“He’s someone who knows what is expected of him romantically from his mother, and he’s not willing to go there.” Photo: HBO Is there anything dreamier than being loved for your convictions? This season on The Gilded Age , Peggy finally gets a glorious romance courtesy of Jordan Donica’s Dr. William Kirkland, who is instantly smitten with the writer after caring for her at the Van Rhijns’ . The two court on the cliffs in Newport, but his mother, Elizabeth Kirkland (Phylicia Rashad), disapproves

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