HBO has announced the premiere date for Season 3 of The Gilded Age. Fans can catch the show on Sunday, June 22 at 9 PM ET on HBO and MAX. Along with the premiere date, HBO has released a teaser trailer that suggests romance will take center stage in the upcoming season. Will true love prevail, as Marion Brook (Louisa Jacobson) hopes, or will Bertha Russell’s (Carrie Coon) machinations propel her daughter Gladys (Taissa Farmiga) to the top of society?
The Gilded Age is a luxurious period drama set in late 19th century New York City and Rhode Island. Coined by Mark Twain, the term “The Gilded Age” reflects the era’s complexities. While the wealthy thrived, the poor suffered, and Twain criticized the facade of prosperity during the Industrial Revolution.
Season 2 of The Gilded Age delved into the prestigious opera conflicts within New York City’s elite society. The Russells, portraying new money families, challenged the Academy of Music’s exclusivity by founding the Metropolitan Opera. The season finale concludes with Bertha’s triumph over socialite Caroline “Lina” Astor (Donna Murphy). The Metropolitan Opera’s success attracts the attention of the English Duke of Buckingham (Ben Lamb).
The new teaser trailer for The Gilded Age Season 3 leans heavily into Bertha’s plans for her daughter Gladys to marry well. Since the Russells are inspired by the Vanderbilts, it seems showrunner Julian Fellowes is poised to put his own spin on the story of heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt’s disastrous first marriage to the 9th Duke of Marlborough.
Elsewhere in the teaser, we see that Marion Brook’s romance with Larry Russell (Harry Richardson) is still in full bloom. There are swoon-worthy shots of them kissing in carriages, holding hands under dinner tables, and frolicking under pretty foliage. Marion wants to marry for true love, but with Larry’s mother being the ambitious Bertha, will that happen?
We also get a look at Peggy Scott (Denée Benton) and her new beau, a “handsome doctor from Newport,” more petty drama brewing in the Brook/Van Rhijn household, and even the return of everyone’s favorite alarm clock inventor, Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers).
The Gilded Age Season 3 will be on HBO and MAX on Sunday, June 22. Mark your calendars and ready yourself for the revelry.
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