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Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 8 - Are You Still Talking?
    9.0/10(900 votes)

    S1:E8

    Following a four-week journey from Paris to Copenhagen, Anne finds acceptance and appreciation in Danish high society, stepping out of her sartorial comfort zone to attend a birthday ball hosted by Queen Marie. When difficult news arrives from Shibden, Anne is faced with the decision to stay in Europe or go back home.

    Director:Sally Wainwright
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  2. Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 4 - Most Women Are Dull and Stupid
    8.8/10(914 votes)

    S1:E4

    During a visit to York, Anne is delighted when Doctor Belcombe confirms that she is the perfect tonic for Ann Walker's nervous disorder. When the news of a bereavement arrives at Cliff Hill, Ann's desperate reaction makes Anne suspect that there's more to it and that Ann has secrets of her own. As her rivalry with Christopher Rawson heats up, Anne plans to re-open her old coal mines and sink her own shaft.

    Director:Sarah Harding
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  3. Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 5 - Let's Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect
    8.8/10(862 votes)

    S1:E5

    The widowed Reverend Ainsworth arrives in Halifax with his sights set on Ann Walker's hand in marriage. Aware that Ainsworth's attentions are stirring up painful memories for her lover, Anne sets out to deal with the clergyman in her own inimitable manner. However, she soon realizes that there are greater demons inside Ann Walker's troubled mind.

    Director:Jennifer Perrott
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  4. Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 3 - Oh Is That What You Call It?
    8.7/10(943 votes)

    S1:E3

    Despite mutual acquaintances begin to chatter about their relationship, Anne confides her hopes for a future with Ann Walker to her aunt. Meanwhile, the Rawson brothers step up their attempts to out-maneuver her in the coal business, and Marian grows annoyed that her sister is treating Shibden like a hotel.

    Director:Sarah Harding
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  5. Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 6 - Do Ladies Do That?
    8.6/10(816 votes)

    S1:E6

    With Ann Walker's mental health in an alarming downward spiral - and her overprotective relatives watching over her – Anne Lister is forced to contemplate travelling alone, despite her family's warnings that to do so would raise eyebrows. Meanwhile, Anne reopens her coal-mine negotiations with the Rawson brothers, and Thomas Sowden's secret casts a cloud over his budding relationship with Suzannah Washington.

    Director:Jennifer Perrott
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  6. Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 2 - I Just Went There to Study Anatomy
    8.5/10(983 votes)

    S1:E2

    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. Anne's plan to renovate Shibden Hall is also stepping up a gear, and her determination to sink her own coal mines brings her into the path of local magistrate Christopher Rawson and his brother Jeremiah.

    Director:Sally Wainwright
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  7. Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 7 - Why've You Brought That?
    8.5/10(748 votes)

    S1:E7

    Before setting off for Europe to escape the heartache of her doomed relationship with Ann Walker, Anne invites Christopher Rawson to Shibden to rebuke him for publicly insulting Marian. Undeterred by his warnings that her accusations will have dangerous repercussions, Anne comes up with a bold, reckless strategy to finally sink her own pit and expose the Rawsons' industrial-scale theft of her coal.

    Director:Sally Wainwright
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  8. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 8 - It's Not Illegal
    8.5/10(363 votes)

    S2:E8

    Anne and Ann's marriage is in serious danger when Captain Sutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy Anne Lister's reputation.

    Director:Fergus O'Brien
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  9. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 4 - I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is
    8.3/10(373 votes)

    S2:E4

    Anne Lister is drawn back into her complicated past with Mariana during a trip to Lawton Hall. Determined to draw a line under the tempestuous 20-year relationship, the women find themselves raking over past heartache. Back at Shibden with her in-laws, Ann Walker receives a visitor of her own, in a sneaky move by her meddling cousins.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  10. Gentleman Jack Season 1 Episode 1 - I Was Just Passing
    8.2/10(1172 votes)

    S1:E1

    Halifax, 1832. Anne Lister returns from Hastings to Shibden Hall, having discovered that her would-be companion and lover, the aristocratic Vere Hobart, has accepted a marriage proposal from a man. Despite her affection for her elderly aunt, Anne is frustrated by the shabbiness of her ancestral home and finds her father and long-suffering sister difficult to live with.

    Director:Sally Wainwright
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  11. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 1 - Faith Is All
    8.0/10(473 votes)

    S2:E1

    Yorkshire, 1834. A month on from their private marriage ceremony, Ann Walker remains in York under the care of her doctor while Anne Lister, with fresh financial confidence and entrepreneurial vigour, renovates Shibden Hall in preparation for her wife to move in.

    Director:Edward Hall
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  12. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 2 - Two Jacks Don't Suit
    8.0/10(394 votes)

    S2:E2

    Anne Lister's former flame, Isabella 'Tib' Norcliffe, threatens to derail Anne's idyllic honeymoon by revealing details of her complicated romantic past to Ann Walker. Questioned by Ann in the foothills of Mont Blanc, Anne Lister reveals something of her relationship with Mariana Lawton, but keeps back crucial information.

    Director:Edward Hall
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  13. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 3 - Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably
    8.0/10(359 votes)

    S2:E3

    Anne Lister and Ann Walker launch a charm offensive on Ann's relatives, determined to show them that Miss Walker is flourishing at Shibden Hall. Anne is fascinated by the arrival of a railway in Yorkshire, and quizzes Halifax's men of industry on what this revolution could mean for the town.

    Director:Edward Hall
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  14. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 5 - A Lucky and Narrow Escape
    7.9/10(333 votes)

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Amanda Brotchie
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  15. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 6 - I Can Be as a Meteor in Your Life
    7.9/10(320 votes)

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Fergus O'Brien
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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  16. Gentleman Jack Season 2 Episode 7 - What's All That Got to Do with Jesus Though?
    7.9/10(311 votes)

    S2:E7

    Ann Walker's determination to divide the family estate angers Captain Sutherland, who is increasingly disturbed by Anne Lister's involvement with his sister-in-law.

    Director:Fergus O'Brien
    Writer:Sally Wainwright

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Best Episodes Summary

"Are You Still Talking?" is the best rated episode of "Gentleman Jack". It scored 9/10 based on 900 votes. Directed by Sally Wainwright and written by Sally Wainwright, it aired on 7/7/2019. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Most Women Are Dull and Stupid".