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The Gilded Age Season 3 Penultimate Episode Leaves George Russell’s Fate in Question After Club Shooting

The ambush at Russell’s club coincides with Oscar Van Rhijn revealing his sexuality to his mother; Marian Brook dissolving her engagement to Larry Russell; John Adams’s fatal accident and bequest reshaping social dynamics.

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John and Oscar had a forbidden romance in The Gilded Age. (Karolina Wojtasik/HBO)
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Overview

  • The penultimate episode ends with George Russell being shot by an assailant at a New York gentlemen’s club, leaving his survival and the shooter’s motives unclear.
  • Oscar Van Rhijn confronts his suppressed identity by hinting at his sexuality to his mother Agnes in the wake of John Adams’s death.
  • Marian Brook sends Larry Russell a letter canceling their engagement over a presumed indiscretion, deepening tensions within the Russell family.
  • John Adams’s fatal carriage accident and subsequent bequest of a house and money to Oscar intensify grief and secrecy in the Van Rhijn household.
  • Heightened class tensions between old money and new wealth drive emerging power struggles as the season finale airs next Sunday.