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The Gentlemen Season-Finale Recap: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together


The various guns, Chekov and otherwise, finally go off in a satisfying ending to the season.

Sticky Pete (Joshua McGuire), the posh git with Russian backers who stole Freddy’s money until Susie’s goons beat it back out of him, an experience he credits with showing him the value of pure power. With the encouraging (and slightly morally daming) words of Freddy ringing in his ears, he finally realizes what’s been obvious all along: His title, connections, cunning, and — this is key — ability to kill without losing sleep over it make him an ideal gangster. Eddie puts together a whole consortium of Chekhov’s-gun investors: the other lords, the Irish Travellers, himself, Susie, and even Henry Collins, who coughs up 15 million pounds to cover the final shortfall in exchange for having some of the heat taken off from him with the vengeful Glass family.

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