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The Gilded Age S3 Bingo Card Recap for 3.01 - Who is in Charge Here?

Welcome to The Gilded Age Season 3 bingo, everyone!

Free Spaces

Anachronistic back-fastening dress: The difference between an anachronistic back-fastening dress and a back-fastening dress is that the former tends to break the pattern of the dress while looking like it could be a zipper (they're not zippers, though, they're hooks and eyes). Don't count laces or buttons down the back that are integrated into the dress! I almost thought we wouldn't have one this episode until we saw this shot of Marian:

Episode title drop: Agnes, a little under 17 minutes in - "You used my secretary on this nonsense. Who is in charge here?"

Squares to Check Off After 3.01

A man takes off his hat to kiss someone: Billy kissing Gladys's hand - thanks @sunbeamsandmoonrays!

A scene at the Metropolitan opera/a scene at the opera

A secret relationship: Larry and Marian; Billy and Gladys

A Westward journey

Ada in mourning

Bertha tries to pair Gladys off with a British noble

Carriage ride

Divorce mention

Fetching the doctor

Gladys stands up to her mother

Health scare: Peggy's illness

Historical figure mention: John Eno (by Clay), George Seney (by George), Jay Gould (by Clay), John Singer Sargent (by Bertha)

Historical figure shows up: also John Singer Sargent

New character name recycled from Downton Abbey: Andrew the footman, recycling Downton Abbey's Andrew "Andy" Parker the footman

Peggy writes a novel

Pumpkin proof of life

Russell footman namedrop: Two! James Bevan and Andrew

Taissa Farmiga has something to do

Subjective Squares After 3.01

Ada expresses enthusiastic interest on a niche topic (mod would not characterize the 19th temperance movement as niche)

Agnes yells at Ada / Agnes yells at Oscar / Agnes yells at a family member

A new character with shady motives

A secret engagement: Also for Larry/Marian and Billy/Gladys...

A Tony winning actress has nothing to do

Drinking alcohol in the morning: Given time zones and placement in the episode, it's likely that the second scene in Arizona with alcohol on the table is before noon.

Marian wears something yellow and floofy - yellow is certain, floofy is in the eyes of the beholder

Blackout Preventing Squares

None this episode!

Freebie Squares

None this episode!

What did I miss? Do you have a different scene in mind for a square above? Let me know in a reblog or reply!

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The Gilded Age Bingo - S2E2

Thank you so much to @tgabingo for the card! This was a fun way to watch the episode this week.

the marriage proposal was less 'declined' and more 'refused with extreme prejudice and intent to harm' but hey, you know, if it gets a square.

sadly, I have both 'historical figure namedrop' and 'historical figure appearance' and i didn't think it was okay to use both for the same person - Dick Sears was an American tennis champ and winner of the US National from 1881 to 1887.

I'm counting our character reveal jumpscare at the end of the episode as extreme cringe.

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THE GILDED AGE Season 3 Bingo

The bingo recap for 3.01 - Who Is In Charge Here? has been posted!

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The bingo recap for 3.02 - What the Papers Say has been posted!

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The Gilded Age S3 Bingo Card Recap for 3.02 - What the Papers Say

Before we dive in for this week, I recommend double checking your card against last week's recap as a few squares were added after the poll went up!

Free Spaces

Anachronistic back-fastening dress: On Gladys and Aurora in particular

Episode title drop: There wasn't one! 🙀 Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I watched multiple times and extracted the subtitles and didn't find it. If this is your free space and you didn't participate for Episode 1, you do NOT have this space marked off yet.

Squares to Check Off After 3.02

A meetcute: Peggy and Dr. Kirkland

A secret relationship: Larry and Marian

Ada in mourning

Bertha tries to pair Gladys off with a British noble

Brook family trauma: Agnes's story about 10-year-old Oscar's typhoid

Divorce mention: Charles Fane

Fetching the doctor: Mr. Scott and Dr. Kirkland

George and Bertha kiss

Glaring lack of chaperone: Larry and Marian (and averted with Mrs. Carlton saying that she didn't allow Billy and Gladys to be alone!)

Health scare

Historical figure namedrop: George Seney again, JP Morgan

Historical figure shows up: JP Morgan, as well as Charlotte Astor and Hallett Alsop Borrowe

Peggy writes a novel

Plot twist!

