While The Gilded Age season 3 followed several romances, the clear standout in terms of sheer swoonworthiness and hardships overcome is the courtship between Peggy Scott (Denée Benton) and Dr. William Kirkland (Jordan Donica).

Episode 5 started with a lovely baseball game date and ended with William nearly coming to blows with T. Thomas Fortune as he used Peggy’s assignment to interview Frances Ellen Watkins Harper as an excuse to get back together. Peggy reinforced her professional boundaries and also chose to continue courting William.

The bigger obstacle to their relationship was William’s mother, Elizabeth. She didn’t like that Arthur Scott set up his pharmacy after emancipation, and that Peggy had darker skin than members of her family. Her initial disapproval took a turn for

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