'The Gentlemen' Just Set Up 6 Unexpected Season 3 Mysteries

Published Sep 11, 2026, 6:48 AM EDT

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Spoiler Alert: This list contains spoilers for The Gentlemen Season 2.If there's anything that Guy Ritchie does extraordinarily well, it's going out with a bang. After an enticing first season, The Gentlemen swooped in with even more action for Season 2. By the end, the hit Netflix crime drama didn't skimp on the blood. With Eddie Horniman (Theo James) and Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) globe-trotting to Italy, new faces joined the mix as past foes came back to haunt 'em. With a brutal image viscerally haunting our nightmares, The Gentlemen set up Season 3 with some major mysteries.

After being picked up for a third season before Season 2 dropped, our view of the new season shifted as we knew the season would be setting up for a third adventure. With big cliffhangers and burning questions emerging, these unexpected mysteries are destined to change the direction The Gentlemen heads next. With alliances shifting, vengeance needing to be served, and a body count climbing, we need Season 3 to head first into these major moments. Though, just don't expect an appearance from Meghan Markle.

After Sparing Freddy, What Will Eddie Do With Him Next?

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Well, no one saw that one coming! The one thing we learned about The Gentlemen is that when you betray someone, it's off with your head. Sometimes literally. For the most part, dear ol' brother Freddy Horniman (Daniel Ings) has been on the outskirts, having been staying at a religious rehab center. Unfortunately, no one expected his cohabitant to be rival crime figure John "The Gospel" Dixon (Pearce Quigley). Gospel John formed an unlikely alliance with Freddy as revenge for the murder of his brother, Tommy Dixon (Peter Serafinowicz). Fueled by deep-seated resentment over losing the Halstead estate inheritance to his brother, Freddy helped orchestrate the attack on his own family, which included the plane explosion intended for Eddie and his new wife, Countess Bella Soranza de Parma (Benedetta Porcaroli). Eddie is a brilliant mind, tracing the devastating betrayal back to his bumbling brother.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, James revealed how the creative team came to the shocking finale. "He can't murder his brother straight up and straight out because then he loses his family, but he has to have some semblance of revenge," he shared. In his newfound dark mode, Eddie could have easily killed his own brother, but knowing it would splinter and destroy his family, he sparred with him on one condition: Someone had to die. Having already captured Gospel John, Eddie brutally attacked Freddy and said someone had to die. So, he tossed him into a van with a chainsaw, forcing him to murder John. And he did, having maniacally emerged with John's severed head in his hands. It was a chilling conclusion, but it elevated Eddie to a high place of power. But what does that mean for Freddy? He is further in debt to his brother, who is equally shattered and broken. Any hope of regaining the inheritance is tattered. Freddy will be forced to be Eddie's weapon; what he says goes, and that will mean further murder if need be. Freddy will likely start as a dangerous, obedient enforcer, but he's likely to break before long. His survival literally depends on the whims of the man he betrayed.

Will Eddie Tell Marco the Truth About Who Killed Bella?

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For Season 2, Eddie and Susie expanded their marijuana ring eastward to Italy. Having struck a deal with Marco Moretti (Sergio Castellitto), they were now in bed with the ruthless head of an Italian Mafia crime family. Eddie tried to distance himself from his partnership to work with Eddie singularly. This also meant marrying into the family via his goddaughter, Bella. But happily ever after only lasted a day, as Bella was assassinated, leaving both Eddie and Marco shattered. Unfortunately, as of now, only one party knows who was behind the attack: Eddie.

If there is one thing that we know about Marco, it's that he is vicious. At the beginning of the season, we watched as Marco unleashed his wrath after brutally feeding Cico Maldini (Michele Morrone) to his tiger after double-dealing. So, imagine his reaction if Eddie reveals the truth about Bella's death. Marco had already sent an assassin to take down Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone) when he believed he was the culprit, and Eddie had to physically stop him in the act. Despite their amicable dealings, revealing the truth can be a death sentence for Eddie. Eddie likely has no plans to spill the beans, but if Marco catches wind, it could put Eddie on the defensive.

