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The Gilded Age (Season 2, HBO/Max)

Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:38 pm
Posted by HeLeakin
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Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:38 pm
First episode dropped tonight.


Mrs. Russell came out swinging.
Posted by 3nOut
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Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:55 pm to
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Mrs. Russell came out swinging.


With her fists or other assets?

I’m pumped but not going to be able to watch for a week.
This post was edited on 10/29/23 at 9:56 pm
Posted by TigerCub
Team Boxtard
Member since May 2006
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:23 am to
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Mrs. Russell came out swinging.


She's as bad arse as her husband.
Posted by HeLeakin
Member since May 2014
3312 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:14 am to
Iron sharpens iron



Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:48 am to
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She's as bad arse as her husband.
He's got a voice like Liev Schrieber. If he isn't narrating documentaries already, he'll be doing it soon.

And this show is stupid fun. It has us screaming at the screen like it's 1980's All My Children.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:41 am to
Was going to start it last night but it was too late and I wanted to rewatch the season 1 finale to get a refresher. Really enjoyed season 1. Love me some Carrie Coon.
Posted by MintBerry Crunch
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 1:13 pm to
He's Liev Schreiber and Edward Herrmann combined
Posted by LSUDonMCO
Orlando
Member since Dec 2003
6865 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 1:16 pm to
I was so stunned by how much younger Carrie Coon and good looking is. They make her look so stern and unattractive on Gilded Age. Meryl Streep's daughter plays the lead.
This post was edited on 10/31/23 at 8:59 am
Posted by CrimsonChaos
Member since Apr 2022
74 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 1:36 pm to
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Meryl Streep's daughter plays Coon's daughter.


Gladys is actually played by Taissa Farmiga. She's also in several seasons of AHS.
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 1:39 pm to
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Mrs. Russell


Baddie
Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2016
859 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 2:04 pm to
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He's got a voice like Liev Schrieber



Exactly! You can just imagine him talking about the rookie that got sent home on cut-down day in NFL training camp.

I never really enjoyed watching Christine Baranski or Cynthia Nixon in other roles, but darn they are great in this show. Nathan Lane too.
This post was edited on 10/30/23 at 2:06 pm
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
36058 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 4:34 pm to
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He's Liev Schreiber and Edward Herrmann combined
against Peter Coyote and John Chancellor in a tag team cage match.
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
13350 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 5:23 pm to
Not enough Mr. Russell for me. His Robber Baron, cut-throat capitalist scenes were easily the most entertaining of the first season.
Posted by hogwildinhouston
Member since Oct 2011
466 posts
Posted on 10/31/23 at 8:36 am to
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I never really enjoyed watching Christine Baranski


At minimum, if you saw her as Leonard's mother in Big Bang Theory, then surely you had to lover her in that. Absolutely hilarious...

As for TGA, season previews look awesome as it looks like Mrs. Russell and Ms. Astor are going to go toe to toe all season.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 10/31/23 at 9:09 am to
What is this show about?
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 10/31/23 at 9:15 am to
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What is this show about?
It's a soap opera by the same creator that did Downton Abbey. So it's split between stories about the rich and stories about their staff. This has a third sub-story about an upper-class black woman who's thrown in with one of the rich families. Like Downton and most soap operas, everyone has a secret.

Replace the royal drama from Downton with American robber barons and the highest of New York society and you have this series.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57331 posts
Posted on 10/31/23 at 9:21 am to
So it’s a show for the chicks and the gays?
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/31/23 at 9:24 am to
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Iron sharpens iron


The Russell’s are a legit power couple.

Also, her dresses are straight fire. Love it.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
34315 posts
Posted on 10/31/23 at 9:59 am to
Rewatched the season 1 finale last night, glad I did because I had forgotten a lot.

I forgot just how bad of actresses the girls who play Peggy and Flora are. Maybe they have gotten better in season two, but they really do try and drag a show down with an otherwise really well acted show. I don't dislike their characters, but man it's bad. That was really my only gripe about season one.

I don't know how I wasn't thinking about this while originally watching season one but man the drama is some serious first world problems The big drama for Mrs. Ruseell in the finale was that Mrs. Astor snubbed her at her front door and everyone would hear about it.
Posted by WB Davis
Member since May 2018
2075 posts
Posted on 10/31/23 at 10:03 am to
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So it’s a show for the chicks and the gays?
Plot ranges from entertaining robber barons to cat fight melodramas.

Much of the plot is driven by women characters.

Good writing and production values so far.
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