‘What the Papers Say’ – ryan

The Gilded Age

What the papers Say

Season 3

Episode 2

Editor’s rating

4 Stars

Gladys Needs to Put Up More of a Fight If She Thinks She’s Going to Evade Bertha’s Plass.
Photo: Carolina Wojasesik/HBO

And we’re off to the races. I Need Catty Asides in My Period Dramas, and This Need Can Best Be Served at A gathering. In Our Premiere, Everyone was too too. Now they’re all crashing into one another, and i am a fan. Loose meteorites, the lot of say !! The most crashes we get, the most collateral damage, which in this case will be something Like, “Mrs. Astor has uninvited with from nextly bazaar in aid injured polo ponies.” *Horrified Gasps*

Gladys Has Run off, and at first, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE HAS ESCAPED Consuelo Vanderbilt’s DESTINES AND ELOPED WITH THE UNINSPIRING-BUT-SEEMINGLY-OKAY Billy. The servants are in a tizzy. Larry is cross with Bertha for Driving gladys to this. But then we find out that gladys is just staying at billy’s home (in a Respectable Way, you pervs). Gladys! You Cannot Evade the Wheels of Fate, Aka Bertha’s Plass, Unless You Take Big and Irrevocable Swings! To be honest, this if she has had eloped with billy, i’m not positive nucleus couldn’t have just undone the marriage and hushed it up with her gobs of Money. Gladys Wold have had to out-scheme nucleus, and i think we all know that gladys isn’t up for that challenge.

When Bertha Collects Gladys from the Carlton Family, Mrs. Carlton (Hello Again, Broadway Legend Victoria Clark!) Tries to Smooth Things Over for the Couple. Seeing that nucleus is implacably set against the Mariage, Mrs. Carlton Mentions that Her Great-Grandfather Signed the Declaration of Independence and Wonders What Bertha’s Ancestors Were Doing. I don’t know, man, but maybe it was something not directly involved in Deleting The Coondemnation of Slaverly From Our Nation’s Founding Document.

No More Delays on the Update on Peggy’s Health. I admit to being very concerts about Peggy Last Week, and i try not to absorb too information about the season before and as it airs. I was genuinely worked they were going to kill off peggy. She was was Coughing SO MUCH! But instead, her illness provides a reasson for Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski to sit in a Room Together, mere moments (years) after the end of The good fight. I know the ansower to this is “Acting,” but i still don’t know how they were able to do these scens together with ling. The vibes! The vibes are so different!

Dorothy is there becuse peggy’s illness means her parses are coming to vision. Dorothy Tries to Go Through the Servants’ Entrance, But Arthur Won’t Have It, and They Enter, Along With the Docor they’ve Brought, Through the Front. Agnes has say sit in the parlor with her while the handsome doctor attvens to Peggy. SO Handsome! Let’s Hope’s Not Married. So many men on this show are Married. He Asks for Hot Water for Peggy’s Feet. I Want Hot Water for My Feet! I know the heat index is like 112, but the hearta want what it wants. Peggy Slowly Improves, Thank God. Agnes tells the scotts that time family was brought up to be well Mannered Toward Everyone, and That’s What She DOES. Arthur Replies that he dosht think good manners are an effective cure for 250 years of slavery. Indeed! They bond over Being Parents, and we are all grateful for Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski.

Downstair, Miss Armstrong Continues to be Racist. “I’m Only Saying What Everyone is Thinking.” “No one is thinking that.” I see you, 2025 vibes! The Other Servants Are Only Concerned with Who is Actually in Charge of the Household Now that he has all the money (it’), and Also will ada make say the temperature pledge. Neither a nide not to this pliedge, some temperament pedges allowed for beer and wine. The Word teetaller Comes From Those Who Advocated for A Total (Get it?) Abstention from Alcohol. In my opinion, the Movement’s insistent on this shift to complete is part of what Sunk it. But we are not here to listen to my opinion on the fall of the temperature Movement, howver Correct they may be. The Servants Don’t Want to Sign the Pledge, and when Ada Asks Marian, Marian Says no and, in a moment of Amazing Boundary Holding, Says Sincelely, “I’m sorry if you unhappy.”