Will Eddie and Susie Ever Act on Their Sexual Tension?

It's inevitable that people will question the intimate relationship between a man and a woman when they work so closely together. It's not right, but it's always going to happen. So, for two seasons, there was always that cloud hanging over the heads of Susie and Eddie. Their will-they-won't-they dynamic has always leaned toward the latter. And it seemed like a hard line — it was never going to happen, with the temporary dissolution of their working partnership and Eddie's marriage to Bella. Now that Bella is unfortunately out of the picture, the "Suddie" crowd is rising up once again. But will they act on it? Scodelario certainly has some feelings about the duo. Alluding to Collider, she revealed, "Their ambitions are growing, and they have very separate ambitions," while also noting, "There is a love there. There is a respect there. There is a friendship there. There is a very good working relationship there. And I think trying to shoehorn in any kind of romance at this point wouldn't make sense for the journey that we're on this season."

Their dynamic is quite intense. There is no denying the sexual tension, but whether they will ever test the waters or even be endgame seems to be shrinking with time. Keeping their relationship unconsummated allows their sharp, dangerous bond to flourish. Now that they are back to working together again, their complex bond is shifting again. They do say that third time's the charm, so if something were to blossom, Season 3 might be it. That is if Susie is willing to get into bed with a much darker side of Eddie. In his interview with The Hollywood Reporter, James compared the pair to Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis in Moonlighting, "Two people who are kind of in love, but never quite get together." That said, he put the kabosh on Suddie, for now. "I think the realities of an indentured Duke and then peer of the realm getting with a gangster's daughter who runs a criminal empire is pretty unlikely," James joked.

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Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt

Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn't work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.

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01

You're dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.

ASomeone who already has three contingency plans running and is calmly working through all of them. BSomeone who reads the terrain instinctively and knows exactly how to use it against the enemy. CSomeone who keeps their nerve and their sense of humour when everything is falling apart. DSomeone who knows the history of wherever we are and what we're walking into. ESomeone with the right contact, the right cover identity, and the right exit already arranged.

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02

You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.

AOn foot through terrain no one else would attempt — I move where vehicles can't follow. BOn a motorcycle, a cargo plane, or anything else that gets me there before I think too hard about it. CIn something that belongs to someone else — borrowed, stolen, or improvised under fire. DFirst class, with a cover identity and a gadget that does something I won't explain until it's needed. EBy whatever means are available — I've driven, flown, and once arrived by camel. The destination matters, not the method.

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03

You're pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.

ADisappears into the environment, flanks them silently, and ends it before I've reloaded. BCracks a one-liner, grabs a fire extinguisher or a chair, and improvises something that somehow works. CProduces a gadget specifically designed for this exact scenario and uses it with infuriating precision. DPulls out a whip, a pistol, and an archaeological insight that somehow gets us out alive. ENeutralises the threat with maximum efficiency and minimum words — they were already three moves ahead.

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04

The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.

AA bar with terrible lighting, cold beer, and absolutely no questions about feelings. BThe finest restaurant in the city, a bottle of something expensive, and a conversation that is equal parts brilliant and exhausting. CA local dig site, a museum after hours, or a long story about why that particular artefact matters to human civilisation. DPizza. Bad TV. Falling asleep halfway through a movie neither of you were watching anyway. EA debrief that turns into three hours of contingency planning that somehow becomes the most fun you've had all week.

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05

How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.

APrecise and minimal — tell me what I need to know and nothing else. Every word has a cost. BDeadpan and dry — keeping it light keeps me sharp, even when everything is on fire. CEnthusiastic and slightly chaotic — but always with useful information buried somewhere in the noise. DCalm and controlled through an earpiece, with a plan that covers every variable I haven't thought of yet. EBarely at all — silence is a language and they speak it fluently.

