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The Gilded Age Season 3 Premieres, Spotlighting Old Money vs. New Rich

Praised as the series’ best yet by Variety, the third season rolls out weekly on HBO alongside Max through August 10.

Overview

  • The third season launched June 22 with eight episodes airing Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, streaming on Max through August 10.
  • It deepens the power struggle between established families like the Van Rhijns and the newly wealthy Russells in 1880s New York.
  • Bertha Russell orchestrates a bid to marry daughter Gladys to the Duke of Buckingham, while husband George risks their fortune on a transcontinental railroad scheme.
  • Across the street, Agnes van Rhijn grapples with her sister Ada’s ascendancy after Ada inherits a fortune, upending household dynamics.
  • Subplots include Peggy Scott’s romance with a Newport physician facing familial disapproval, and the arrival of figures such as Dr. William Kirkland, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland and financier J.P. Morgan.