The show hit a high point with "Gently with the Innocents" and the high point standards applies here again in perhaps the most episode of the show "Son of a Gun". Son of a Gun is all about such children.In an opening recalling the chaos of The Dark Knight, a band of masked robbers burst into a bank (the same one George visited last week), spattering the ceiling with bullets from a WWII Sten gun.Their heist nearly comes off without a hitch, but a boy - later we learn his name is Kit Mcdonald (Patrick McNamee) - trips a robber and the gun clatters the floor. Last Episode George Gently, Series 7: Son of a Gun. Anger is certainly something that Inspector George Gently and John Bacchus are used to dealing with on the streets and county lanes of Durham and Newcastle and yet the rise of the skin head is something new and it is a subject matter that is dealt with great trepidation and respect to the cultures that surrounded the new wave in Son of a Gun. Son of a Gun: A bank armed robbery interrupts Christmas Eve celebrations at the station and sets Gently, Bacchus, and Coles on the trail of a gang of local skinheads. Next Episode. Bittersweet Ending: Many episodes. "Gently With the Innocents". Backwards-Firing Gun: At the end of "Son of a Gun", the skinhead leader Jonjo Burden is blinded when the Sten gun he is aiming at Gently backfires.It turns out the boy he was forcing into modifying it hadn't finished boring out the barrel. Watch world-class TV from Britain and beyond Always available, always commercial free start your free trial Watch Trailer. Metacritic TV Episode Reviews, Son of a Gun, Gently is enjoying the festive cheer on Christmas Eve, until he gets news. At a coal mine in Northumbria where strike tensions are running high, Gently is called to investigate the murder of a Union rep and family man, who was found deep under ground. There is a lot here that is particularly good about 'Inspector George Gently' and it shows that it is not at all hard to see why the show appeals to many. More Episodes. Description. A bank has been hit, and there's work to be done.