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06

Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.

AInfiltrate their inner circle, learn everything, and dismantle them from inside out before they know we're there. BStudy the historical pattern — every villain of this type has a weakness written somewhere in the past. CGet them talking. The more they monologue, the more time I have to figure out how to beat them. DGo through them. Directly. With as much force as the terrain allows. EFind the one thing they haven't accounted for — there's always one thing — and make sure we're holding it.

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07

Things go badly wrong and you're captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.

ACome in alone, quietly, and get me out before anyone knows they were there. BHave already been working on the extraction since the moment I disappeared — the plan is already running. CCome in loud, come in fast, and worry about the collateral damage later — I'd do the same for them. DUse every resource, every contact, and bend every rule until I'm out — they don't leave people behind. ECharm their way in somehow, bluff through the hard part, and still manage to look good doing it.

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08

What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn't replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn't know you had.

ATechnology that shouldn't exist yet and the training to use it under any conditions. BSurvival instinct so refined it borders on supernatural — and the scars to prove it's been tested. CKnowledge of history, language, and culture that makes them invaluable in places where force is useless. DThe ability to walk into any room in the world and immediately become the most trusted person in it. EStubbornness that refuses to accept a situation is hopeless — and the improvisational skill to back it up.

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09

Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.

AA partner who never fully switches off — always watching exits, always calculating threats, even at dinner. BA partner who gets the job done brilliantly but has the emotional availability of a locked filing cabinet. CA partner who makes everything ten times more complicated than it needs to be — but who always comes through. DA partner who gets personally attached to every relic, ruin, and artefact we encounter, which slows everything down. EA partner who was not built for this and knows it — but shows up anyway, every time, without being asked.

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10

It's the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.

AOne line. Absolutely dry. Delivered like the world isn't ending. Then we move. BNothing said at all — just a look that means we both already know what has to happen. CA plan I don't fully understand that somehow accounts for everything, delivered in thirty seconds flat. DA piece of historical context that reframes the entire situation and tells us exactly what to do next. ESomeone who steps forward instead of back — because that's who they've always been.

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Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…

Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.

Rambo

Your partner doesn't talk much, doesn't need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you've finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You'll never need to ask if he has your back. You'll just know.

James Bond

Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it'll take you a moment to remember what's actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You'll never be bored. You'll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.

Indiana Jones

Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar's eye and a brawler's instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn't matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you'll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.

John McClane

Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren't so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.

Ethan Hunt

Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you've finished reading the briefing, and the plan he's settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn't exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.

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Where Does Eddie Stand With Bobby Glass?

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Few people are more terrifying and threatening than Bobby Glass. The incarcerated head of the massive Glass Crime Syndicate has found himself living a comfortable, low-security life that allows him to enjoy luxury and run his illegal operations. He may not be out in the field, but his presence certainly looms large. Eddie has become a de facto son of sorts through their working relationship, but now he's tied to him even more, as he now owns Eddie's debt to his estate. The power battle between Eddie and Bobby is more complicated than ever. Though Eddie did assume Bobby was behind the hits on his family and Bella, Eddie saved him from a hitman. But is a life saved equal to being monetarily indebted?

Bobby sees Eddie as a formidable asset as his vengeance rises. But Eddie won't stop expanding his operation because Bobby has something on him. They both need the other alive, setting up a brilliant power struggle. Of course, Susie will be in the middle. She's certainly picked Eddie over her father in the past, but it's a new playing field, so it's fair game. At some point, only one will prevail. As James revealed to The Hollywood Reporter, "Ultimately, he's on a path to surpass Bobby [as a drug lord], but also get complete vengeance from his brother. How that enacts itself is still in the process [of being determined]. But on top of that, I think we're going to expand the world further." And then there is also the mythic Nordic sauna spirit known as the Bannik who visits Bobby to offer advice. Is Bobby losing his grip on reality, or is a real supernatural entity running the crime syndicate? This might be the element that takes Bobby down by questioning his credibility to rule. As Winstone alluded to Collider, "I'm treading lightly here because, with me, I'm not quite sure where I'm going, whether he's losing his mind or not, or whether he's playing a game."

