Netflix Renews ‘The Gentlemen’ for Season 2

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Netflix Renews ‘The Gentlemen’ for Season 2. Photo: Netflix.

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Netflix has renewed gangster series ‘The Gentlemen’ for Season 2.
Guy Ritchie returns to co-write and direct the series.
Theo James, Kaya Scodelario and Daniel Ings return to star.

Plenty of audiences seemed to enjoy Guy Ritchie’s small screen spin-off from his 2019 comedy drama gangster movie ‘The Gentlemen’, as the eponymous series soared into the top of the viewership charts for streaming service Netflix.

So we’re not shocked to learn that the company has renewed the crime series for a second season of colorful comedy/drama chaos.

“A new class of criminal.”

TV-MA1 SeasonsMarch 7th, 2024

What’s the story of ‘The Gentlemen’?

Theo James as Eddie Horniman in 'The Gentlemen.' Photo: Kevin Baker/Netflix. Copyright: © 2023, Netflix Inc.

The first season of the series saw Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate –– only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire.

Moreover, a host of unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game.

However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it, with an unexpected ally found in the sophisticated yet ruthless Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario.)

As for what will happen in Season 2? With Eddie and Susie solidifying their control of the empire at the end of the first run of episodes, we can safely assume that there will be brand new challenges from a host of colorful criminal characters for which Ritchie has become known.

This is what Scodelario told Netflix’s Tudum about her hopes for the second season:

“It’d be fun to see the business spread a bit more. How do they take it to the next level? They’re very adamant about not getting into the chop game, so how do they then continue to build the empire? Where does that take them? How does the new structure of the business work practically?”

And might we see romance grow between the partners in crime. James isn’t so sure, as he told Tudum in his own interview:

“I think they’ve grown to love each other in their own way, but I think they’ll never fully trust each other because they are so different and they’re from such vastly different worlds. There’s a love between them, but ultimately they will never be from the same cloth.”

Who will return for ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2?

Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass in 'The Gentlemen.' Photo: Christopher Rafael/Netflix. Copyright: © 2023, Netflix Inc.

James and Scodelario are mentioned in Netflix’s release about the series, alongside Daniel Ings, who plays Eddie’s wayward brother Freddy.

We’ll have to wait and see who also returns, though a safe bet must surely be Ray Winstone as Susie’s father, Bobby, who built the weed empire in the first place. And chances are Joely Richardson will return as Eddie and Freddy’s mother Lady Sabrina, alongside loyal gamekeeper/fixer Geoff Seacombe (Vinnie Jones).

When will ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2 be on Netflix?

Netflix Renews ‘The Gentlemen’ for Season 2. Photo: Netflix.

With filming set for next year, we’d guess the show won’t be back until later in 2025. Ritchie is returning as co-writer and director for the series alongside co-writer Matthew Read. We’re promised eight episodes in Season 2.