Tom Raikes' visit to New York delights Marian but worries aunt Agnes. An increasingly desperate Peggy seeks legal advice from Mr. Raikes, George takes steps to further his latest business plans, Oscar van Rhijn homes in on young Gladys Russell, and a charity bazaar becomes the source of a dramatic stand after Bertha is slighted.

The Gilded Age Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Never the New
• s01e02 - Money Isn't Everything
• s01e03 - Face the Music
• s01e04 - A Long Ladder
• s01e05 - Charity Has Two Functions
• s01e06 - Heads Have Rolled For Less
• s01e07 - Irresistible Change
• s01e08 - Tucked Up In Newport
• s01e09 - Let The Tournament Begin

The Gilded Age Show Summary

The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand-new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost. Against the backdrop of this transformation, young Marian Brook moves from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the passing of her father to live with her thoroughly old-money aunts.

Accompanied by Peggy Scott, an aspiring writer seeking a fresh start, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war, between one of her aunts, a scion of the old-money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife. Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?