With everyone ready for Easter mass, we resume The Gilded Age with a more assertive vibe. In just a few minutes we had so much information that it looked like Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) walking around New York: at the city’s typical hurried pace.

So, we have a new pastor coming from Boston who manages to mention to one Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) that Tom Raikes (Thomas Cocquerel) is getting married the same week. Marian swallows hard but sheds tears when she is alone. She loves the opportunistic lawyer, and she tearfully confesses to her loving Aunt Ada (Cynthia Nixon) who, like us, is happy that Tom is out of the story. At least this season.

The shy and insecure Marian gave way to a more assertive young woman, still always in conflict with her oppressive aunt, Agnes. Marian has something hidden on Thursdays and we soon see that keeping secrets in the Van Rhijn house is not difficult, after all the women still haven’t realized Oscar’s (Blake Ritson) secret even when he is “freely attacked” in a bar. Oscar, in fact, remains determined to get married, still with his eyes fixed on Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga), which contradicts Bertha (Carrie Coon). Gladys is flattered by Oscar’s attention and proposal, but also certain that it’s just an inconsequential flirtation.

Marian’s secret is revealed by the daughter of Agnes’ nephew, Dashiell Montgomery (David Furr), who is Marian’s painting student. Agnes is furious when she finds out that her niece is working and Dashiell immediately becomes close to the young protagonist.

On the Russells’ side, I thought it was curious how Bertha was in Newport and back to New York so quickly, but we moved on. She already goes to parties in the city, but she doesn’t have a place at the opera and obviously starts a new fight with Caroline Astor (Donna Murphy) over the topic. George (Morgan Spector) has another threat to the railroad (now a strike) and is working together to put an end to the problem.

Poor Peggy Scott (Denée Scott) has no respite: she locates her son given up for adoption only to lose him again, before meeting him. The child died from scarlet fever so it is now a fact that she lost the child, but she is determined to move on.

The return of The Gilded Age was agile and without wasting time, addressing the three hooks in the first minutes: about Bertha achieving her dream, Tom Raikes leaving the story for now, and leaving Peggy without being a single mother. There is more happening, but much faster than we would expect. The cast is on good terms and I’m already starting to theorize about Dashiell… didn’t it seem like the same vibe as Tom Raikes to you?

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