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       Inspector George Gently (and MS) (TV series, 8
       seasons--2008-2017)
   DIR By: agate
       Date: February 26, 2019, 1:15 am
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       Yet another well-acted drama from the UK, George Gently gives us
       Martin Shaw as Inspector George Gently, accompanied by his
       younger assistant, DS John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby), as they try to
       solve difficult crimes.
       The plots can be fairly convoluted.
       Often the focus is on the tension and everyday interactions
       between Gently and Bacchus. Bacchus, with a very slight frame
       and a tentative, somewhat insecure demeanor, seems poorly suited
       for being a policeman, and his naïveté soon becomes obvious--as
       when he is open to being bribed in spite of having been
       cautioned on that very subject–his vulnerability to bribery–by
       Inspector Gently. Gently, on the other hand, is more secure,
       more deliberate and thoughtful.
       Gently and Bacchus  resort to violence when a suspect is being
       recalcitrant, but Gently often is the one who exercises
       restraint, backing off from the violence readily enough.  Since
       this is a tactic the police use routinely, George Gently is just
       giving us the real world.  Still, some of the scenes are grim.
       It sometimes seems as if both Gently and Bacchus are almost too
       eager to flatten somebody out and to be mighty brutal about it
       in their zeal to wrest information from the person.
       In season 7, Inspector Gently is diagnosed with multiple
       sclerosis, and the overly ambitious John Bacchus seems entirely
       too eager to see him retire.The final season is shorter than the
       others, and I had the distinct impression that whoever was
       making this series  wanted to shuffle George Gently off the
       stage by the time Season 8 came along.
       However, the episodes are worth watching and well done. Perhaps
       because a US President’s case of multiple sclerosis had already
       been highlighted in episodes of the popular West Wing fairly
       recently, George Gently’s MS, after being revealed in Season 7,
       isn’t mentioned in Season 8.. It is clear that he is about to
       retire, and some new unsavory revelations about John Bacchus
       cast a pall over the situation–though it is clear that Inspector
       Gently tolerates John as a father would tolerate a son.
       For more about this series:
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