Tom Raikes

Tom Raikes arrives in New York society as a handsome young lawyer with no fortune and no family name to open doors for him, which makes him an unlikely match for Marian Brook. He is charming, direct, and visibly aware that he doesn't belong in the drawing rooms he's welcomed into, which only makes him more appealing to her.

The Gilded Age thrives on the tension between old money and new ambition, and Raikes embodies that friction in a single suitor. Thomas Cocquerel plays him with an easy, watchful charm — confident enough to court above his station, careful enough to make you wonder exactly what he's not saying.