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Chaque mardi, La Matinale propose une sélection de séries à (re)découvrir sur petit écran. Aujourd’hui, notamment, la quatrième saison de « The Gilded Age », drame historique des plus distrayants, incarné par une distribution désormais familière.

Is a happy marriage even possible in the world of HBO's The Gilded Age ? Across four seasons, that's still somewhat of an open question. The wedding of Enid Winterton and Oscar van Rhijn that opens season four of the Julian Fellowes drama makes good sense by the standards of 1880s New York. Enid, once a lady's maid, is a wealthy widow. Oscar has lost his for

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the first episode of The Gilded Age Season 4. Duchess Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga) has more challenges to face in Season 4 of The Gilded Age following her arranged marriage to Hector, the Duke of Buckingham (Ben Lamb). The first episode of Season 4 plunges viewers into Gladys’ […]

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from HBO’s The Gilded Age’s Season 4 premiere. Surprise! The Gilded Age kicked off its fourth season with multiple surprises, including the quiet appearances of Matt Damon and David Letterman. At about 8:33, two gentlemen are crossing the street together, played by Damon and Letterman. Damon is […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils the premiere episode of The Gilded Age, Season 4, now streaming. Marian Brooke (Louisa Jacobson) has been quite unlucky in love throughout her time on The Gilded Age, and the Season 4 premiere continues to suggest this may be the case after she reunites with Larry Russell (Harry Richardson). Following […]

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Julian Fellowes attended The Gilded Age’s Season 4 premiere at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, where he thanked Casey Bloys for believing in the series from the start. “I have a special place in my heart for Casey Bloys, our protector, our gladiator, our defender from very, very early days,” Fellowes said before […]

The turn between the 18th and 19th centuries draws closer with the next season of The Gilded Age, which will grace the small screen at the end of the year. Season 4 of the period drama, co-showrun by creator Julian Fellowes and Sonja Warfield, the series tackles the results of growth in industry, accumulation of […]

The culture clash will continue in Season 4 of Julian Fellowes’ HBO period drama The Gilded Age, based on the turn-of-the-century time period in America that lasted between 1870 and 1900. Some familiar faces have been promoted to series regulars since Season 3, and some new faces are joining the cast to play big-name historical […]

When “The Gilded Age” premiered in 2022, the reception was warm enough. The HBO costume drama marked creator Julian Fellowes’ highly anticipated follow-up to “Downton Abbey,” bringing his eye for aristocratic quirks across the Atlantic and delivering the requisite dose of upstairs-downstairs intrigue. But the low-stakes pleasures of selecting silverware and