SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from HBO ‘s The Gilded Age , Season 3 finale , “My Mind is Made Up.”

Peggy Scott has come a long way since Season 1 of HBO’s The Gilded Age , and no one is prouder than Denée Benton , who plays the ambitious writer in the hit period drama.

But even Benton was surprised when she learned of all the beautiful storylines her character would experience in Season 3, as well as the knowledge that she would be starring opposite two powerhouse actresses very closely: a returning Audra McDonald, who plays Peggy’s mom Dorothy Scott, and newly cast Phylicia Rashad as Elizabeth Kirkland, the prickly mother of Peggy’s new love interest Dr. William Kirkland (Jordan Donica).

In conversation with Deadline, Benton said it was “a mastercla

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