Someone is caught in a lie: Bertha not telling George everything about her arrangements with the Duke

Someone ugly cries: Gladys

Taissa Farmiga has something to do: See "someone ugly cries" (among other scenes!)

Subjective Squares After 3.02

A dramatic reveal occurs at a party: Stretching the definition of "party", Charles Fane and Mrs. Lipton at Aurora's YWCA benefit; the Duke bringing his lawyer to dinner (and stay) with the Russells and Marian

A new character with shady motives: Merrick

A Tony winning actress has nothing to do

An engagement is broken: Gladys and Billy Carlton

Gladys stands up to her mother

Larry kisses Marian in private for once: Larry bringing Marian to the carriage

Larry kisses someone in an inappropriately public setting: Same scene as Larry kisses Marian in private for once

Minor plot point recycled from Downton Abbey: The wife of a married servant in a developing relationship with another servant dies

Overt Season 1 parallel: John telling Oscar he loves him in public

Secondhand embarrassment/extreme cringe

Blackout Preventing Squares

None this episode!

Freebie Squares

None this episode!

Did I miss anything? Do you have a different scene in mind for a square above? Let me know in a reblog or reply!

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The Gilded Age S2 Bingo Card Recap for 2.04 - His Grace the Duke

Free Space

Zipper down the back of a dress: Bertha's very first ensemble, then Marian & Susan Blane, among others...

Squares to Check Off After 2.04

Ada rebels against Agnes in a significant way: Going to see Luke Forte multiple times, and then...

A marriage proposal is accepted: Luke Forte's to Ada

A walk in the park: Maud & Oscar

Blatant non-zipper anachronism: This square actually wasn't supposed to be for costumes but I'm making an exception for whatever Maud is wearing in this scene ⬇

Dialogue explicitly mentions Larry's oats: Twice in one scene!

George and Bertha kiss

Historical character shows up: Lillie Langtry, Booker T. Washington

Incredibly serious topic immediately followed by a frivolous conflict: The conversation between Booker T. Washington and T. Thomas Fortune at dinner

Someone is caught in a lie: Turner's career (although there may be a more overt option in a future episode on this same topic)

Two characters become engaged: Luke and Ada

Subjective Squares After 2.04

A Tony winning actress has nothing to do: Kelli O'Hara (Aurora Fane) may qualify this episode, but your mileage may vary

Secondhand embarrassment/extreme cringe: Frances talking about being a family with Marian and her father, Bertha changing the placecards, Turner's tantrum, something else that is up to you!

Tragic backstory reveal: Maud's

Blackout Preventing Squares

Larry/Susan sex scene, probably, UNLESS

Freebie Squares

You may choose to cross off Larry/Susan sex scene as a freebie because we did get very close!

Square Swap Option

If you started playing before 2.04, you may choose if you would like to swap an existing unchecked square on your card for "Peggy milks a cow" - you can use this to get a bingo, but you can't reuse the square you swap! (Well you can if you want but I'm making it against the spirit of the rules.)

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They should be short - they need to fit on a bingo square! Longer predictions may be edited or broken down for clarity.

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Episode is optional but not required. (If you include an episode in your prediction, that prediction may or may not have the specified episode on every bingo card.)

Examples by Type

Story beats: Oscar proposes to Gladys

Costumes: Marian's first costume has a visible zipper down the back

Arcs: Larry moves to Newport

Cast: Robert Sean Leonard's character first appears in the first episode

Examples by Probability

Effectively guaranteed: The first episode will open with Easter

Plausible: Oscar proposes to Gladys in the first episode

Probably really unlikely: Anne and Aurora run away to France in the first episode

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Hyperspecific: One of George's workers dies in a manufacturing accident at the end of the third episode

Specific: A background character dies in the third episode

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THE GILDED AGE Season 2 Bingo

2.03 - Head to Head

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The Gilded Age S2 Bingo Card Recap for 2.03 - Head to Head

Free Space

Zipper down the back of a dress: Bertha right off the bat in the first dress of the episode, among others!

