When Does ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 Premiere? See First Glamorous Teaser (VIDEO)
At long last, HBO has released the first look at The Gilded Age Season 2, as well as announced its release date.
The Gilded Age Season 2 will premiere on Sunday, October 29, at 9/8c on HBO and Max. “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,” HBO teases. “Season 2 of The Gilded Age begins on Easter morning 1883, with the news that Bertha Russell’s [Carrie Coon] bid for a box at the Academy of Music has been rejected.”
“Through the eight episodes of the season, we watch as Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor [Donna Murphy] and the old system and works to not only gain a foothold in Society, but to potentially take a leading role in it,” the logline continues. “George Russell [Morgan Spector] takes on his own battle with a growing union at his steel plant in Pittsburgh. In the Brook House, Marian [Louisa Jacobson] continues her journey to find her way in the world secretly teaching at a girls school while much to everyone’s surprise Ada [Cynthia Nixon] begins a new courtship. Of course, Agnes [Christine Baranski] approves of none of it. In Brooklyn, the Scott family begins to heal from a shocking discovery, and Peggy [Denée Benton] taps into her activist spirit through her work with T. Thomas Fortune [Sullivan Jones] at the NY Globe.”
All of that interpersonal tension of the Manhattan and Brooklyn elite can be seen in the first Gilded Age Season 2 teaser trailer above. Based on the looks of it, there will be no shortage of deliciously sassy quips from Baranski, and Coon’s Bertha is more determined than ever before.
Also part of the Season 2 cast are new additions Robert Sean Leonard, Laura Benanti, David Furr, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Ben Lamb, Matilda Lawler, Dakin Matthews, Michael Braugher, and Rebeca Haden. Returning cast includes Ben Ahlers, Michael Cerveris, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, Jack Gilpin, Simon Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Debra Monk, Kristine Nielsen, Kelli O’Hara, Patrick Page, Harry Richardson, Taylor Richardson, Blake Ritson, Douglas Sills, Erin Wilhelmi, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, John Douglas Thompson, and Ashlie Atkinson.
Not all of the returning cast is featured in the short teaser, but the first photos from the season reveal some new characters. Learn more about Leonard, Furr, and Bloom’s roles in the gallery below as you get a glimpse into the lush world of The Gilded Age Season 2. And be sure to get the October 2023 issue of TV Insider Magazine, which will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Season 2 set with the cast and creators, including series creator Julian Fellowes.
The Gilded Age, Season 2 Premiere, Sunday, October 29, 9/8c, HBO and Max
Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector as Bertha and George Russell
Two opposing opera houses will divide the old and new money in Season 2, with Bertha determined to stake her claim on New York society through her preferred venue.
Cynthia Nixon as Ada Brook, Robert Sean Leonard as Reverend Matthew Forte
Reverend Forte is “a jovial, congenial man and recent transplant from Boston.” Could he be Ada’s love interest this season?
David Furr as Dashiell Montgomery, Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook
Furr will seemingly play Marian’s new love interest in the new episodes. Dashiell, Agnes’ nephew by marriage, is wealthy and widowed and has just moved to New York with his school-age daughter, Frances, played by Lawler.
Nicole Brydon Bloom as Caroline Stuyvesant, Blake Ritson as Oscar van Rhijn
Bloom plays Caroline Stuyvesant, a beguiling socialite to whom Oscar van Rhijn (Ritson) takes a liking.
Denée Benton as Peggy Scott, Sullivan Jones as T. Thomas Fortune
Peggy and Thomas will take on activist work through their work at the newspaper. Will she find her son in Philadelphia after the Season 1 finale revealed he was alive?
Patrick Page as Richard Clay, Morgan Spector as George Russell
George will face business challenges as workers of his Pennsylvanian steel plant unionize.
Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell, Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell, Donna Murphy as Mrs. Astor
Gladys Russell is officially out in society, and Bertha will be on the hunt for her perfect match.
