There is a mismatch in Gentleman Jack, something not quite balanced between the pace of the story and the pace of the protagonist, that feels deliberate. While Anne’s aunt and uncle sit quietly around the dinner table, carefully picking at their plates. . .Anne charges ahead. She seems to operate at an entirely different tempo than everyone around her. As she races around her estate, she’s often accompanied by the show’s peppy, triumphant musical theme, which is noticeably too modern for its setting. This discordant music also serves a purpose: Anne is ahead of her time. She doesn’t even quite fit into her own TV series because her life doesn’t fit into her historical moment.