#zipgate

Squares to Check Off After 2.03

A dramatic reveal occurs at a party: Turner as the new Mrs. Winterton for the Russell servants, Turner's comments to Bertha about George

A scene at the theatre: The gang attends the premiere of Oscar Wilde's Vera; or, The Nihilists

Ada expresses enthusiastic interest on a niche topic: Watercolors

Agnes is prejudiced against people from New England: Agnes is prejudiced against food from New England, which I'll count

Historical figure namedrop: Booker T. Washington

Historical figure shows up: Oscar Wilde

New England mentioned: Luncheon at the Van Rhijn + Brook house

Oscar Van Rhijn and Oscar Wilde are in the same room: Aren't they ever.

Pumpkin barks

Someone is caught in a lie: George having not told Bertha about Turner's behavior

Soup at luncheon: Clam chowder canon event

Tragic backstory reveal: Marian & Dashiell discussing the deaths of Dashiell's wife/Frances's mother and Marian's mother

Subjective Squares After 2.03

Secondhand embarrassment/extreme cringe

Blackout Preventing Squares

None this episode!

Freebie Squares

John Adams Asks Someone If They're New Here: The John Adams pick-up line of the day was more wild than anyone predicted.

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The Gilded Age S2 Bingo Card Recap for 2.02 - Some Sort of Trick

Free Space

Zipper down the back of a dress: On Marian, Peggy, and Maud, to name three...

#zipgate

Squares to Check Off After 2.02

A dramatic reveal occurs at a party: Turner's appearance (see below)

A marriage proposal is declined: George informs Oscar that Gladys will not accept him

Carriage ride: Marian leaves school with Dashiell Montgomery and Frances in their carriage

Gambling/betting: In Newport, on the outcome of the tennis match

George and Bertha kiss: In their Newport home after George arrives unexpectedly

Gladys stands up to her mother: About going to Newport

Historical figure namedrop: The Wetmores [do not check off for characters who appear in the same episode as mentioned]

Historical figure shows up: Dick Sears [do not check off for known main/recurring characters]

Pumpkin barks

Pumpkin goes for a walk

Russell servant/Van Rhijn servant romance: Continued Adelheid/Jack romance

Tragic backstory reveal: Fortune & his wife's late child, Maud as an orphan

Turner "surprise bitch" moment: Turner has returned as the new Mrs. Winterton & was introduced as such to the Russells

Waltzing in circles: Observed in the background of the Newport evening scene

Winning a bet: Dicks Sears' victory at the tennis match results in Dashiell winning a bet of $50 (roughly equivalent in purchasing power to ~$1,500)

Subjective Squares After 2.02

A meetcute: Larry & Susan, Oscar & Maud

A Tony winning actress has nothing to do

A new character with shady motives: Susan Blane

Secondhand embarrassment/extreme cringe: Oscar's rejection, Morgan's behavior at the casino, Larry & Susan kissing on the porch, Larry discussing his behavior with his mother

Can Check Off, Can Also Wait and See for a Better Option in a Future Episode

Marian wears something yellow and floofy

Blackout Preventing Squares

None this episode!

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The Gilded Age S2 Bingo Card Recap for 2.05 - Close Enough to Touch

Free Space

Zipper down the back of a dress: Surprisingly few this episode!

#zipgate

Squares to Check Off After 2.05

Ada rebels against Agnes in a significant way: Marrying Luke Forte

Brook family trauma: Agnes discussing her history with Ada

Drinking alcohol in the morning: Larry & his friend from Harvard, Malcom Keene

George and Bertha kiss

Historical figure namedrop: Mr. Washington Roebling and John A. Roebling

Historical figure shows up: Emily Warren Roebling, architect and engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge

New England mentioned

Recurring character repeats an outfit: Maud Beaton

Tragic backstory reveal: The Sturts

Subjective Squares After 2.05

A wedding is crashed: Agnes making her dramatic appearance at Ada and Luke's wedding after she said she wouldn't attend

Incredibly serious topic immediately followed by a frivolous conflict given the same weight: The Tuskegee plotline - if you have this square without "given the same weight" you can check that off regardless!

Secondhand embarrassment/extreme cringe: Always multiple options

Basically any of the following could be true depending on your definition of "yell":

Agnes yells at a family member

Agnes yells at Oscar

Agnes yells at Ada

Agnes yells at Marian

Agnes yells at someone other than Marian, Oscar, or Ada

Blackout Preventing Squares

None this episode!

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THE GILDED AGE Season 2 Bingo

2.04 - His Grace the Duke

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2.05 - Close Enough to Touch

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THE GILDED AGE Season 2 Bingo

2.02 - Some Sort of Trick

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