marks the first time a recent HBO series has skipped Foxtel in Australia, premiering on a non-Foxtel service as Foxtel has an output deal for HBO shows.[55]

### Home media

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The first season was released on DVD, on July 26, 2022.[56]

## Reception

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### Critical response

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 79% approval rating based on 76 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Julian Fellowes' brand of upstairs, downstairs intrigue makes a seamless transatlantic transition in The Gilded Age, with an outstanding cast making the travails of the rich a compelling watch."[57] At Metacritic, the season has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 38 reviews.[58]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds a 94% approval rating based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "More topical than before while also owning its frivolous appeal with unapologetic splendor, Julian Fellowes' operatic soap enters its own halcyon age."[59] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 73 out of 100, based on 21 reviews.[60]

### Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominee(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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2022

| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Cable Network Series, Drama  | The Gilded Age | Nominated  | [61]
Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama  | Julian Fellowes (for "Face the Music") | Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) | Bob Shaw, Larry Brown, Laura Ballinger Gardner,
and Regina Graves (for "Never the New") | Won  | [62]
Set Decorators Society of America Awards | Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a One Hour Period Series  | Regina Graves and Bob Shaw  | Nominated  | [63]

2023

| Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series | Carrie Coon | Nominated  | [64]
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Cynthia Nixon | Nominated
Art Directors Guild Awards | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Period Single-Camera Series | Bob Shaw (for "Never the New") | Nominated  | [65]
Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Television | Kasia Walicka-Maimone (for "Let the Tournament Begin") | Nominated  | [66]

2024

| Art Directors Guild Awards | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Period Single-Camera Series | Bob Shaw (for "His Grace the Duke", "Close Enough to Touch", "Warning Shots") | Nominated  | [67]
Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series  | Audra McDonald  | Nominated  | [68]
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series  | Michael Braugher  | Nominated
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series  | Julian Fellowes & Sonja Warfield (for "Close Enough to Touch") | Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Television | Kasia Walicka Maimone and Patrick Wiley (for "You Don't Even Like Opera") | Nominated  | [69]
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Various[a] | Nominated  | [70]
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards | Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling  | Sean Flanigan, Christine Fennell-Harlan, Jonathan Sharpless, Aaron Kinchen  | Nominated  | [71]
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | The Gilded Age | Nominated  | [72]
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Carrie Coon | Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Christine Baranski | Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Period Costumes for a Series | Kasia Walicka Maimone, Patrick Wiley, Isabelle Simone, Denise Andres, Rebecca Levin Lore (for "You Don't Even Like Opera") | Nominated
Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling | Sean Flanigan, Christine Fennell-Harlan, Jonathan Zane-Sharpless, Aaron Mark Kinchen, Tim Harvey, Jennifer M. Bullock (for "You Don't Even Like Opera") | Nominated
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) | Bob Shaw, Larry W. Brown, Lisa Crivelli Scoppa (for "Close Enough to Touch") | Nominated

## Notes

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1. ^ Ben Ahlers, Ashlie Atkinson, Christine Baranski, Denée Benton, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Michael Cerveris, Carrie Coon, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, David Furr, Jack Gilpin, Ward Horton, Louisa Jacobson, Simon Jones, Sullivan Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Nathan Lane, Matilda Lawler, Robert Sean Leonard, Audra McDonald, Debra Monk, Donna Murphy, Kristine Nielsen, Cynthia Nixon, Kelli O'Hara, Patrick Page, Harry Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Blake Ritson, Jeremy Shamos, Douglas Sills, Morgan Spector, John Douglas Thompson, and Erin Wilhelmi

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## External links

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* Official website
* The Gilded Age at IMDb

* v
* t
* e

Works written by Julian Fellowes

Films|

* Gosford Park (2001)
* Vanity Fair (2004)
* Piccadilly Jim (2004)
* Separate Lies (2005, also directed)
* From Time to Time (2009, also directed)
* The Young Victoria (2009)
* The Tourist (2010)
* Romeo & Juliet (2013)
* Crooked House (2017)
* The Chaperone (2018)
* Downton Abbey (2019)
* Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
* Untitled Downton Abbey: A New Era sequel (TBA)

TV series|

* Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder (2004–2005)
* Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
* Titanic (2012)
* Doctor Thorne (2016)
* The English Game (2020)
* Belgravia (2020)
* The Gilded Age (2022–present)

Stage|

* Mary Poppins (2004)
* School of Rock (2015)
* Half a Sixpence (2016)
* The Wind in the Willows (2016)

Novels|

* Snobs (2004)
* Past Imperfect (2008)

* v
* t
* e

HBO programming

Current and upcoming

| Current|

* 100 Foot Wave (since 2021)
* 30 Coins (since 2021)
* Euphoria (since 2019)
* Fantasmas (since 2024)
* The Gilded Age (since 2022)
* Hard Knocks (since 2001)
* House of the Dragon (since 2022)
* Industry (since 2020)
* Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (since 2024)
* The Last of Us (since 2023)
* Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (since 2014)
* My Brilliant Friend (since 2018)
* Real Time with Bill Maher (since 2003)
* The Rehearsal (since 2022)
* The Righteous Gemstones (since 2019)
* Somebody Somewhere (since 2022)
* True Detective (since 2014)
* The White Lotus (since 2021)

|

Upcoming|

* The Penguin (2024)
* The Franchise (2024)
* Dune: Prophecy (2024)
* A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2025)
* It: Welcome to Derry (2025)
* Get Millie Black (TBA)
* Untitled task force project (TBA)