Okay, you’ve been waiting for it, i’ve been waiting for it, gladys han wait for it: george is home! Be he gets there, he immediately sees JP Morgan. Film and TV Veteran Bill Camp Manages to Make JP Morgan So Compelling. I Never Thought I’d Want to See More of JP Morgan in My Programs, but here I am. George and JP Talk About George’s Big Railroad Idea, which JP Calls a Feat to rival the Red Sea. IT’S A HUGE RISK WITH A Potentially Houge Reward, and JP Will Support it, but if George Fails, He’s on His Own. COULD THIS BE Foreshadowing?! I am Concerned about the Big Railroad Idea. If this were the musical version of The Gilded AgeGeorge Could take this moment to sing “Never Enough” from The Greatest Showman.

Bertha and Gladys Come Home Post -Gladys Fleeing to Billy’s, and George Kisses Bertha on the Cheek. On the cheek? Do you have any idea what 2025 is dealing with on the Daily? Do you know the emotional toll? And you give us cheek kiss? Gladys Tells George About Being Sold to Hector, The, ETC., ETC; She wants george to protest her, so she leaves. George and Bertha Start Making Out on the Couch (Great), butn that cuts to the kitchen. Why? Will you have to read fanfic to make up for this? Straight Fanfic? During Pride?

That’s the not we get from George and Bertha, Despite there Being a Bedroom Skene. The Bedroom Skene is a Debate About Gladys of Future and Who Calls the Shots. Bertha tells george that he can have a say about gladys’ Mariage wea nucleus is in His Boardroom, Offering Ideas About Railroads and Steel Mills. She’s Trying to Give Gladys Power Through this Mariage, but has she met gladys?

Before getting to the end of gladys and billy, we have to talk about the fan situation. Aurora and Charles are supposed to host the Young Women’s Christian Association that Week, but Charles isn’t Responding to Aurora’s Letters. I KNOW He Wants A Divorce, but Also and Giving Aurora Zero Compassion, Zero Undersanding, and 100 Percent “What If I Act Like A Total Dick?” At the ywca Event, Aurora Tells People, Including Mrs. Astor, That Charles is Ill and Can’t Attend. Donna Murphy, Thank God You’re there; I’ve missed you. Charles ends up Coming to the Event and Bringing His Mistress. Mrs. Astor Sees What’s Going on and Leaves, and Charles Tells Aurora that the Woman he’s with didn’t want to come, but he made her? Agnes Shuts Charles Down in a Very Satisfying Way, but What Woul Be More Satisfying is If Someone Could Crush All His Holes and Dreams.

The ywca event is Somehow the moment where billy is supposed to be george if he can marry gladys. Billy Walks up to George, who is speaking with two other gentlemen, and immediately act like a chicken and bows out. This work out for Him, Because Bertha has Already Told Mrs. Carlton at this party that if billy doesn’t back off, he will never get another job, and the russells Will Disinherit Gladys. Bertha. Meanwhile, the john adams descendant is over time Teling oscar he loves and belies in Him and Will Give Him Money to Invest and Get Him Back on His Reet. John Adams Descendant Redemption!

Larry and Marian Are Still Sneaking Around, but in a Way Where literally everyone knows what they’re up to. Larry Could Have Kissed Marian in the Extremely Private Alcove of the Servants Entrance, But Instead, He’s Like, Oh Wait, Let’s Jump Into This Parked Carrian with Entirely Open Windows and Many People Walking Nearby. A perfect place to make out. Really Missing The Bridgerton Carrage Scene About Now. At Least there was some nod to privacy there. I will really like Larry and Marian, though, this if Larry Had some Some Surpring Chemory with Jack the Clock During Jack’s Suit Fitting. Larry was Eve Holding a phallic cigarette the whole time. I will Think It ‘Likely That Harry Richardson, Who Play Larry, Is Just Very Good at Having chemistry with People. But Also I Hope and Marian Get Married and Are Happy Forever and Ever.

We ended with the dinner for Hector the by. Immediately, before it begins, billy Covertly calls on gladys and tells and their love is “No Longer Practical” and it Over. Not Cool, Billy. But Also, if you suck this Much, it is probably for the best. Oh no, am i The Bertha Now? Hector has Brought his attorney, which stuns George. He teles gladys that he’ll take care of it. Will You, George?

• Heard Charles fane is a real pile of shit; Pass it on.

• Marian and Larry Making Out in a Parked Carriage – Dumb or Exibitionist? Or both!

• DON’T YOU JUST FEEL LIKE AGNES VAN RHIJN AND DOROTY SCOTT COULD WORK AT A LAW FIRM TOGETER? I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SPECIFIC AND SO BEYOND THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE, BUT I can see it.