It\u2019s hardly surprising then, that fans were dismayed to hear that HBO will not be renewing the show<\/a>, which is a co-production between the US network and the BBC, for a third season.\u00a0Having said that, all is not lost as the BBC has since stated that it is \u201cin discussions\u201d with\u00a0Wainwright about \u201cwhat\u2019s next\u201d, and so there may still be hope for the show\u2019s future after all.<\/p>\n The surprising news of Gentleman Jack\u2019s cancellation comes not longer after the show aired its second season which,\u00a0following on from Anne\u2019s wedding (of sorts) with Ann Walker\u00a0in season 1, saw a number of obstacles arise for the couple<\/a>, both in personal and business matters \u2013\u00a0and left their story far from complete.<\/p>\n While the season 2 finale<\/a> did see Anne and Ann reconcile after a brief breakup, Captain Sutherland sign the division of the Walker estate, and Ann triumphantly lay the first stone at Lister\u2019s Northgate casino,\u00a0there were still plenty of loose ends left untied.<\/p>\n As fans of the show will know,\u00a0Lister sunk a great deal of money into the conversion of Northgate House into a hotel and casino, not to mention her ambitious coal pursuits, despite warnings from her father Jeremy that she might leave the Listers financially bereft, and whether she\u2019ll be able to make a decent profit remains to be seen.<\/p>\n As for the rest of the Listers, when we left Marian in season 2, she\u00a0was blaming Anne for the collapse of her intended marriage to Mr Abbott and planning to escape to Market Weighton with their father. But could she come to her senses in another season?<\/p>\n There\u2019s also the question of Anne\u2019s former lover Mariana Lawton, who Anne paid a visit to in season 2 \u2013 with disastrous consequences for her marriage to Ann. Whether Lister\u2019s moment of passion with Mariana will turn into a full blown affair remains to be seen, and there\u2019s certainly scope to explore this in further seasons.\u00a0Of course, those familiar with Lister\u2019s diaries will know this isn\u2019t the case,<\/a>\u00a0but the dramatic potential still remains.<\/p>\n Anne and Ann stayed together until\u00a0Lister\u2019s death in 1840 and, with season 2 coming to a close in 1835\u00a0\u2013 when\u00a0Ann laid the first stone at Lister\u2019s Northgate casino\u00a0\u2013 there\u2019s still around five years of source material left to play with.<\/p>\n In this time, Anne and Ann embarked on another epic, almost seven-month long\u00a0trip to France in 1838. And six months later, Anne insisted on another journey to Russia, though this did prove to be her final adventure; she died of a fever travelling through what is now Georgia.<\/p>\n Gentleman Jack doesn\u2019t actually introduce Anne until pretty late in her life, with season 1 beginning in 1832 when Anne was already 41. Lister had already led an extremely interesting life up to this point, travelling and\u00a0studying under some of the top scientists in Europe.<\/p>\n Of course, in some ways, it feels like Wainwright has missed a trick here by having Anne meet Ann, her soulmate, right at the beginning of the first season \u2013 and getting her happily ever after at the end of it \u2013\u00a0rather than\u00a0starting with her earlier romantic experiences and wild adventures, which are constantly alluded to in the show.<\/p>\n But it could be interesting to see Gentleman Jack season 3 feature flashbacks from Lister\u2019s past, or even act as a prequel to the first two seasons.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Gentleman Jack seasons 1 and 2 are available to<\/strong> stream in full on BBC iPlayer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Looking for something else to watch? Take a look at the rest of our<\/strong> Drama<\/a> coverage or check out our TV Guide<\/a><\/strong> to find out what is on television this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013 <\/span>subscribe now<\/a> and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Molly Moss Published: Friday, 08 July 2022 at 12:00 am Gentleman Jack first came on our screens over three years ago to tell the story of Anne Lister, a 19th century businesswoman, landowner and mountaineer termed by many as \u201cthe first modern lesbian\u201d. 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