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- The golden age is back, and with him, the dark and the spectacular law of Agnes Van Rhijn.
- But what will Agnes now that she is lower than her sister, Ada, who suddenly reached a lot of money?
- The actresses Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon tease their arcs this season.
This article contains spoilers on the first of season 3 of The golden age, “Who is in charge here?”
Who is in charge here?
The question is the title of The golden age First of the third season, but it is also the heart of a major problem this season – the battle for control between the Sisters Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon) and Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski).
The end of season 2 turned the tables on the sweet Ada and Domina Agnes when Agnes lost his fortune thanks to his son Oscar (Blake Ritson) trusting the bad people. Ada, in turn, suddenly came a lot of money thanks to her husband, the Reverend Luke Forte (Robert Sean Leonard).
Now Ada exercises part of his new power by inviting the Templerance League to hold a meeting in their house (a decision against which Agnes is definitely). While Ada directs the servants, Agnes wonders aloud, “Who is in charge here?” But the problem is more than it is not willing to accept the answer.
“You are talking about a woman who has had this identity for decades,” explains Baranski Weekly entertainment. “I have always been the older sister, the boss, the one in charge, the one who made the big life decisions. I keep him constantly on her, that I saved her and that she owes me. It is a psychological and emotional change so spectacular, and it is very difficult for Agnes.”
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There is also the fact that ADA becomes a little crazy with a taste of power which has long been refused to him. “In many ways, Ada is still a child,” said Nixon. “She is a child child who has never been responsible for herself. Agnes was born the weight of the hardness of the world, and Ada was protected.
“His muscles to make decisions or direct people or make authority [are under-developed]”Nixon continues.” Ada did her best to be in conformity, sweet and loving. She survived by making herself feasible. Now, all of a sudden being responsible and having all this power, it is delighted. “”
“Fighting with a brother is so different to fight with someone else,” said executive producer Sonja Warfield before. “It is so busy and it is so mounted in conflict. At the same time, you can be in the throat of the other, then the next minute, you can hug it. What I like is that ADA did not just get a lot of money. She was really allowed to be independent with Luke in this relationship. So the dynamics of power, it will be fun to look at what’s going on.”
Fun indeed if this first episode is an indication. Agnès assumes (wrongly) that despite the sudden wealth of Ada, things will largely continue as they have always been. “Agnes thinks that things don’t need to change as much,” says Baranski. “” I can stay the boss, I can get the staff and make the decisions. It’s just that she has money. “But it doesn’t work this way.”
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In particular because of the way Ada savor her new situation. “There was a big fish and a pipsqueak, and all of a sudden, the pipsqueak took control of the vehicle, but she does not know how to drive,” explains Nixon. “It is a learning curve. There is a lot of pressure on it, and there is also a little hunger in power.”
How long will Agnes resist such behavior? Or will it finally give in control? “Ada has money and I have to concede my power,” teases Baranski. “But it’s a slow process. It doesn’t come easily.”
The golden age Broadcast on Sunday at 9 p.m. He / PT on HBO.