How Far to the Dark Side Has Eddie Gone?

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Season 1 showed a very morally aligned version of Eddie. After feeling the allure of money and power, Eddie moved toward a darker side in Season 2. It wasn't entirely by choice, but by influence. This prophetically aligns with the psychological mind games Stanley Johnston (Giancarlo Esposito)instilled in Eddie. The ultra-wealthy American billionaire and sophisticated meth mogul had an affinity for art and history during Season 2, compelling Eddie's ego by likening him to the "king" of the underworld. But that also means having the dual responsibility of balancing both forgiveness and judgment. Uncle Stan tells Eddie that he sees a bright future beyond what the normal eye can see, which ironically validates his descent into darkness. While Eddie may seem to have the upper hand, he actually loses the psychological game when Stan sells Eddie's debt to Bobby Glass. Esposito told Collider, "He sees something in Eddie that he admires and that he would like to cultivate, and I think Stanley Johnston is in for the long game. I think he's going to cultivate Eddie, and I think he has an idea of where that should go." There is an end game for Uncle Stan in terms of Eddie, and possibly Bobby.

This move traps Eddie, pushing him to become the independent king Stan needs him to be. It came to fruition when he balanced judgment and forgiveness regarding Freddy, but that was a move regarding family. Will Eddie have that same semblance of morality with those who are not blood? Eddie is no longer the reluctant aristocrat, but a fully hardened, calculating drug lord ready to embrace power. Will he try to build his own loyal faction to reach the tippy top? Eddie's dark side was shaped by influential individuals, a brutal path of revenge after a tragic loss, and being forced into a position where his ego reigns supreme. The guardrails are gone for good. As James told The Hollywood Reporter, "How far has he lost himself, and how much has he corroded his soul?" He continued to tell Collider that part of Eddie's ambition is driven by his dark desire to reclaim his land. "I think ego and power is slowly leaking into his being," he shared. "On a kind of surface level, it's the idea of claiming back what once was the family's and once his lineage, but on a grander scale, it's about British colonial power, the ghost of that."

Where Does the Rest of the Family Go Next?

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The Gentlemen has served as a cautious reminder that a life of crime is not only about the active players; family members are fair game. Perhaps the season's most engaging and unexpected episode was Season 2, Episode 7's "This Mad Circus." With Eddie being the prime target, Bella was the casualty, but she was not alone. Freddy and Gospel John sent mercenaries out to kidnap baby Tarquin, the newborn child of Charly Horniman (Jasmine Blackborow) and Nanny Asante (Benjamin Clementine). Thanks to the bravery of gamekeeper Geoffrey Seacombe (Vinnie Jones), Charly, Nanny, their baby, and the Dowager Duchess Sabrina Horniman (Joely Richardson) made it out alive. But they've been driven deeper into a world they may not want to be a part of.

Former soldier and equerry to the king, Nanny is adamant that he bring his family to safety. Where? The unused house on the King's Sandringham estate. Eddie is none too keen on this, though, believing the family must stay on the grounds until he permits. Nanny isn't thrilled with the family business and may become a bigger headache for Eddie going forward. Now to mother dearest. Sabrina inadvertently reveals the truth about Freddy, causing the familiar friction. Sabrina demanded that Eddie put family first, and he obliged. Massive fallout will inevitably follow once Sabrina hears what Eddie forced Freddy to do. Will she pick a side or continue to harbor the necessity for the bonds of blood? The truth is, as long as Geoffrey keeps the household safe through his deep-rooted debt of loyalty, more family dysfunction is inevitable.

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