E pluribus zilch… The Gilded Age ?!!

[Pansykavalier]

I must have been asleep at the wheel……. What’s this all about 😱

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/02/the-gilded-age-review-what-did-we-do-to-deserve-such-a-terrible-stinker

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Looking as if someone has stuffed a slowly rotting rat up her bustle … Cynthia Nixon (right) as Ada Brook, with Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn. Photograph: HBO
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The Gilded Age review – what did we do to deserve such a terrible stinker?

Julian Fellowes’ high-society period drama has, somehow, picked up Emmys and reached its fourth series. Poor Meryl Streep must feel so awkward watching her daughter Louisa Jacobson in such a uniformly awful show

Well I love it!

But it's the Guardian so what else does one expect? 🙄

I love Christine Baranski but the programme is absolute tosh.

what did we do to deserve such a terrible stinker?

People encouraged him by watching Downton Abbey which was surely the biggest load of rubbish ever. Daily Mail in period drama form with wooden acting.

I enjoy The Gilded Age, there aren't enough period dramas on TV.

Why does everything need to be about sex and murder these days?

Lucy Mangan looks miserable in her mugshot.

Roll on Pride & Prejudice 2026.

For some reason DH and I love this show, whilst also recognising its many shortcomings. It fits in the same category as Reacher - absolute tosh, but a must watch for us.