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I'm looking for new things to watch and debating whether to scrap some subscriptions for the summer to save $. If youre a fan of this show, and similar shows (historical fiction & then like) then I trust your taste in TV. What else do you watch in between Gilded Age seasons?

> Edit to add all your suggestions:

> Doctor Thorne, North & South, Carnivale, Lark Rise to Candleford, Cranford, The Halcyon, The Paradise, Victoria, The Way We Live Now, Welcome to Derry, Veep, The West Wing, Gentleman Jack, Why Women Kill, North and South, The Comeback, Hacks, Death by Lightning, Pluribus, The Pitt, Poldark, The Law According to Lidia Poet, No Offense, Call the Midwife, The Crown, The Knick, His Dark Materials, Young Sherlock, The Empress, Outlander, Downton Abbey

And i dont wish for it too.

Plus, isnt the criteria for divorce only adultery? It was told in few of the episodes i think. One person must commit adultery while the other person has to sue for divorce. Either of them certainly wont cheat.

Or will that law get changed too?

In any case, I don't think from what I've watched so far that this will be the end of them. I speculate that they will have extremely low points in their marriage throughout the next season, and then end up reconciling after Bertha fixes her ways to some extent.

From what I've seen in this sub, most of us seem to agree that Larry's behaviour is inappropriate.

The way he blames Marian for believing John over himself is completely unreasonable considering that:

1. John never lied about their whereabouts that evening, unlike Larry did.

2. John is not personally affected by the situation and thus has no motivation to lie, unlike Larry.

3. With John's word, she got two people confirming the same story. I don't think she would've believed just John either had Larry made contrary claims.

He's blaming Marian for having very reasonable suspicions. Yes, her reaction was also rather excessive, and he could've addressed that he was hurt by how swiftly she cast him out without discussing the issue properly (or at all).

Then of course he is holding is mother accountable for Gladys' marriage, even though his father is more or less equally culpable. I don't remember him ever blaming his father for this?

This all could be just personal character flaws, but I'm thinking that it could be a great expression of misogyny of the time. Usually period dramas rely on rather cheap clichés to portray sexism, i.e. the endless nonsensical corset scenes and women complaining about marriage. Gilded Age goes beyond this by e.g. showing the suffrage struggle and the double standards for divorcées, but I think Larry's behaviour is a nice additional touch of a more subtle misogyny where women are held to different standards and assumed to be unreasonable and malicious. Unfortunately it is a kind of sexism that continues rampantly up until our days, but I suspect that it was even worse during the Gilded Age era.

Gilded age raised my standards so high, and now i cannot find anything to watch. I'm history student so i like good oeriod drama, with accuracy, good script, good costumes, deep character, but everything after Gilded age doesn't fit the standard...

Marian and Larry are together/married maybe.
George is having trouble with the railroad. Marian shows George her “worthless railroad shares.” These prove to be very valuable and help George.
•Larry asks Marian why she thought her railroad shares were worthless and she tells him that her lawyer, Tom Raikes (her first ‘temporary’ fiancé), at the time of her father‘s death, told her that her railroad shares were worthless and she had inherited basically nothing ($30) from her father.
•Larry, then looks into Raikes the lawyer (possibly with a PI and his connections).
He finds out that Raikes had acquired a large amount of money at the same time that Marian‘s father had passed. Meaning that Raikes had stolen the money from Marian.
•Larry gets Marian’s money back and destroys Raikes.

George Russell has railroad issues
•Bertha Russell, now divorced from George, begins seeing/dating Mr. Merritt. (Remember that she had invited Merritt to dinner so that George could get him to sell shares of his family’s railroad to him.)
George had told her to impress him then fussed at her for flirting with him.
Now Bertha begins dating Merritt to hurt George and also to move on. She helps Merritt to gain more control of the railroad away from George.
•Marian and Larry are together. George is having trouble with the railroad. Marian shows George her “worthless railroad shares.” These prove to be very valuable and help George.

I think i have seen it somewhere in this subreddit but I cannot remember it for the life of me! And I cant think of anything that matches either..

Like Larian is a good ship name but what even combines those two?

Also, i joined here late but you guys are so creative with the other nicknames that I have to give you my kudos 😄

I love "railroad daddy" and "clocktwink" 😂😂

Just finished season 1 and absolutely loved it! Plan to avoid spoilers in this sub until I'm all caught up, be look forward to discussing all things Gilded Age with you all!