Jacobson brings up a great point, and the accuracy to its time period is why we love The Gilded Age. Yes, so many storylines are current-day, real-world parallels (like George Russell’s fight against anti-monopoly laws or Peggy’s mother-in-law’s respectability politics), but in this case, Marian is acting exactly as a woman of her time and stature would. It would be unrealistic and against character to make Marian Brook be chill about having sex with Larry Russell. Of all the things Marian is (intelligent, selfless, compassionate, stubborn, righteous, a little annoying), she is not nonchalant. Of course, she is freaking out. But I think it’s important to let the storyline play out as the season unfolds. In Sonja Warfield we trust.
