Another season of The Gilded Age has ended, and the frocks are more shocking than the bullets. As episodes build to the climactic end-of-season balls, we see the power shifts fracture the old ways, inviting in bold new energy. Even divorcees and suffragists are welcome on the dance floor!

Join us as we break down Episodes 5-8 of Season 3:

Gladys & Bertha fight a second revolutionary war at the Dukedom’s dinner table (hint: come at seven, wear the biggest tiara you own, and be prepared cut your opponent with sharp words); Peggy triumphs in dance-floor romance and in her career; and Ada takes her seat at the head of the table.

Then there’s that other war: Mrs Scott vs Mrs Kirkland in the dressmaker's fitting room (come at noon, try on your gorgeous gowns, and prepare to throw your sickest burns).

We cheer for both young Jack (or as Agnes calls him ‘a Rockefeller in livery’), and Oscar, who movingly mourns John while growing an inspired beard. And we grumble about the men who are making a mountain out of a molehill (ahem, Railroad Daddy).

BONUS: More Downton Abbey callbacks than there are diamonds around Mrs Astor’s neck!

So drape yourself in your jewels, sip delicately at your champagne, and enjoy the podcast!

And tune in for our Downton Abbey film podcast in September! (sniff, sniff) as we say goodbye to Downton!

Your hosts:

Shannon Bowen https://instagram.com/theshannonbowen

Therese Shechter https://instagram.com/trixiefilms

Brandi Sperry https://www.instagram.com/oui_brandi/