The Gentlemen series 2 puts Theo James back as Eddie Horniman, and the review says he returns with the same mix of shouting, swearing and overblown ambition. This time, Eddie is chasing more money, an Italian deal and a hereditary peerage, while the show keeps the rowdy tone that made the first run so hard to ignore.
Eddie and Susie Glass
The review places Eddie at the center of the action as the 13th Duke of Halstead, living in a very big house in the country and wearing plus-fours that are described as very voluminous. Last season, he joined forces with Susie Glass to help head the cannabis operation run by her crime family, so his return is less a reset than a deeper move into the same crooked economy.
Freddy is the pressure point behind that debt. Susie Glass and Bobby had held Eddie in a debt-shaped headlock because they bailed out Freddy, who is described as financially incontinent and as the reason Eddie ended up owing them. That gives season two a sharper business logic than the usual caper chaos: Eddie is not just seeking power, he is trying to buy his way out of a trap.
Marco Moretti and Lord Hawthorne
Eddie’s next move is to shake off Susie Glass and Bobby and enter an Italian drug deal with Marco Moretti. He also wants to become a hereditary peer, which would let him determine the outcome of a bill to decriminalise marijuana. In practice, that is a plot about leverage: one title, one vote, and one attempt to turn inherited status into control over legislation.
Hugh Bonneville appears as Lord Hawthorne, who is described as eminently bribable, and the review gives him the line, “I am being greased!” That fits the series’ operating system exactly. Influence is bought, and Eddie is trying to become the kind of man who can sell it.
The Gentlemen's blunt edge
The contradiction is the point. Eddie is presented as a muscular, powerful duke, but the review also describes him as bland, sad, aggrieved, and a thick-armed enigma wrapped in a yawn. Theo James seems to be playing a man whose physical authority keeps colliding with a face that never fully moves, which is a neat engine for a role built on intimidation and deadpan vacancy.
That mix is why the review lands on irritation and amusement at the same time. The Gentlemen series 2 is not offering reinvention; it is doubling down on the same loudly self-aware crime machine, with Geoff, Bobby, Susie Glass and Marco Moretti all feeding Eddie’s next scheme. For viewers who want the plot to advance, the useful takeaway is simple: Eddie is no longer orbiting the chaos. He is trying to own it.
