‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2 Release Date, Plot, Cast, Trailer and Where to Watch the Highly-Anticipated Returning Series
Guy Ritchie’s crime saga is finally coming back, and fans of ‘The Gentlemen’ have a firm date to circle on their calendars. Season 2 of ‘The Gentlemen‘ will see Eddie and Susie navigating an increasingly volatile criminal empire as they expand their business overseas, facing new challenges and decisions.
The second season of ‘The Gentlemen’, starring Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, will be back on Netflix this September. After a long wait since the first season, viewers are about to find out exactly where this cannabis empire story goes next.
When ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2 Drops on Netflix
Netflix has set the official premiere date for ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2, with the second season of the action comedy series launching on Sept. 3 on the streaming service. The Gentlemen Season 2 premieres on Netflix on Thursday, September 3, 2026, with all eight episodes dropping at once, so there is no weekly wait.
Netflix normally adds new titles at 12:00 a.m. Pacific time, meaning international fans will need to check their local time zones to catch the drop the moment it goes live.
There has been a frustratingly long hiatus for ‘The Gentlemen’, which dropped its first season on Netflix all the way back in March of 2024, meaning it will be two and a half years between the first two seasons. That gap has only made anticipation for the new episodes grow stronger among fans who have been waiting for updates for months.
The Cast Returning and Joining the Show
Along with Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, and Ray Winstone, the returning cast includes Joely Richardson and Vinnie Jones. New cast members joining the world of ‘The Gentlemen’ include Hugh Bonneville, Benjamin Clementine, Benedetta Porcaroli, Michele Morrone, Sergio Castellitto, Amra Mallassi, and Tyler Conti, along with British professional boxer Chris Eubank Jr.
The Gentlemen’s second season sees the return of Theo James as Eddie Horniman, Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass, and Daniel Ings as Freddy Horniman. The expanded roster signals that this season is widening its scope well beyond the English countryside estate that anchored the first run.
Interestingly, the conversation around the show’s future cast has already spilled into Season 3 territory. Most of the conversation around Guy Ritchie’s series lately has actually been about whether or not Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, will have a role on the series, and that discussion has been a touchy one in the U.K.
What the Plot of ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2 Is About
It has been one year since Eddie and Susie joined forces to work together in Bobby’s criminal empire overseas, and as they expand their enterprise, the decisions Bobby makes appear to be increasingly unsound. Now Eddie and Susie must decide whether to take action or risk losing it all, but unfettered ambition never ends well.
The new season picks up a year later, with their criminal business getting bigger while Bobby Glass grows more volatile and a lot more dangerous, and the story pushes past the English countryside and into Italy, bringing the Italian mafia into the mix. That shift in setting is a major departure from the manor house intrigue that defined the debut season of ‘The Gentlemen.’
For Theo James, Eddie’s ambition has been building internally and is ready to explode outward, and by Season 2 he is a man very much at the helm of it, having bought into the possibilities of what both worlds can bring him, both as an aristocrat and a criminal. James also described how that mindset shift changes his character going forward, noting to Tudum that this ambition ignites a fiery ambition in him, and it also starts to move the ego, giving him the ability to make decisions based on this idea of wanting more.
How Season 1 Set the Stage for This Return
Season 1 centered on Eddie Horniman, who unexpectedly inherits his father’s sizeable country estate only to discover it is part of a cannabis empire, with a host of unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld wanting a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game, but as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it, with an unexpected ally found in the sophisticated yet ruthless Susie Glass.
When ‘The Gentlemen’ arrived on Netflix in March 2024, it did not take long to become a monster hit on the platform, pulling 12.2 million views in its first week, hitting No. 1 around the world, and sticking around the Global Top 10 for ten straight weeks. The show also hit 215.7 million viewing hours across its first two weeks, according to Netflix.
The show gave off a Downton Abbey meets Breaking Bad vibe that viewers instantly took a liking to, and Netflix renewed it in August 2024. That kind of performance is exactly why expectations are running so high for the follow up season.
Given the strong track record of the first run, it makes sense that the franchise is already moving forward. ‘The Gentlemen’ was renewed for a third season just days before Season 2 premieres on Netflix. With Italy now in the mix and the family business growing more dangerous by the episode, ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2 looks primed to deliver an even bigger scale than before.
With Bobby’s empire spiraling and Eddie’s ambition reaching new heights, how far do you think he and Susie are willing to go once ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2 finally hits Netflix?
