The Gilded Age has been setting viewership records with the past four episodes, marking a consistently growing popularity of the show. As per HBO, the show achieved an all-time high viewership for the series for the past three weeks, each week breaking the previous week's records.

Episode seven ended on a cliffhanger, with an armed assailant attacking George Russell (Morgan Spector) at his home on 61st Street after Russell seemed to have successfully staved off the collapse of his company.