Season guide

Inspector George Gently: Season 5

4 episodes Premiered Aug 26, 2012

Previously on Inspector George Gently

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Inspector George Gently Season 4.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Gently Northern Soul

Aug 26, 2012

In Newcastle, the haven of equality found at the Carlton Ballroom all-nighter is destroyed when a young black girl, Dolores Kenny, is murdered, leading Gently to uncover a disturbi

S5·E2 Core

Gently with Class

Sep 2, 2012

The indefatigable Chief Inspector George Gently and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus experience the inflated authority of their "social betters" first hand, when a beautiful young g

S5·E3 Core

The Lost Child

Sep 9, 2012

Gently and Bacchus are thrown into an emotionally-wrought case when a middle class couple’s adopted child is kidnapped. It takes them to a mother and baby home where young single m

S5·E4 Mytharc

Gently in the Cathedral

Sep 16, 2012

Gently finds himself suspended from duty – powerless, unprotected and persecuted. Gently must confront his deepest fears and fight to the death…