Gentleman Jack: Season 2

8 EPISODES | TV-MA

Yorkshire, 1834. All eyes are on Anne Lister and Ann Walker as they set up home together at Shibden Hall, determined to combine their estates and become a power couple in Season 2. Anne Lister’s entrepreneurial spirit frightens the locals as much as her unconventional love life and, with Halifax on the brink of revolution, her refusal to keep a low profile becomes dangerous.

1.Faith is all

Lister’s revelation that Ann Walker is moving into Shibden leaves her wife’s relatives shocked and her former lover Mariana devastated.

2.Two jacks don’t suit

On their honeymoon, Lister tells Ann about her complicated past with Mariana, while Ann’s relatives plot to marry her off to a gentleman.

3.Tripe all over the place, presumably

Lister throws herself into the arrival of Halifax’s new railway station while privately struggling to resist Mariana’s magnetic pull.

4.I’m not the other woman, she is

At Lawton, Lister’s determination to draw a line in her relationship with Mariana is matched by her former lover’s efforts to win her back.

5.A lucky and narrow escape

When Halifax is smashed to pieces after a pivotal election, Lister refuses to keep a low profile – despite the risks.

6.I can be as a meteor in your life

A rift begins to form between Lister and Ann in the face of a campaign to undermine their relationship.

7.What’s all that got to do with Jesus though?

Ann’s determination to divide her family estate ignites a dangerous fury in her brother-in-law, who is increasingly suspicious of Lister.

8.It’s not illegal

Lister and Ann find their marriage in peril when Captain Sutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy Lister’s reputation.