Carrie Coon's conniving, scheming, take-no-prisoners socialite in HBO's "The Gilded Age" (all episodes now streaming on HBO Max) got everything she ever wanted by the end of the period drama's third season − everything except the devotion of her husband,

Is it just me, or is “The Gilded Age” finally getting good? After the second season’s finale, I bemoaned how much better Julian Fellowes’ American period drama could be if it gave characters the chance to develop and even let some of them fall in love à la Tom and Sybil or Carson and Mrs.