Gently with the Women

Episode aired Apr 29, 2015
TV-MA
1h 32m

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8.5/10

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Lee Ingleby, Martin Shaw, and Denise Welch in Inspector George Gently (2007)

Crime Drama Mystery

Gently's investigation into the rape of a prostitute leads him to unravel how rape is handled within the police force and deal with animosity from his colleague.Gently's investigation into the rape of a prostitute leads him to unravel how rape is handled within the police force and deal with animosity from his colleague.Gently's investigation into the rape of a prostitute leads him to unravel how rape is handled within the police force and deal with animosity from his colleague.

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

380

YOUR RATING

8User reviews

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Trivia
Scenes were filmed around Durham City including Prebands Bridge, Waddington St, Kingsgate Bridge, New Street & Crossgate.

Goofs
After Bacchus is told to back off he gets in his car and drives down the road past the brothel at the end of that road is a pathway which appears to lead to a church so where would Bacchus end up.

Quotes
[WPC Coles has tracked down a suspect that Gently and Bacchus have been trying to trace]
John Bacchus: So what you are going to do after you've nicked me job then, Rachel? Are you going to surgically remove me balls, are you?
Rachel Coles: No you can keep those for decorative purposes. You might run out of fluffy dice for your car window.
John Bacchus: Well I don't have any fluffy dice.
Rachel Coles: And you don't have any balls, either.

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Featured review

7/10

Nicely done but ultimately flawed

In terms of sheer TV-making quality, this was possibly the best story of the entire series. The camera work, the editing, the interplay of light and shadow, the background music - all these came together in a neo-noir thriller. The acting, especially by the one-off female protagonists, was exquisite and startling as ever. Unfortunately, with the 2020s approaching and with the BBC as the project's owner, the creators let themselves down by failing to resist an agenda. I totally accept that rape was relativized and sometimes dismissed as a crime - in the 1960s and today. Sadly, in the story this becomes a jumping board for laying it on thick in painting all men as brutes and pigs. Milking viewers' sentiments for a reaction. The show deserves better. So does the audience.