User Reviews

As a huge fan of detective/crime/mystery series, there is the admission that it took me a while to start watching 'Inspector George Gently', worrying as to whether it would appeal to me for "can't put my finger on it" reasons other than being young at the time and not being as knowledgeable of the period. Getting into the show eight years ago and continuing to watch it without fail, it turned out to be simply wonderful and actually became a favourite.

After a very solid, if still settling, start in "Gently Go Man", it felt like 'Inspector George Gently' started to hit its stride with "The Burning Man" and that continues with "Bomber's Moon". There are better episodes since when things became even more settled and fresher and the stories richer and more complex. There is a lot here already that is particularly good about 'Inspector George Gently' and it definitely makes one want to carry on watching.

There is very little wrong here, other than still having familiar tropes that have been done with more freshness elsewhere. Can understand the complaint about the accents, which are not always easy to understand.

However, "Bomber's Moon", like the rest of the show, looks great, often beautiful. It is strikingly filmed and the scenery and period detail are atmospheric, handsome and evocative, a lot of work and care went into re-creating the period and it shows loud and clear. The music is stirring and haunting, dynamic with what's going on and never intrusive.

The writing already shows a lot of thought-provoking intelligence and balances subtle humour and drama very well and executing both individually just as well. The direction is alert and accommodating and the story, despite having an air of familiarity at times and not as rich as other stories for other episodes, is easy to follow and absorbing with a good deal of suspense. "Bomber's Moon", and 'Inspector Gently' in general, is very interesting for how British law was like in the 60s and how much it's changed and come on compared to now.

Love the chemistry between Gently and Bacchus, one of the most interesting and well-contrasted detective/crime/mystery drama pairings (perhaps the most interesting since Morse and Lewis). The two couldn't have more different personalities and how they gel and clash entertains and intrigues. Both are fascinating characters already, and became even more fascinating as the show progressed.

Can't fault the acting, the continually brilliant performances from Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby here and throughout the show are career highs for both actors. All the support is good.

Overall, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox

The first episode set the scene, the second was great but a bit too convoluted for its own good and now we have the third, the first brilliant Gently episode.

Wonderfully intriguing with a host of suspects that all look like they did it until the next one appears. Even the motives aren't known until the very end.

Excellent whodunnit.

This episode has violent details of the death of a German man named Gunter. A fisherman found and eyeball and the police got involved. They pulled a dead man out of the water.

There are a number of people that could have killed the man Gunter. The son of the man is looking for his dad. His son wanted his father's business plus the fact Gunther was in the war and many of these families suffered from the German bombings. The police say Gunter's back was broken.

This episode is good but it is so hard to understand the English/Irish/German accents. Gently also has a drunk who understands German cleaned up and brings him along so he could interpet what the Germans say to each other, the suspects don't know he understands what they are saying.

The scenes are mostly in the dark on streets, in cottages, in police dept cells or by the river. Very depressing scenes. After you hear the story of why Gunter was murdered it is emotional but does not justify the killer from killing and that is my opinion.

Gently is a honest cop and expects the same thing from Bacchus. He helps Bacchus with his financial problems and the episode ends nice.