Inspector George Gently

Bacchus, of course, is a gorgeous character in his inconsistency: at his core, he seems to be a good guy, loyal and ready to go the right way, but how often he behaves like a complete bastard. And then... when he began to defend himself, when he took away the protocol of the witness' interrogation, I just couldn't find a place for myself: how?! HOW?! all these seasons (read - six years of work) side by side with Gently, all the seemingly positive trends in his attitude to work and people are all down the drain?!

But after cooling off a bit, I realized that the creators of the series still quite elegantly round out the story, bringing the old and the new (as we see, still unstable) version of Bacchus face to face in order to give him the opportunity to choose his own path. In fact, there is a defining moment in John's life right now: Gently is leaving, and he is losing this support, this guideline - will he be able to continue moving in the right direction on his own, or will he fall back to his previous version, knocking out testimony and planting evidence? The fact that he eventually handed over the protocol, and even brought a witness (but I was afraid that he was looking for him with bad intentions) gives me hope.

Well, Martin Shaw is great too. What kind of silent close-ups he has: he takes a drag on a cigarette, tilts his head slightly, takes a long look - and behind these little things you can read so much. It's magical!

George left behind two wonderful heirs. I believe they will do their job well.
It's a logical and beautiful ending for the series, but I almost burst into tears myself when George was killed. Especially when John arrived at the crime scene. This scene really touched me.

After the last season.

The picture has become better, and the stories are more tragic. Again, I would like to mention the good performance of Lee Ingleby, he has grown a lot since the first season. It's a pity to part with Inspector Gently, but the series finale turned out to be decent. So is the death of the main character, as well as his life.

A political detective story is always hard to watch. On the one hand, it's purely technical - it's so twisted and twisted that try to keep track of who's who here, and who benefits from what (especially without knowing too much about the British political system). But the main thing is that such stories make us feel very uncomfortable, because they clearly demonstrate to us that they have their own ideas about "decency", that everything revolves around who benefits, and to achieve this benefit they unceremoniously use honest and principled people, who are then "wasted."

But the series finale is good. We went back to the beginning, developed and completed the line of relations between George and Isabella. And, it seems, for the first time in ten years, we saw how Gently gave free rein to emotions, released all the pain and anger that had accumulated in him over the years.
Bacchus was finally rehabilitated in our eyes, and Rachel and he really made a wonderful tandem. You look at them and believe that somewhere behind the scenes, Gently's case will live on.

It was nice to see Stephen Robertson. It's a pity there wasn't much of him - in fact, he only flashed a couple of times in his spectacular red scarf, and there wasn't even enough time to suspect his character or one of his associates of murder.
In general, the series is so intense that it seems that there would be enough events for two. But, on the other hand, this conciseness and concentration are just very good at building tension.
The music is wonderful. And just a heartbreaking scene on the beach. It turned out to be a strong ending!

Очень понравилась серия. И слова: It's all right for that lot to have free love. But not for chaps like me.