The Gentlemen · Season 1 · Episode 1 · 7 March 2024
S1E1 Refined Aggression
THE MOMENT Eddie's first encounter with Susie Glass - the scene that maps out the power dynamic that will run the entire season.
Eddie Horniman inherits Halstead Manor and the cannabis operation buried underneath it in a premiere that establishes Guy Ritchie's television voice clearly: kinetic editing, overlapping crime-world dialogue, and a straight-arrow protagonist dropped into a world that reads him as comedy. The episode scored 8.2 on IMDb, the season's joint high.
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The Gentlemen Season 1 Episode 1 'Refined Aggression' aired March 7, 2024 on Netflix as the premiere of the eight-episode first season. Rotten Tomatoes holds the season at 75 percent from 72 critics; Metacritic scored it 66. The RT consensus described it as 'slick as a well-pressed suit and given watchable wattage by its cast.' Eddie Horniman inherits Halstead Manor and the cannabis operation buried underneath it in a premiere that establishes Guy Ritchie's television voice with kinetic editing, overlapping crime-world dialogue, and a straight-arrow protagonist dropped into a world that treats him as comedy. Theo James establishes the character's military bearing as both asset and liability in the criminal milieu. The episode scored 8.2 on IMDb, the season's joint high, suggesting the opening hour worked well for the audience that came for the Ritchie register.