The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

What's your family worth?

Created by Julian Fellowes

On HBO

2022–4 seasons33 episodes7.7 / 10

A lavishly appointed period drama about social mobility and constraint in 1880s New York, where personal ambition collides with rigid class hierarchies and the question of authenticity versus convention.

It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbors as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path.

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  • Is The Gilded Age easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 79% of series.

  • Is The Gilded Age violent? Not especially. Less violent than 70% of series.

  • Is The Gilded Age scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.

  • Does The Gilded Age leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Gilded Age sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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