Former

| Series|

| 1970s
debuts|

* HBO World Championship Boxing
* HBO Sports Bowling
* Inside the NFL
* On Location
* Race for the Pennant
* Standing Room Only ("Vanities")
* Tennis on HBO
* Time Was

|

1980s
debuts|

* 1st & Ten
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
* America Undercover ("Autopsy", "Real Sex" and "Taxicab Confessions")
* Babar
* Braingames
* Encyclopedia
* Encyclopedia Brown
* The Ghost of Faffner Hall
* The Hitchhiker
* HBO Storybook Musicals
* The Kids in the Hall
* Maximum Security
* Not Necessarily the News
* One Night Stand
* Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
* The Ray Bradbury Theater
* Seabert
* The StoryTeller
* Tales from the Crypt
* Tales of Little Women
* Video Jukebox
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

1990s
debuts|

* The Adventures of Paddington Bear
* The Adventures of Tintin
* Arliss
* The Baby-Sitters Club
* Boxing After Dark
* The Chris Rock Show
* The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
* Crashbox
* Def Comedy Jam
* Dennis Miller Live
* Dream On
* George and Martha
* Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
* HBO Comedy Half-Hour
* Hotel Room
* The Larry Sanders Show
* Lifestories: Families in Crisis
* A Little Curious
* The Little Lulu Show
* Mr. Show with Bob and David
* The Neverending Story
* Oz
* Perversions of Science
* Pippi Longstocking
* Rainbow Fish
* Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
* Reverb
* Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio
* Sex and the City
* The Sopranos
* Spicy City
* Tenacious D
* Todd McFarlane's Spawn
* Tracey Takes On...

2000s
debuts|

* Animated Tales of the World
* Big Love
* Bored to Death
* Carnivàle
* Cathouse: The Series
* Classical Baby
* Curb Your Enthusiasm
* The Comeback
* Costas Now
* Da Ali G Show
* Deadwood
* Def Poetry Jam
* Eastbound & Down
* Entourage
* Extras
* Flight of the Conchords
* G String Divas
* Harold and the Purple Crayon
* Hung
* In Treatment
* I Spy
* Joe Buck Live
* John from Cincinnati
* K Street
* Kindergarten
* KO Nation
* The Life & Times of Tim
* Little Britain USA
* Lucky Louie
* The Mind of the Married Man
* The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
* On the Record with Bob Costas
* El Perro y El Gato
* Pornucopia
* Project Greenlight
* Rome
* Six Feet Under
* Stuart Little
* Summer Heights High
* Tales from the Neverending Story
* Tell Me You Love Me
* True Blood
* Tourgasm
* Unscripted
* The Wire

2010s
debuts|

* After the Thrones
* All Def Comedy
* Angry Boys
* Animals
* Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons
* Ballers
* Barry
* Big Little Lies
* A Black Lady Sketch Show
* Boardwalk Empire
* The Brink
* Camping
* Crashing
* The Deuce
* Divorce
* Doll & Em
* Enlightened
* Esme & Roy
* Family Tree
* Funny or Die Presents
* Game of Thrones
* Gentleman Jack
* Getting On
* Girls
* Hello Ladies
* Here and Now
* High Maintenance
* His Dark Materials
* How to Make It in America
* Insecure
* Ja'mie: Private School Girl
* Jonah from Tonga
* The Leftovers
* Life's Too Short
* Looking
* Los Espookys
* Luck
* Masterclass
* The Newsroom
* Random Acts of Flyness
* The Ricky Gervais Show
* Room 104
* Sally4Ever
* The Shop
* Silicon Valley
* Succession
* Togetherness
* Treme
* Veep
* Vice
* Vice News Tonight
* Vice Principals
* Vinyl
* Westworld
* Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas

2020s
debuts|

* Avenue 5
* Betty
* How To with John Wilson
* The Idol
* Lovecraft Country
* The Nevers
* Painting with John
* Pause with Sam Jay
* Perry Mason
* Rain Dogs
* Run
* The Time Traveler's Wife
* The Vow
* We're Here
* Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Miniseries|

* Agents of Chaos
* All the Rivers Run
* Allen v. Farrow
* Angels in America
* Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
* The Baby
* Band of Brothers
* The Case Against Adnan Syed
* The Casual Vacancy
* Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes
* Catherine the Great
* Chernobyl
* The Corner
* Elizabeth I
* Empire Falls
* Exterminate All the Brutes
* From the Earth to the Moon
* Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
* Generation Kill
* Gunpowder
* God Save Texas
* House of Saddam
* I Know This Much Is True
* I May Destroy You
* I'll Be Gone in the Dark
* Irma Vep
* The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
* John Adams
* The Lady and the Dale
* Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York
* Landscapers
* Laurel Avenue
* Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
* Mare of Easttown
* McMillions
* Mildred Pierce
* Mind Over Murder
* Mosaic
* Mrs. Fletcher
* The New Pope
* The Night Of
* Nuclear Family
* Olive Kitteridge
* Our Boys
* The Outsider
* The Pacific
* Parade's End
* Phoenix Rising
* The Plot Against America
* Pray, Obey, Kill
* Q: Into the Storm
* The Regime
* Scenes from a Marriage
* The Seekers
* Sharp Objects
* Show Me a Hero
* Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump
* The Sympathizer
* Tanner '88
* Telemarketers
* The Third Day
* The Undoing
* Watchmen
* We Are Who We Are
* We Own This City
* White House Plumbers
* Years and Years
* The Young Pope

See also
Max
HBO Storybook Musicals
HBO Asia original series
HBO Canada original series
HBO Europe original series
HBO Latin America original series
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