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Because he can, Tommy had a ballet company perform Swan Lake at his house, and the death of the White Swan was intercut with that of Linda, who showed up unannounced to try and put an end to a reckless Arthur. Peaky Blinders got a very theatrical climax this week, executed with panache. READ MORE: Peaky Blinders season 6 – everything we know so far.Mosley appears hoodwinked for now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was secretly one step ahead of the Shelbys.Ĭillian Murphy and Tom Hardy in ‘Peaky Blinders’. Mosley knows that Tommy wouldn’t gladly partner with him, so Tommy has to show the right balance of collaboration but hesitation. Tommy is very skilled at deceit but he’s in a tricky spot here as he attempts to double-cross the fascist leader. He contacted Jessie to let her know he wanted to help her, and got the name of her Communist party contacts, which he took to the Crown in exchange for an endorsement for his political campaign, which saw him become a Labour MP for Birmingham South.Įlsewhere in the series, Lizzie Stark revealed she was pregnant, and Ada and Jessie came under suspicion for their Communist past.The most deft scene, however, was between Tommy and Mosley, Cillian Murphy and Sam Claflin getting their teeth stuck into a sharp script. Tommy killed him, then went on holiday.īut Tommy’s PTSD returned and he came back to Small Heath. Alfie then revealed that he knew Tommy would track him down and kill him – and that he had cancer. The Shelbys celebrated the end of the vendetta at Tommy’s countryside estate, and Tommy announced he would be retiring from the business – but not before confronting Alfie about his betrayal. A class apart: Tommy and May are conflicted in their mutual attraction (Photo: BBC) Tommy retired from business – or did he? At the match, Arthur was killed by an intruder, and at his funeral, his widow approached Tommy and said the vendetta would be over – if Tommy signed all his assets over to Luca.Ī meeting was then set up between Tommy and Luca, where another vicious fight took place, and Arthur burst in, shot Luca and said : “Don’t fuck with the Peaky Blinders” – he had faked his own death to set up a trap. When Tommy came face to face with Luca, the police arrived and broke it up – Tommy had been in on the set-up with Polly.Ī boxing match was set up between Bonnie and Goliath, and Luca headed to London to meet the gangster Alfie Solomons (Tom Hardy) to form an allegiance against Tommy, while Alfie agreed to let Luca’s men infiltrate the boxing match. Luca vowed a bloody death to the entire Shelby family, and thanks to Polly and Michael, Tommy was lured to a meeting with the mafia boss that ended in a violent gang battle. Tommy enlisted the killer-for-hire Aberama Gold (Aiden Gillen) to deal with their Italian problem, which he agreed to on the condition the Shelbys take on his son Bonnie (Jack Rowan) so he could be inducted into the Peaky Blinders. Luca (Adrien Brody) is not the first man to under-estimate Tommy (Photo: BBC) Luca Changretta took on the Peaky Blinders Michael survived the attack, but John didn’t make it. American Mafia boss Luca Changretta (Adrien Brody) had arrived in Birmingham and shortly afterwards both Michael and John were shot. Tommy still had to deal with the fall out of the murders of Angel and Vincente Changretta (in revenge for Grace’s death).
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Using the letter as leverage he managed to secure his family’s release.Įverything you need to know about Peaky Blinders series 5īut if he’d been hoping for a back-slapping family reunion then Tommy was mistaken, as John and Arthur swiftly decamped to the country with their wives and Polly went on a booze bender. It was Tommy (Cillian Murphy) who was the hero of the hour, and who had been blackmailing the Crown thanks to a private letter belonging to King George V that just happened to find its way into his hands. When you’re taking on the Mafia, only the biggest gun will do (Photo: BBC)īut mere seconds from execution, John (Joe Cole), Polly (Helen McCrory), Arthur (Paul Anderson), and Michael (Finn Cole) were saved. At the end of the series three, most of the Shelby family were looking at the hangman’s noose, as they were in jail, sentenced to death.