Episode
Gentleman Jack: A Lucky and Narrow Escape
Overview
Halifax is smashed to pieces by a mob hungry for political change. It’s a dangerous time to be a Tory – and a lesbian – but Anne Lister refuses to keep a low profile.
Details
- Series
- Gentleman Jack
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2022-05-23
- Runtime
- 58 min
Episode context
A Lucky and Narrow Escape is Episode 5 in Season 2 of Gentleman Jack. It aired on 2022-05-23. The runtime is 58 min.
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Episode 4: I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is
Anne Lister is drawn back into her complicated past with Mariana during a trip to Lawton Hall. Determined to draw a line under the tempestuous 20-year relationship, the women find themselves raking over past heartache. Back at Shibden with her in-laws, Ann Walker receives a visitor of her own, in a sneaky move by her meddling cousins.
Episode 6: I Can Be as a Meteor in Your Life
In the face of a campaign to destroy their relationship, serious cracks are appearing in Anne Lister and Ann Walker’s marriage.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably
Anne Lister and Ann Walker launch a charm offensive on Ann’s relatives, determined to show them that Miss Walker is flourishing at Shibden Hall. Anne is fascinated by the arrival of a railway in Yorkshire, and quizzes Halifax’s men of industry on what this revolution could mean for the town.
Episode 7: What's All That Got to Do with Jesus Though?
Ann Walker’s determination to divide the family estate angers Captain Sutherland, who is increasingly disturbed by Anne Lister’s involvement with his sister-in-law.
Episode 2: Two Jacks Don't Suit
Anne Lister’s former flame, Isabella ‘Tib’ Norcliffe, threatens to derail Anne’s idyllic honeymoon by revealing details of her complicated romantic past to Ann Walker. Questioned by Ann in the foothills of Mont Blanc, Anne Lister reveals something of her relationship with Mariana Lawton, but keeps back crucial information.
Episode 8: It’s Not Illegal
Anne and Ann’s marriage is in serious danger when Captain Sutherland arrives from Scotland determined to destroy Anne Lister’s reputation.
Episode 1: Faith Is All
Yorkshire, 1834. A month on from their private marriage ceremony, Ann Walker remains in York under the care of her doctor while Anne Lister, with fresh financial confidence and entrepreneurial vigour, renovates Shibden Hall in preparation for her wife to move in.