The Gentlemen: what age is it for? 17 alone, 16 with a parent
17 alone, 16 with a parent.
Official US rating: TV-MA. In France, zinema would say 16.
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Alone, or with you
The official US rating is TV-MA, and we never go below it. Alone from 17; from 16, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.
The sweet spot: around 17-19, when you can laugh at an elegant criminal world without taking it as a model, and see what arrangements you thought were temporary end up costing. Why a sweet spot?
The trailer
What it's about
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire, and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.
Why 17
- The official rating, firstRated TV-MA in the US (mature audiences only). zinema never goes below the country's rating: it explains it.rule
- Blood, filmed up closePeople are shot and beaten, and blood is filmed up close, sometimes for close to a minute. Deaths come up often, mostly in the dialogue, sometimes on screen. Guns are drawn and fired repeatedly across the season.
- A drug empire played for charmThe cannabis operation, shown from the greenhouse to the packing line, is the engine of the whole story, and alcohol and cigarettes are everywhere in the frame. The tone is elegant and amused, which is exactly what makes this world look appealing rather than sordid. That gap between the style and the crime is the real reason for the age here.
- Language at full volumeThe dialogue is very coarse, with heavy use of the strongest words in nearly every episode, plus insults and a couple of slurs about sexuality used dismissively.
- Menace and humiliationBeyond the gunfire, the series lives on intimidation: men are threatened, cornered, humiliated, and cruelty is discussed and delivered with a smile. One late stretch of real distress, with crying, is hard to sit through.
- Dark, tense, and adult in toneMuch of the show plays out at night or in near darkness, with sudden loud shocks and shouting, and sexual talk and suggested intimacy along the way.
What the series brings
- A sharp look at how inherited privilege comes with strings attached.
- Fast, quotable writing and characters who think several moves ahead.
- A useful conversation starter about charm used as a weapon.
Watching it together
You might say up front that the show is deliberately making criminals look charming, and ask your teen to watch for the moments when the charm slips.
at 17 and up
This world looks stylish and funny. What would it actually cost to live in it?
Season by season
the reading per season, episode by episode · expand
Season 1 · 8 episodes, 51 min on average · zinema reading 14, 13 with a parent · France 15 · the gentlest
1 episode out of 8 at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:
| Episode | What's in it |
|---|---|
| 1 · Refined Aggression | Many dark scenes; deaths told; scary music; fights; lots of weapons; a scene of cruelty; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol. |
| 2 · Tackle Tommy Woo Woo | Many dark scenes; blood, for a long time on screen; deaths shown; scary music and jump scares; lots of weapons; bullying; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 16% of the episode. |
| 3 · Where's My Weed At? | Many dark scenes; blood, for a long time on screen; deaths told; a scene of cruelty; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 21% of the episode. |
| 4 · An Unsympathetic Gentleman | Many dark scenes; deaths shown; fights; meanness; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned. |
| 5 · I've Hundreds of Cousins | Many dark scenes; deaths told; meanness; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol. |
| 6 · All Eventualities | Many dark scenes; deaths told; fights; bullying; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 15% of the episode. |
| 7 · Not Without Danger | Deaths told; bullying; a lot of swearing. |
| 8 · The Gospel According to Bobby Glass | Deaths told; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol. |
Season 2 · 8 episodes, 56 min on average · zinema reading 14, 13 with a parent · France 15 · the hardest
2 episodes out of 8 at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:
| Episode | What's in it |
|---|---|
| 1 · The Road to Kingdom | Many dark scenes; blood, for a long time on screen; deaths shown; the monster in plain sight; fights; lots of weapons; a scene of cruelty; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol. |
| 2 · There's a Rat in the Kitchen | Deaths told; a scene of cruelty; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned. |
| 3 · Do You Reject Satan? | Deaths told; meanness; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned. |
| 4 · The Bigger Picture | Deaths told; bullying; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol. |
| 5 · A Suburban A-Road on the Outskirts of Basingstoke | Many dark scenes; blood, for a long time on screen; deaths shown; a scene of cruelty; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned. |
| 6 · The Bells of San Domenico | Deaths told; bullying; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol. |
| 7 · This Mad Circus | More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; lots of weapons; meanness; a child put in danger; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned. |
| 8 · Bring Me the Head | Blood, for a long time on screen; deaths shown; lots of weapons; a scene of cruelty; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned. |
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A zinema reading from September 29, 2026 · the 16 episodes of 2 seasons, watched one by one · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made