The Gilded Age is raising the stakes this season by seemingly killing off a second main character. During the Sunday, August 3, episode of the hit HBO series, George Russell (Morgan Spector) was shot in his study by a mysterious intruder. The screen cut to black as the shot was fired, which left George's fate unclear. "Those final scripts were a little delayed, so it took some time before I got them. But when I read the ending for that episode, I was just thrilled, because it's such a left turn for our show," Spector, 44, told Variety on Sunday about his character's possible death.