Review: The Gilded Age, "His Grace the Duke" | Season 2, Episode 4
Ada accepts an outstretched hand, Watson refuses one, and Bertha escalates a war that can only end badly
Let no one complain that The Gilded Age moves too slowly. Or is that just Rev. Forte cutting to the chase? He’s matched by Ada, though, who goes from foisting off the vicar’s roses on Marian to accepting his marriage proposal in record time. And with no hesitation, either! Nay, with enthusiasm! We’re all so proud of Ada.
So in case you thought the season was only building up to Opera Rumble, surprise! Opening night won’t be the only occasion with fancy clothes and lots of music. That’s assuming the wedding follows upon the engagement as quickly as the engagement followed upon the fateful watercolors. Let the speculation on Ada’s nuptial gown commence.
But spare a thought for Agnes. Just when we are gazing starry-eyed at Ada and Rev. Forte’s love match, director Deborah Kampmeier pulls the rug out from us, cutting back to Agnes eating dinner alone. At luncheon she had tweaked Ada over the “flirtation.” “It would seem a poor return after all these years if you were to desert me now,” she…