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The Gentlemen · Season 1 · Netflix

The Gentlemen Season 1

The Gentlemen Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.3/10. 8 episodes on Netflix from 7 March 2024.

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BollyMeter7.3/1075 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 72 critics, Metacritic 66. The consensus is 'slick as a well-pressed suit' - an accurate summary of a show that delivers Guy Ritchie's signature kinetic style in episodic form without matching his best film work. The cast is uniformly watchable and the show won Outstanding Stunt Coordination at the 76th Emmys.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Guy Ritchie's spin-off of his 2019 film landed on Netflix in March 2024 with a pedigree: the director's verbal wit, the criminal-aristocracy collision, and a cast led by Theo James navigating between military bearing and criminal pragmatism. Critics scored it 75 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 72 reviews, with the consensus acknowledging the show's pleasures while noting it does not transcend the genre. The Metacritic score of 66 reflects critics who found the plotting thin beneath the surface sheen. Kaya Scodelario and Giancarlo Esposito received specific praise for their supporting turns. Individual episode IMDb ratings cluster between 7.7 and 8.2, suggesting consistent episode quality without a standout hour. The 76th Emmy win for stunt coordination is the show's one industry recognition, pointing accurately at where its craft investment landed. Season 2 renewal in August 2024 confirmed Netflix's confidence in the property.

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75%critics positive · n=72
  • “Slick as a well-pressed suit and given watchable wattage by its cast, The Gentlemen has enough verve to be fun on its own terms.”
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Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Refined Aggression8.2

    Eddie Horniman inherits Halstead Manor and the cannabis operation buried underneath it in a premiere that establishes Guy Ritchie's television voice clearly: kinetic editing, overlapping crime-world dialogue, and a straight-arrow protagonist dropped into a world that reads him as comedy. The episode scored 8.2 on IMDb, the season's joint high.

    The moment: Eddie's first encounter with Susie Glass - the scene that maps out the power dynamic that will run the entire season.