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Julian Fellowes‘ Emmy-nominated HBO period drama The Gilded Age took fans on an emotional journey in the Season 3 finale “My Mind is Made Up.” As Fellowes writes, “In many ways, Episode 308 encapsulated our original reasons for writing The Gilded Age.”
Written by The Gilded Age creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Fellowes and executive producer/co-showrunner Sonja Warfield, the episode starts with the heartbreaking reality that Russell family patriarch George (Morgan Spector) could bleed out and die after getting shot at the end of Episode 307.
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