HBO's fictional epic Age, developed and written by Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey. The show is set in a period when great changes have taken place in the American economy. The story begins in 1882 about the young orphan Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), the daughter of a southern general who lives in the New York home of traditional aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). Peggy Scott (Denn é e Benton), a mysterious but talented African-American woman, disguises herself as Marian's maid. Accompanied by Peggy, Marian is inadvertently involved in a social status war: between the distinguished families represented by his aunt, which are passed down from generation to generation, and his wealthy tycoon neighbors. George Russell (Morgan...), a ruthless railway tycoon in the neighbor's house.