Determined to combine their estates, Lister’s entrepreneurial ambitions—including sinking coal pits and navigating local politics—continue to provoke her male rivals.
The series was created and written by , who drew directly from Anne Lister’s real-life five-million-word diaries. Critical Reception Gentleman Jack (S02)
Season 2 received high praise for its "authentic portrayal of lesbian desire" and Suranne Jones’s "magnetic" performance. Determined to combine their estates
Season 2 begins a few months after the couple’s secret wedding, following them as they set up home at Shibden Hall as "wife and wife". Gentleman Jack (S02)
The return of Lister's former lover, Mariana Lawton , creates a dramatic "love triangle" that tests the couple's relationship.