Oh Is That What You Call It?

"**Oh Is That What You Call It**" is the third episode in the first series of the BBC historical drama ***Gentleman Jack***. It originally aired in May of 2019 in the United States, then aired a month later in the United Kingdom.

## Plot

Anne and Miss Walker's relationship begins to become intimate. Anne proposes a future with Miss Walker of them living together as a married couple. Miss Walker responds by saying they should wait six months before committing. The Rawson brothers try to outmaneuver Anne in the coal business by making a low offer. Mr. Booth proposes marriage to Eugénie to protect her honor. Feeling powerless, Marian threatens her sister by marrying a man to bear a male heir and challenge the ownership of Shibden. Anne realises Sam Sowden arrived to work drunk and dismisses him. Sowden's drunken threats force Thomas to take him home and tie him up. Later on, Thomas feeds him to the family pigs after killing him in self defense.

## Major Events

* John Booth proposes to Eugene and she says yes.
* Anne Lister and Ann Walker share their first kiss in the cottage in the woods.
* Anne asks her aunt's opinion about asking Miss Walker to be her companion. Aunt Anne raises legitimate concerns.
* Anne asks Miss Walker to move in with her at Shibden after they come back from their travels. Ann asks for a six month deadline to give an answer which Miss Lister happily agrees to.
* Anne lies about never having a sexual relationship with another woman.
* Ann Walker and Anne Lister begin their sexual relationship.
* Ann Walker says "I love you" to Anne Lister for the first time while they're being intimate together in her sitting room.
* Mrs. Priestly walks in on Ann Walker and Anne Lister while they're making out.

## Quotes

* “You know, um… before I went up there, that day, we were in my sitting room, and you said… Um… You implied that you… wanted to… kiss me. And— and then you were embarrassed, but well, you shouldn’t have been. Because it doesn’t frighten me.” - Ann Walker
* AL: “You know what?  This nonsense with Marian always annoys me.  She always has to argue about anything and everything.  I often think that if you stuck Marian in a room on her own within ten minutes she’d be arguing with herself.”  Anne mutters to herself after having a disagreement with her sister at breakfast.  Not shown in the HBO version.
* "Miss Walker- You should know that Miss Lister cannot be trusted in the company of other women- a well wisher." - Anonymous note
* "Oh, I see. Is that what you call it?" - Eliza Priestley upon walking in on her cousin.

## Trivia

* First appearance of Mrs. Stansfield Rawson and Delia Rawson.
* It's revealed that Anne is forty-one in this episode.
* John's late wife was named Rebecca.
* There's a scene left out of the HBO version where Anne is complaining about Marian right after they have there fight at breakfast,
* Marian calls Anne Caligula before leaving for Market Wheaton. Caligula was a Roman Emperor who set in motion an attempt to conquer Britain during his four year reign.
* The "Miss Maclean" that Anne mentions in passing was one of her past lovers Sibbella Maclean.
* Anne Lister's birthday is April third.
* Ann notices when Miss Lister breaks the fourth wall.
* Mrs. Priestly says the title of the episode.

## Tie in Book

* Mrs. Stansfield Rawson and Delia Rawson are from Gledholt in Huddersfield. Gentleman Jack The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma
* September 27th 1832, Anne shows Miss Walker the completed chaumiere.
* October 1st 1832, "'I shall give her six months till my next birthday.'" Anne Lister