{"id":11364,"date":"2026-11-09T17:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:53:25","slug":"the-gilded-age-season-4-episode-2-real-reason-why-george-spares-will-assassin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/09\/the-gilded-age-season-4-episode-2-real-reason-why-george-spares-will-assassin\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason George spares his would-be assassin in The Gilded Age season 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Gilded Age season 4 episode 2*<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George Russell finally comes face-to-face with his would-be assassin in <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/08\/the-gilded-age-season-4-episode-2-release-date-time-details-hbo\/\">The Gilded Age season 4 episode 2<\/a>. But as he holds a gun to his face, he has a change of heart and instead lets the lad and his mother go free.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you recall, in season 3 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/hbo\/\">HBO<\/a> series, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/03\/the-gilded-age-season-4-cast-characters-real-life-inspirations\/\">George (Morgan Spector)<\/a> was shot and very nearly killed. Thankfully, Dr. William Kirkland (Jordan Donica) was on hand to save his life.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast forward to <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/02\/every-the-gilded-age-cast-member-leaving-in-season-4-and-why-theyre-not-coming-back\/\">season 4<\/a> and the Pinkerton private detective agency presented George with sketches of the suspect and the woman he lives with. George said he recognised them but couldn\u2019t place them, and episode 2 reveals why.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it turns out, the culprit is Will Morris (Will Pullen). He\u2019s the son of Patrick Morris, who took his own life back in The Gilded Age season 1 after George&#8217;s ruthless business dealings left him financially ruined. The woman in question is Will\u2019s mother, Anne Morris (Katie Finneran).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11372\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11372\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-8.jpg\" alt=\"Will and Anne in The Gilded Age\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-8.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-8-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/5-8-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anne begs Bertha (Carrie Coon) to intervene and convince George to spare her son. The Russells aren&#8217;t exactly on the best terms right now, but Bertha still tries to persuade her husband to show some mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But George is adamant, saying, \u201cWhere was his mercy when he pulled the trigger?\u201d Bertha is clearly shocked at his coldness, and we soon find out the reason for his temperamental moods. George has formed a dangerous new habit: <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/11\/09\/the-gilded-age-season-4-episode-2-laudanum-george-addiction-explained\/\">using laudanum, an opioid tincture<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He drinks some just before confronting Will in a basement where the young man has been held captive by George&#8217;s Pinkerton detectives. Anne is also there, desperately begging George to spare her son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George reveals that he was actually conscious during the surgery that saved his life, and what he saw of his own existence left him feeling empty. He then points his gun at Will, who kneels and begins to pray, convinced he\u2019s about to die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But George fires into the wall instead. He then orders Anne and Will to leave New York and never return, allowing them to leave. It\u2019s quite the confusing turnaround, especially given how determined George was to make Will pay for what he\u2019d done.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>So, why did George let Will go?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11369\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11369\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2-11.jpg\" alt=\"George in The Gilded Age\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2-11.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2-11-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2-11-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, according to Morgan Spector, George never actually intended to kill Will. Despite his terrifying threats, he only wanted to scare the young man and teach him a lesson. In fact, he was protecting him all along.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all, George could have simply turned Will in to the police. As he tells Bertha, \u201cIf I do, he will almost certainly hang.\u201d But instead he confronts him in the basement and puts the fear of God into him.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1302348\/the-gilded-age-season-4-episode-2-anne-morris-will-shot-george-russell\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TVInsider<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Spector explained, \u201cThe Morrises were people who came to our house. These people were in our social circle. This kid was probably at our house. Now he\u2019s this ruffian who took a shot at me, but not too long ago before his fortunes changed he was just a kid who might\u2019ve been one of Larry\u2019s friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actor continued, \u201cI think, for one thing, George is not a killer. As much as he\u2019s ruthless and gangster-ish in business, he\u2019s not actually a gangster.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople may disagree, but I think he walks into that scene wanting to teach this kid a lesson and wanting to scare the hell out of him. If George really wanted to see the kid dead, he could just call the police and have him prosecuted for attempted murder. He\u2019d probably hang.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven taking the situation into his own hands at all, he\u2019s already kind of protecting this kid from that certain outcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11370\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11370\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/3-10.jpg\" alt=\"Anne in The Gilded Age\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/3-10.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/3-10-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/3-10-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spector also explained that George\u2019s recent struggles may have opened \u201ca little bit of a window for him to have to be a little more empathetic to that\u201d. Not only is George struggling with his business, but also in his marriage to Bertha.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as he tells Will before letting him go, when he was on the operating table, he was still conscious. \u201cAmidst the pain and the madness, I saw my own life with a terrible clarity, and it was nothing,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly, George is going through it, and it appears he\u2019s now turning to drugs to deal with the mental pain. So this may very well have influenced his decision.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gilded Age executive producer, Sonja Warfield, also pointed out to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2310368\/the-gilded-age-season-4-episode-2-george-shooter-explained\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TVLine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that George has already demonstrated he\u2019s not a killer. In season 2, he stopped the police from opening fire on his striking workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn season 2, there were people who were urging George to shoot upon his workers, but because he had that interaction with the one worker and his family, and he had gone to his house, that humanised him, so he didn&#8217;t do it,&#8221; Warfield said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11371\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11371\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/4-10.jpg\" alt=\"George in The Gilded Age\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/4-10.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/4-10-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/11\/4-10-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDespite the laudanum, despite the rage, despite the fact that this person intended to kill him, there\u2019s a part of George that could not take a life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in a separate interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/tv-shows\/the-gilded-age-season-4-episode-2-morgan-spector-interview\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wrap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Spector noted how George may have compared Will to his son Larry &#8211; and even himself.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe boy is probably younger than Larry. He\u2019s a kid who made a terrible decision,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I think partly because George is in the process of also making a series of terrible decisions, he\u2019s able to have a little empathy with that young man.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: HBO<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His decision wasn&#8217;t quite as sudden as it seemed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[170,459,11],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-11364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explained","tag-hbo","tag-the-gilded-age","tag-tv"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The real reason George spares his assassin in The Gilded Age season 4<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why doesn&#039;t George kill his would-be assassin Will Morris in The Gilded season 4 episode 2? 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