Tag: Gentleman Jack
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Warrior Nun Joins 2022’s Graveyard of Cancelled Sapphic Shows
Despite the efforts of a passionate social media campaign, Warrior Nun will not be renewed by Netflix for a third season. News of its cancelation comes as a devastating blow to the show’s advocates, but not just because of the plethora of unresolved plot lines. 2022 has been full of disappointment for fans of shows…
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Will Gentleman Jack Return For A Third Season?
“Gentleman Jack” is a rare gem. Even in the streaming age, the TV landscape isn’t exactly overflowing with lesbian romances, certainly not those based on real-life lesbian trailblazers like Anne Lister. But for two seasons, “Gentleman Jack” achieved greatness, telling the story of the woman that historians often refer to as “The First Modern Lesbian,”…
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Gentleman Jack Says Love Wins (And So Does Ann Walker) In ‘Its Not Illegal’
This post contains spoilers for season 2 of “Gentleman Jack.””We are the only people in the whole world who want us to be together,” Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) tells her wife, their hands clasped together. Ironically, there’s a pretty sizeable viewership that would disagree (all we want is for them to find happiness together) but…
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Gentleman Jack Proves The Pen Is Mightier In ‘What’s All That Got To Do With Jesus Though?’
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that “Gentleman Jack” isn’t a comedy. In case the comedic genius of Gemma Whelan’s every facial expression wasn’t proof enough, and you somehow missed the hilarity of Suranne Jones holding up a person-sized thermometer, then “What’s All That Got to Do With Jesus Though?” is all the evidence you…
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Gentleman Jack Struggles To Rise Above Hate In I Can Be As A Meteor In Your Life
Initially, the second season of “Gentleman Jack” felt so much lighter than the first. There were moments in the debut season when Ann Walker’s (Sophie Rundle) mental health and interfering family members felt like insurmountable issues that even Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) couldn’t overcome. But against all odds, the two women pushed through together and…
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Gentleman Jack Is A Speed-Walking Contradiction In ‘A Lucky And Narrow Escape’
We interrupt your regularly scheduled lesbian period drama to bring you this breaking news update: Anne Lister was a Tory. This is certainly not new information, but given the political uproar in Halifax, her politics are especially front and center in “A Lucky and Narrow Escape.” Not that Anne really needs an excuse to put…
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Gentleman Jack Rekindles An Old Flame In ‘Tripe All Over The Place, Presumably’
Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) has always been a chaotic force of nature, but in the second season of “Gentleman Jack,” it almost feels like she’s going out of her way to be as reckless as possible where both love and business are concerned. You would think that starting her life with Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle)…
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Gentleman Jack Season 2 Trailer: The Series Returns This Month
Great news for fans of queer true stories from history: revisionist gay pirate rom-com “Our Flag Means Death” may have sailed away for now, but lesbian landowner drama “Gentleman Jack” is back. The HBO series about Anne Lister (Suranne Jones), who lived somewhat openly with her female lover in 1800s England, is returning after three…
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New Disney+ Shows From ‘Killing Eve,’ ‘Gentleman Jack’ Creatives Include a Highway Robbery Series and a Heist Thriller
A Disney+ series from the creatives behind decidedly adult dramas like Killing Eve and Gentleman Jack? It seems like a dream from the streaming platform that dropped Love, Victor for its “adult” themes. But it’s happening, and with three new scripted Disney+ shows that all hail from the United Kingdom. Deadline reports that Disney+ has…