The wait has finally ended as a teaser trailer for HBO’s The Gilded Age is kicking off May 2025. And the show finally has its official return date — June 22.
The minute-long clip gives a glimpse into many of the ensemble cast’s situations come Season 3, with Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell narrating at the beginning.
“Happiness is a byproduct of a well-ordered life. Our children will be among the highest ranking people on earth,” she says over a dinner scene she shares with her daughter Gladys (Taissa Farmiga) and Larry (Harry Richardson).
“Well, when you set your mind on a thing, no one can stop you,” her husband George (Morgan Spector) says in reply.
“I take that as a compliment,” she answers him before she tells Gladys: “Marriage is a real opportunity. You can influence politics, change events. You can have powerful, interesting, lives.”
Season 2 ended with Bertha victorious in the opera war, signaling a big shift in society as she recruited more attendees to her venue of choice than the old-money New Yorkers. It also seemed that she had her sights set on a prize match for her daughter in the Duke of Buckingham (Ben Lamb). Meanwhile her railroad tycoon husband will take a risk on revolutionizing the railroad industry, which could ruin him.
“Some people want to marry for love,” Louisa Jacobson’s Marian Brook, who has almost been engaged or married twice now, says. “I know I do.”
Harry Richardson and Louisa Jacobson in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3
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This is in response to her aunt Agnes van Rhijn’s “What more is there?”
In the show’s first season, Marian was jilted by a lover who had falsely promised her that they would run away together. Season 2 brought about another potential match, but she refused the proposal made to her. Season 2 saw her spark some kind of flame with Larry Russell as they shared a sweet kiss on her aunts’ doorstep.
L-R: Jordan Donica and Denee Benton in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3
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A few shots of Denee Benton’s Peggy Scott with a new love interest, described as “a handsome doctor from Newport “whose family is less than enthusiastic about her career,” can be seen as they traipse seaside rocks.
“I don’t understand,” Agnes tells Aurora Fane as they sit together with Marian and Ada in their living room.
“Which bit is not clear?” Fane asks, to which Agness drips “None of it is clear.”
As for Agnes and Ada Forte (Cynthia Nixon), formerly Ada Brook, the tables turned last season when Ada came into money while Agnes’ son Oscar (Blake Ritson) gambled all of hers away, making Ada the new head of their household.
L-R: Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski in ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3
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“Let’s hope it doesn’t come to divorce,” Ada’s voice can be heard over a shot of a white-clad Gladys Russell ripping off a necklace of pearls.
“Nothing is as it should be,” Agnes quips as the traielr’s final moments cut to another calm meal scene with Ada, Agnes and Oscar van Rhijn.
“Your mother is being dramatic,” Ada tells Oscar, who says with dry sarcasm, “Really, that’s so unlike her.”
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