The Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and of fierce rivalry between old money and new. Nowhere is that rivalry more apparent than on East 61st Street, where Marian Brook and her thoroughly old money aunts, Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook, live opposite the stupendously rich George and Bertha Russell. The Russells are both fiercely ambitious, he financially, she socially, and they are determined to reach the highest echelons of New York. Meanwhile in Brooklyn, Marian’s friend and confidant Peggy Scott forges her own path in the world of the Black elite. In this glittering world on the brink of the modern age, will the established rules of society prevail, or will the game change entirely?
A new season of The Gilded Age premieres October 29 on @streamonmax.
A new season of The Gilded Age premieres October 29 on @streamonmax.
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00:00 Mrs. Russell, you conquered New York.
00:03 You dine in the best houses.
00:06 But are you sure it's wise to start the war with New York society?
00:13 Aren't you asking for trouble?
00:15 Yes, and you'll need to pick a team.
00:18 Head to head and one will be the winner.
00:20 This is very melodramatic.
00:22 The old guard think they can keep out the new people with impunity.
00:26 Don't worry, I have a plan.
00:28 Mrs. Russell is even more of a fighter than I had realized.
00:32 You mean you thought she would not fight against you?
00:34 Not so bitterly at any rate.
00:36 The war is heating up.
00:39 I enjoy competition.
00:41 Good, I look forward to it.
00:43 [Music]
00:49 [Music]