在汤村温泉的“荒汤”边上,有一个男人——千秋,他已经连续八年,每个夜晚都在这里等待某个人。白天这里游客熙来攘往,但到了夜晚,当千秋伫立守候时,“荒汤”却变得格外寂静。一些因种种理由来到这里的人们,一边煮着温泉蛋,一边向千秋倾诉自己的境遇。面对这些性格鲜明的来访者,千秋时而给予劝解,时而伸手援助,有时也会毫不留情地吐槽——就这样,他逐一与他们产生了交集。
10 years after Martin Shaw turned the beloved Inspector Gently novels into a hit BBC One TV series, filming has begun on two final feature-length episodes. Back in action one last time will be Shaw as the eponymous inspector, who is tested like never before just as he winds down his career. In the first of two films - Gently Liberated - the inspector and his trusted allies Bacchus (Lee Ingleby) and Coles (Lisa McGrillis) are brought in to investigate a possible "miscarriage of justice". However, their final case in Gently and the New Age has the Met's new Special Investigations Squad boss Lister bringing in the inspector to investigate high levels of corruption within the force. Both of these mini-movies will be set in 1970, as the women's liberation movement and the rise of the Conservative Party bring clashing values to Britain.