The Gilded Age season 3 was the best season of Julian Fellowes' historical drama, and a major reason why is how season 3 saved five characters who have been around since The Gilded Age began. Centering on themes of divorce and internal family strife between the Russells and sisters Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Forte (Cynthia Nixon), The Gilded Age season 3 was the most robust yet.

The fortunes and power of a number of The Gilded Age 's characters rose and fell in season 3. Some, like the servants of Bertha (Carrie Coon) and George Russell (Morgan Spector), were content with their lives and gossiping about their employers. Others, like Jack Trotter (Ben Ahlers), achieved great wealth, although Jack's rise from his life as a footman really began in The Gilded Age

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