‘The Gilded Age’ Season 2 Trailer: The Decadent HBO Series Returns in October

Nothing stays the same forever — not even on a show from Julian Fellowes, the creator best known for the comforting (and occasionally chaotic) vibes of “Downton Abbey.”

Fellowes’ latest HBO drama, “The Gilded Age,” returns soon for its second season — another installment full of lavish costumes, clashes of new and old ideology, and Carrie Coon waging psychological warfare on an impervious Christine Baranski. That’s right, Bertha Russell (Coon) and Agnes Van Rhijn (Baranski) are still at it in Season 2, the former while she pushes New York toward the urban, modern, and industrial; the latter by gatekeeping from her tea room and insisting that her niece Marian (Louisa Jacobson) focus on getting married — and ostensibly feeling less enthused when Agnes’ sister Ada (Cynthia Nixon) appears to be finding love. The trailer uses words like “fighter,” “battle,” and “war,” leaving no ambiguity as to what exactly is going on between these women and their respective camps on New York’s Upper East Side in the late-19th century.

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The Season 2 trailer also catches up with Denée Benton’s Peggy Scott, now no longer working for Mrs. Van Rhijn but setting her sights South to inspire Black people who didn’t have the same opportunities she did. George Russell (Morgan Spector) is still fighting an uphill battle with his steel plant, and other highlights include the return of Nathan Lane as Ward McAllister, specifically the return of his accent work and delightfully choice inflections.

“The Gilded Age” is a co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Fellowes serves as executive producer along with Gareth Neame, David Crockett, Bob Greenblatt, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, director Michael Engler, and writer Sonja Warfield. Season 1 received an Emmy Award for the team of Bob Shaw, Larry Brown, Laura Ballinger Gardner, and Regina Graves. IndieWire’s Ben Travers called it “gentle, blissful entertainment…not unlike enjoying a warm fireplace with witty friends” — but remember, it’s also war.

“The Gilded Age” Season 2 premieres October 29 on HBO. New episodes will premiere Sundays at 9 p.m. ET and stream concurrently on Max.

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