Gentleman Jack Season 2 is unexpectedly a comfort watch

Paste Magazine

"It’s intimate and welcoming, with cozy settings by crackling fireplaces, and warm interiors of carriages and estates upon the misty Yorkshire Dales," says Alison Keane of the HBO British historical drama's return after three years. "Some of the plots are more interesting than others, but even at its most intense, the series is never designed to be too upsetting. It’s like we the viewers are Anne Walker to Gentleman Jack’s Anne Lister—it knows we are prone to anxiety and melancholy, and therefore handles us lovingly and carefully, only providing what we can take on. And like Walker, it’s hard—even when faced with faults—not to fall in love."

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