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11-08-2025
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'The Gilded Age' Season 3 finale reveals who lives, who dies, who gets divorced
"The Gilded Age." All's well that ends well for the fair residents of Manhattan's 61st Street. Well, for everyone except Bertha Russell. Carrie Coon's conniving, scheming, take-no-prisoners socialite in HBO's "The Gilded Age" (all episodes now streaming on HBO Max) got everything she ever wanted by the end of the period drama's third season − everything except the devotion of her husband, George (Morgan Spector). In the final moments of the eventful Aug. 10 finale episode, George informs Bertha that, despite her nursing him back to health after a gunshot wound and helping his business save face with an extravagant ball, he has still not forgiven her for offenses past and may not even love her anymore. What was her crime? Well, marrying their daughter off for status, but mostly for being as ruthless as he is, but doing so as a woman. For Bertha, who has just learned their daughter (Taissa Farmiga) is actually very happily married now and expecting her first child, life has never been so good and so devastating, as she watches her husband's carriage speed away from her perfectly appointed Newport, Connecticut, manor. But she's one of the only unhappy characters in the finale in the late-1800s-set series, which was recently renewed for a fourth season. Russells, Van Rhijns and dukes, oh my! Who's who in 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 Here's where everyone in the world of New York City Society stands, and everything we know so far about "The Gilded Age" Season 4. What happened to George Russell in 'The Gilded Age' finale? George nearly lost his railroad company and fortune this season after overleveraging his businesses and being unable to make a few crucial deals. But everyone's favorite robber baron came out on top with a few new enemies, one of whom arranges for him to be shot at the end of Episode 7. George's men rushed him home to the mansion on 61st Street rather than the hospital. They're trying to keep the shooting quiet to save face, and they were very lucky Dr. William Kirkland (Jordan Donica) happened to be across the street at the Van Rhijn house when George was bleeding out on the impeccably varnished Russell dining table. Kirkland saves George's life, with help from Marian (Louisa Jacobson), who is unafraid to get her dress bloody. Everybody assumes the gunman was an agent of his former right-hand-man Mr. Clay (Patrick Page), but the Russells refuse to involve the police, and the identity of the attempted murderer remains unknown at the end of the season. Who got engaged in the 'The Gilded Age' finale? Dr. Kirkland wasn't just busy saving capitalists from revenge plots this episode. The tall, handsome physician finally gets over his mommy issues long enough to get down on one knee for everyone's favorite journalist/suffragette/secretary in the most romantic way possible. Peggy (Denée Benton) gets the love and happy ending she has long deserved, in front of the entirety of Black Newport society and Kirkland's haughty mother (Phylicia Rashad). More: Gladys Russell from 'The Gilded Age' is based on a real life socialite. Here's her story Less romantic but more cunning, grief-stricken Oscar (Blake Ritson) suggests an unholy alliance with wealthy widow Mrs. Winterton (Kelley Curran), Bertha's former maid and recent social climber. His cousin Marian makes up with Larry Russell (Harry Richardson) after their extremely lame melodrama, although it seems like they may take their relationship much slower than they originally intended. What do we know about 'The Gilded Age' Season 4? HBO recently announced "Gilded" will be back for a fourth season, and there are plenty of plot threads left tantalizingly loose after the conclusion of Season 3. Agnes' (Christine Baranski) and Ada's (Cynthia Nixon) reaction to Oscar's new bride will test how high Baranski can raise her eyebrows and turn up her nose. Former footman Jack (Ben Ahlers) has a newfound life in the wealthy class but seems terribly lonely in his fancy house. Society queen Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy) has accepted her soon-to-be divorced daughter, but how much more change can the blue bloods of New York possibly stomach? There were many episodes about temperance, women's suffrage and Jim Crow laws this season on the series, all historical elements that brought great change and chaos to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The future belongs to America, Bertha claimed at her ball. We'll see who from the cast will still be hanging on to Lady Liberty's coattails as the wheels of progress keep turning in "Gilded" Season 4. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: What 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 finale means for Season 4 Solve the daily Crossword
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‘The Gilded Age': Inside George's High-Stakes Surgery in Season 3 Finale
The cast and creatives celebrate the nuances at the center of the HBO drama's most intense sequence yet 'The Gilded Age' upped the stakes with every passing episode in Season 3, but nothing prepared fans for the intense rescue operation that kicked off this week's finale. Episode 8, titled 'My Mind Is Made Up,' picked up soon after last week's cliffhanger in which a delivery man opened fire on George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his associates. The Season 3 finale opened with a chaotic carriage ride back to the Russell mansion on 61st Street, with the household ready to spring into action when their wounded leader arrived. With the Russells' regular doctor unavailable, they recruited Dr. William Kirkland (Jordan Donica) to help — a task that came with great risk to him being a doctor of color in that era. More from TheWrap 'The Gilded Age' Finale: Bosses Break Down Bertha's Reckoning, Peggy's Twist and That Baby Reveal 'The Gilded Age': Inside George's High-Stakes Surgery in Season 3 Finale Mike Huckabee Accuses CBS News of Intentionally Editing Gaza Interview for a 'Different Story' Greg Gutfeld Says 'It Took Guts' for Jimmy Fallon to Host Him, Mocks Stephen Colbert – 'My Uber Driver' | Video That reality did not deter William from getting to work, performing surgery on George in the dining hall to remove the bullet and save his life with the help of Marian (Louisa Jacobson) and the house's staff. 'In the beginning of the season we had a white doctor who would not touch Peggy (Denée Benton), so we wanted to show that contrast,' series co-writer Sonja Warfield told TheWrap. 'If anything had gone wrong and George had died, there were plenty of people who would have attempted to blame the doctor if he was Black,' series creator Julian Fellowes said. Fellowes and Warfield consulted with Dr. Stanley Burns, who previously consulted on the HBO series 'The Knick' with his expertise in Victorian-era medicine, to ensure the dramatic moment was as historically accurate as possible. Warfield noted that it was common for luminaries like George to retreat to their homes to treat such wounds, so as to prevent prying eyes at the hospital as well as the risk of contracting other diseases. Donica said he spent about a month and a half preparing to shoot the surgery scene. Along with on-set consultants, he sought guidance from his sister, a registered nurse at a trauma center in Indiana who has performed the same surgery many times before. 'It was a great opportunity to show Dr. Kirkland in his arena of expertise, which is something our director Salli [Richardson Whitfield] was very keen to show,' Donica told TheWrap. 'It's not until after he's done that he realizes all the stakes … he just sees a human life that needs saving.' The episode also made it clear that William's efforts and proximity to the Russell household were George's saving grace. He got some begrudging kudos from the Russell family doctor upon his arrival, but the real reward came after George's recovery, when the mogul gave William a big check for saving his life (though we are not shown the actual number). As for Spector, he relished the opportunity to play victim in a sequence that 'didn't seem like the kind of thing we do' on 'The Gilded Age' — especially since 'I knew I wasn't going to get fired.' 'The Gilded Age' Seasons 1-3 are now streaming on HBO Max. The post 'The Gilded Age': Inside George's High-Stakes Surgery in Season 3 Finale appeared first on TheWrap.
