Overview

• Gladys Russell walks down the aisle in season 3 episode 4 of The Gilded Age sobbing beneath her veil as Bertha Russell enforces her arranged marriage to the Duke of Buckingham.
• George Russell, having pledged to protect his daughter’s choice, deems any further objection too late and reluctantly escorts her to the altar.
• Taissa Farmiga says Gladys is depleted and numb in the scene, haunted by Billy Carlton’s failure to fight for her.
• During a private conversation aboard the ship to England, Gladys perceives a spark of sincerity in the Duke that offers a fragile glimmer of hope.
• Actors and crew recall the filming as emotionally intense, with the church set falling silent in respect for Gladys’s unfolding tragedy.