The Gentlemen follows aristocratic Eddie’s foray into the world of criminality when he finds out that the estate he’s inherited is also home to a weed empire, and wants to get them off his property. The series is currently streaming on Netflix.
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Plot summary
Aristocratic Eddie Horniman inherits his father’s estate after his passing and soon comes to learn that their dairy farm sits atop a cannabis farm, belonging to a cannabis industry empire owned by Bobby Glass.
He needs them off his property, but due to his elder brother Freddy’s continued mistakes, which lead to a cocaine dealer’s death, Eddie needs his criminal associates’ help.
Meanwhile, he’s approached by billionaire Stanley Johnston, who offers an absurd price to buy his estate. He actually wants it for the weed farms that it encompasses.
After dealing with matters concerning cocaine-dealing gangsters, Eddie meets Bobby and makes an offer in return for them leaving the Halstead estate.
He helps Susie Glass, the day-to-day business supervisor and daughter of Bobby, with the matter of placating a dissatisfied customer.
To expedite his extradition, Eddie has promised to make the Glass family much more money until they’re out of his property. This needs an expansion of the business.
Eddie finds a suitable manor to direct his criminal associates to, which is at the Bassignton house.
It is now owned by Lord Max Bassignton, who is a secret Nazi, a reveal that takes place amid dramatic moments that lead to gunfire, stabbing, and explosives.
Eddie manages to get Susie Glass a new farm and a rare art collection, while his mother Sabrina Horniman, manages to hook them up with another landmass for a new farm.
Meanwhile, Bobby makes it clear regarding his intentions with Eddie, which are to not let him exit, as he’s profitable for their business.
Eddie continues to insist that he wants out but also continues lending a hand in hopes of speeding his exit. He helps out in the export problem that hails from the port of Zeebrugge.
Their product has stopped flowing into the rest of Europe and the business overseer at Zeebrugge, Florian de Groot, demands an extra £1.5 million than the going rate.
While they mull it over, they stumble upon an alternative solution — the Wards, who are a family of travelers with frequent ups and downs across Europe.
JP, the head honcho of the Wards, wants an in on their business and the deal is done. The Wards prove mighty helpful in returning the former state of their exports, and then some.
However, the existence of Florian’s mole inside Susie’s crew sows the seed of doubt and discord, leading to £4 million stolen and the Wards leaving the business after they’re blamed for it.
However, Eddie rights the wrongs and flushes out the mole, Keith, who’s killed by JP.
Before dying, though, Keith warns Eddie about the Glass family, revealing they had gotten killed by someone they lied to him had been safe.
Eddie becomes increasingly worried and asks Susie when he can exit the business, and she tells him only when they can wash £15 million.
He turns to Henry Collins, a boxing promoter and money launderer, to clean the money when Susie is confirmed to be purposefully delaying the process using a launderer of her own.
Henry is secretly working for Stanley Johnston, but while the latter only wanted the helm of the Glass empire, he didn’t want to resort to any violent methods.
But Collins turns especially foul when he openly threatens Susie with a business takeover, getting her brother Jack into a coma in the process.
Susie and Eddie turn against each other before Eddie’s new offer to Bobby leads to him rectifying Susie’s mistake. Eddie’s family survives a near-death confrontation.
Bobby intends on selling his business to the party with the highest bid, which is Stanley Johnston, king of the meth empire who was behind the recent disruptions that the Glass empire faced.
However, Eddie, who realizes what his calling is, joins hands with Susie, the Wards, the other lords, and Henry Collins to make the second-best bid that becomes the best after Stanley’s takedown.
He and Susie, along with Bobby, who never wanted to retire and were only testing the two young players, enter a new era of their cannabis empire, as The Gentlemen (2024) concludes.
Ending explained:
Eddie breaks bad
Eddie Horniman, a sincere and braveheart soldier, who is now also the 13th Duke of Halstead, stumbles upon the world of criminality.
At first, he only uses his talents and skills to expedite his extradition from the cannabis empire he’s had to associate with through inheritance.
However, the more he dips his toes in the criminal underbelly, the more he acquires a taste for it.
He keeps denying that until his brother Freddy suggests to him that this just might be his calling.
He doesn’t want to let go of the lucrative empire he’s successfully worked to flourish so much in so little time.
The finale of The Gentlemen sees Eddie embrace his calling and talents and take the helm of the cannabis empire along with Susie and Bobby.
An empire on sale
Bobby Glass tells Susie and Eddie that he wants out and wishes to sell his empire to the highest bidder.
He will accept offers in excess of £150 million by the end of the same week. He tasks the two with getting the best deal.
They approach Stanley Johnston and tell him about the bidding. They also approach the Colombian gangster Mercy, who calls her higher-ups from Bogotá for the bidding.
Finally, they also approach Sticky Pete, who will ring up the Russians.
However, when he has his change of mind, he decides to become a bidder himself, in partnership with Susie and several other parties.
The new kings of cannabis
The finale of The Gentlemen sees Eddie begin securing investments to make the highest bid.
He forms a new company and secures five prospects he gets to invest in it.
He pools in the investments from the Wards, the aristocratic lords, his own family, Henry Collins, and Susie Glass to reach the £235 million figure.
However, Stanley Johnston’s bid is the highest. So he enlists Henry Collins and his bookmaker to frame Stanley and get him arrested for tax evasion fraud.
He’s imprisoned while Mercy is fooled into contending with Sticky Pete and the Russians, and she takes care of it through her trademark violence.
Henry Collins is tasked to take out Mercy, which he does. At last, Eddie takes out Henry, as part of his officiating his “journey” into the world of criminality, and also revenge for Susie.
Eddie and Susie visit Bobby and present their offer. Bobby is happy and proud that they finally showed some skin, which is what he always wanted from them.
He confirms that this was all just sort of a test and that he never intended on retiring.
As the cannabis empire continues expanding, Bobby enjoys sumptuous meals, shared with Stanley, who’s joined him in prison, as The Gentlemen (2024) rolls the credits.
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