Flora McNeil, née Collyer, is a wealthy woman from New York City. She is married to a banker, Robert McNeil. Both attend the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Early life[]
Flora was raised believing the lie that her father, Mr. Collyer, deserted her and her mother. She lived at the top of New York society, marrying Robert McNeil. She has at least two children.
Season 2[]
Flora attends Bertha Russell's evening for opera enthusiasts. The presence of the McNeils is seen as a sign that Bertha is starting to side with the Metropolitan, with high society divided over the opera houses. She is shocked to see her father serving as a valet at the Russell household, and becomes very confused and out of sorts upon seeing him.[1]
She then comes to visit him at the Russell household when he asks her if she wants him to leave to California which she states to have been falsely communicated and says that her husband, Robert suggested that in a misguided attempt to protect her. She proposes to him a life where he could be her father and provided with an apartment and an opportunity to enjoy a familial life with her kids. Watson confirms that he would have to leave his current employment in order for that to happen and she agrees. She leaves with a promise of a letter the next day and kisses him goodbye.
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- ↑ The Gilded Age, season 2 episode 1: "You Don't Even Like Opera"