The BEST episodes of Gentleman Jack

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Halifax, 1832. Rejected by aristocratic Vere Hobart, Anne Lister returns to her shabby ancestral home, Shibden Hall, determined to restore its fortunes and find herself a wife.

Last Updated: 12/28/2023Network: HBOStatus: Ended
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Are You Still Talking?
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8.35
314 votes

#1 - Are You Still Talking?

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/10/2019

Difficult news from Shibden threatens to call Anne back from her aristocratic lifestyle in Denmark, while Ann Walker finally finds the courage to take control of her future.

Directors: Sally Wainwright
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It's Not Illegal
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8.11
107 votes

#2 - It's Not Illegal

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2022

Anne refuses to introduce Ann to her society friends during a trip to London, and simmering resentments on both sides of the relationship boil over. Back in Halifax, Anne is privately dismayed to realise she cannot count on the support of her family and receives terrible news about a friend. The ongoing mission to divide the Walker estate puts the couple under even more strain when Captain Sutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy Anne's reputation.

Directors: Fergus O'Brien
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Why've You Brought That?
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8.00
277 votes

#3 - Why've You Brought That?

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/3/2019

Anne finally confronts Christopher Rawson and, as she heads off to Europe, puts in place a bold but risky coal plan.

Directors: Sally Wainwright
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Oh Is That What You Call It?
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7.98
312 votes

#4 - Oh Is That What You Call It?

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/2019

Anne Lister and Ann Walker are growing closer, but are they playing with fire? Meanwhile, the Rawson brothers step up their attempts to outmanoeuvre Anne in the coal business.

Directors: Sarah Harding
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Let's Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect
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7.95
290 votes

#5 - Let's Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/2019

The arrival of a sinister figure from Ann Walker’s past prompts bitter Mrs Priestley to stir up trouble, jeopardising Ann’s future with Anne Lister.

Directors: Jennifer Perrott
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Most Women Are Dull and Stupid
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7.94
289 votes

#6 - Most Women Are Dull and Stupid

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/2019

Anne and Ann are consumed by the excitement of their affair, until bad news prompts Ann Walker to reveal a crippling and compromising secret.

Directors: Sarah Harding
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What's All That Got to Do with Jesus, Though?
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7.89
103 votes

#7 - What's All That Got to Do with Jesus, Though?

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/6/2022

Anne's plans for her Halifax empire grow grander by the day, and she ignores Parker's warnings against the spiralling financial risk. She and Ann press on with the proposal for a division of the Walker land, meeting Captain Sutherland's every obstruction head-on. But Ann's litigious determination to secure her share of the family estate sends shockwaves through her tribe of relations.

Directors: Fergus O'Brien
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I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is
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7.87
120 votes

#8 - I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2022

Anne Lister is drawn back into her complicated past with Mariana during a trip to Lawton Hall. Back at Shibden with her in-laws, Ann Walker receives a visitor.

Directors: Amanda Brotchie
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Do Ladies Do That?
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7.84
277 votes

#9 - Do Ladies Do That?

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/2019

As Ann Walker’s mental health spirals out of control, her Scottish in-laws step in and Anne Lister faces a heart-breaking decision.

Directors: Jennifer Perrott
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I Can Be as a Meteor in Your Life
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7.82
104 votes

#10 - I Can Be as a Meteor in Your Life

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/30/2022

In the face of a campaign to destroy their relationship, serious cracks are appearing in Anne Lister and Ann Walker’s marriage.

Directors: Fergus O'Brien
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A Lucky and Narrow Escape
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7.79
105 votes

#11 - A Lucky and Narrow Escape

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/23/2022

Halifax is smashed to pieces by a mob hungry for political change. It’s a dangerous time to be a Tory – and a lesbian – but Anne Lister refuses to keep a low profile.

Directors: Amanda Brotchie
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I Just Went There to Study Anatomy
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7.79
331 votes

#12 - I Just Went There to Study Anatomy

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/2019

Anne begins a playful but dangerous courtship of shy local heiress Miss Walker, who quickly finds herself captivated by the attention of her charismatic and unusual neighbour.

Directors: Sally Wainwright
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Faith Is All
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7.70
143 votes

#13 - Faith Is All

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/2022

Anne Lister’s revelation that her new wife Ann Walker is moving in with her in Shibden shocks Ann’s relatives and leaves Anne's former lover Mariana devastated.

Directors: Edward Hall
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Two Jacks Don't Suit
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7.67
126 votes

#14 - Two Jacks Don't Suit

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2022

In France, Ann Walker is shocked by details about Anne Lister’s complicated relationship with Mariana Lawton. Back in Halifax, Ann’s family are hatching a plot to marry her off.

Directors: Edward Hall
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Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably
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7.66
120 votes

#15 - Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2022

Anne Lister throws herself into public life in Halifax but privately struggles to resist Mariana Lawton’s magnetic pull.

Directors: Edward Hall
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I Was Just Passing
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7.53
436 votes

#16 - I Was Just Passing

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/2019

Halifax, 1832. Rejected by aristocratic Vere Hobart, Anne Lister returns to her shabby ancestral home, Shibden Hall, determined to restore its fortunes and find herself a wife.

Directors: Sally Wainwright
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV