Will There Be ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 4? Everything To Know After That Cliffhanger

This article contains spoilers from Season 3 of The Gilded Age.

Another dramatic season of The Gilded Age is coming to a close, and the highly anticipated Season 3 finale is now streaming on HBO Max. Here’s everything to know about the status of The Gilded Age Season 4, including the renewal status, plot, returning cast and more.

Ahead of Season 3, Louisa Jacobson told viewers to expect “a lot of plot twists.” “It’s going to keep you on your toes,” the actress told People, and she wasn’t lying. One of the biggest twists in Season 3 came in Episode 6 with the surprise death of John Adams, who was struck by a speeding horse carriage moments after sharing one last romantic moment with Oscar.

By the end of the penultimate episode, George Russell was also in danger of being killed off after an unknown assailant shot him in his office. George ultimately survived the gunshot wound (thanks to Dr. Kirkland), but one downside of his near-death experience is that it may have made him more certain tha his marriage with Bertha may be broken after all. (He still can’t forgive his wife for marrying their daughter Gladys off to the Duke of Buckingham to one-up the Astors.)

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When Carrie Coon, who portrays Bertha, was asked by Variety whether George and Bertha will be able to put aside their differences next season, she answered, “I don’t know. It depends what George wants.”

Oscar, who is still grieving the loss of John, is considering the idea of a mutually beneficial marriage to Enid. And, in a twist of events, Gladys and the Duke are happy together and expecting a child.

The finale also saw Marian and Larry reconcile and continue their engagement after she broke off their relationship by letter, a decision she made after he lied to her and her aunts about his whereabouts. Another beautiful moment from Episode 8 was when William surprised Peggy and proposed to her at the Black Ball.

“We shot that over three 20-hour days, and when [director Salli Richardson-Whitfield] showed me the playback on set, when Peggy turns around in slow motion, I just burst into tears,” Denée Benton told TV Line about filming the touching scene.

Ready for more of The Gilded Age following the finale? Keep reading to learn the latest on season four.

Will There Be The Gilded Age Season 4?

Yes, HBO announced on July 28, 2025, that the series had been renewed for a fourth season, a few episodes before the Season 3 finale.

The renewal comes as HBO reports that total premiere-night viewing for Season 3 has increased for five consecutive weeks, resulting in a 20 percent growth over last season. Fan engagement has also risen, with social chatter jumping nearly 60 percent week over week.

Additionally, the third season has received the most critical acclaim than the previous two seasons. Variety’s TV critic Alison Herman called it “the best season yet,” adding that it “recalibrates The Gilded Age into a show that’s more dramatic in some areas and more lighthearted in others than it’s been in the past.”

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What Will The Gilded Age Season 4 Be About?

The plot details for The Gilded Age Season 4 are under wraps. Fellowes said in a recent interview with TV Insider that he doesn’t have a plan for further seasons of the show, but said that the job is to “reinvent” the series every season.

“But each time you have to reinvent the show in order to give it a new dynamic to fit its new proportions. And I think that is part of our job,” he explained. “That’s part of what you do if you write a series for television. So in a sense, each [season] has to have a satisfactory conclusion given what’s taken place within the series, but an open end where we may be going to, and that is the sort of double discipline that we write to really.”

One question many fans will likely have following the events of the Season 3 finale is whether Bertha and George’s relationship is heading for divorce, despite the strong foundation of their marriage. “I’m ruthless in business, not with the people I love,” he said to his wife before leaving for an unknown amount of time. When she asked if he was coming back, he replied, “Not until we know what we want.” She says that she wants them to be together, but he says he’s “not so sure.”

Could there be a chance that George and Bertha will spend some time apart in Season 4? Morgan Spector, who plays George, thinks so. “Because we know how good this couple can be together, it would be really fascinating to see them spend a season figuring out how to get back to each other,” he told TVLine.

Meanwhile, Coon believes her character will fix things, telling The Hollywood Reporter that Bertha’s “wheels are already turning about how she’s going to fix it.” She continued, “You know she’s not going to give up on it. She’s indefatigable, of course. So I think she’s looking out that window and she’ll have a moment of grief, and then she’s going to get to work on some kind of plan.”

Who Will Be The Gilded Age Season 4 Cast?

Returning and new cast members for The Gilded Age Season 4 have not been revealed, but there’s strong chance that the main cast will return. This includes Bertha Russell (Coon), George Russell (Spector), Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon), Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski), Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga), Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), and more.

Claybourne Elder, who portrays John Adams, is unlikely to return following his character’s tragic death in Season 3.

When Will The Gilded Age Season 4 Come Out?

HBO has yet to announce a premiere date for The Gilded Age Season 4. The first season debuted in 2022, followed by Season 2 in 2023. There was then a two-year period before Season 3 was released in June 2025, so the fourth season could come out anywhere from next year to mid-2027.

The Gilded Age Season 3 is airing on HBO Max.