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.
该剧原案的书籍,是将心理学权威——阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒的“如果拥有不怕被他人所讨厌的勇气的话,就能够从烦恼中解放出来”这样的理论,以对话形式而展开浅显易懂的解说的作品《被讨厌的勇气》。 此次,该剧将原著改编成刑警剧,以由香里奈饰演的单干刑警·兰子等人来展现“个人心理学”的形式,来介绍“个人心理学”的理论。与兰子组成搭档、身为“不想被讨厌的男人”的后辈刑警·青山由加藤饰演,协助搜查的心理学教授、作为“什么事都知道的男人”而登场的大文字由椎名饰演。