#peaky blinders season 5

[justins-foley]

I know Peaky Blinders is made in a way that every person can have a different opinion about what truly happens in the series, because it skips so many things and they don’t tell us exactly what happened at all times, but something that I find curious is that some people think Grace comes back as a ghost in s5

I always thought it was pretty obvious that she is an hallucination (especially since Tommy sees her when he takes opium). It’s Tommy’s subconscious telling him that he would be happier if he could join her in death. She is representation of Tommy’s will to die, she is the possibility of ending it all - she is a possible escape. I’ve seen someone (on YouTube I think) say “wow his ex-wife is such a bitch, I can’t believe she would try to get him to commit suicide”… 😵‍💫 If Grace were to come back as a ghost, I think she would tell him to keep fighting and to take care of Charlie. I don’t think she would act like she does in s5 at all. Apart from the “our love still remains” scene

[letstalkshipping]

"You see the world broken, like those beaten children will." - Polly Gray, Peaky Blinders S5E3

With all his morally grey and black baggage, Tommy has always been a white knight for children.

And may I mention his regard for Curly? See this moment where Curly says something I expect is a bit silly to Polly (I can't actually make out the words) and Tommy does his usual face in response to Curly.

To me, that expression shows that Tom doesn't understand Curly and he does acknowledge the seeming absurdness that Curly usually brings to the table, but his reaction is simply to give Curly a chore to keep him busy. This is a suitable solution for the moment for everyone (because we know Curly has a pure enthusiasm for being helpful). Tommy never really expresses anything but respect for Curly, even though through his expressions sometimes you can see him lose patience a little bit with him, or simply be at a loss to understand how Curly's mind works.

And let's not forget Thomas' kindness, understanding, and the offer of a creative second chance which he gave to Danny Whizbang who was half losing him mind with PTSD, war trauma, and shell-shock. For all the bad he does, there is still a gentleness and respect for people who can't help themselves. This is also shown in Tommy's treatment of his horses.

[leenieweenie12]

You’re chasing the ghost of a good thing

Haunting yourself as the real thing is getting away from you again

While you’re chasing ghosts

Peaky Blinders, S5E1

[hacked-wtsdz]

First three frames, this is it, this is the scene of peaky blinders. Most episode ever.

[makemeimmortalwithahug]

One part of my brain is constantly preoccupied with dead boy detectives and the other one with peaky blinders. the vibes couldn't be more different

[mctna2019]

Tommy: she's not gonna coming back so it's just you and me. she would be with us, in our heart. because we love her...

[elyangelofdeath]

[spill-that-anxietea]

So I finally started Peaky Blinders, and boy oh fucking boy is the brainrot settling in

[divinekangaroo]

Ch 01 / ? | Mature | Tommy Shelby/Lizzie Stark, Charles Shelby, Ruby Shelby, Arthur Shelby, Alfie Solomons, Oswald Mosley, Winston Churchill, the Lawyer who must be Let Go | Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Retrospective Justification a Deadly Sin, Humiliation, Family Issues, Complicated Family Relationships, Post-Suicide Attempt

Summary: S6-E1. Commencing immediately after a short period of photogenic grovelling in the mud, and moving through the four-year gap.

Charles Shelby, age seven and a half, knows his father just tried to commit suicide. Thomas Shelby, age somewhere in the vicinity of forty, knows his son knows.

Mutual self-deception can be a momentarily comforting thing.

[the-fangirl-diaries]

Me watching Peaky Blinders knowing full well what’s going to happen, but still watching it anyway: 

[justins-foley]

The whole thing about Tommy using opium as an escape to hallucinate and see Grace is the saddest part about season 5, hands down

In ep5, he goes and tells Ada that her baby daddy is dead. She tells him “oh god, anyone you touch is cursed” so casually and then they continue their conversation. He goes back to his car and directly takes opium. Sees Grace in the backseat telling him “push the button, unlock the door and come home to me”. It’s so. sad. So sad. He must feel so lonely. Tommy is wrong about so many things and he isn’t an innocent little angel at all, but the fact that he genuinely uses opium to deal with reality is just heartbreaking. And all he sees when he hallucinates is his dead ex-wife who tells him to join her in death. That’s just heartbreaking on so many levels. In 5x1 he says “I won’t be alone. I’m never alone” and then goes off to the middle of the woods to take opium for a few hours during the night and hallucinate again. But whenever he is surrounded by people he doesn’t have any choice but to act tough. It’s so heartbreaking

[letstalkshipping]

I can see why Tommy holds strong reservations about Michael's character when he brings him back to England:

- his first decision to not tell Tommy about the danger Tommy was in

- his wrong decision to hold onto the stock exchange, causing them to lose their money

- the report from the IRS that he was liaising with the enemy about Tommy's downfall

- Tommy's black cat dream occurring around the time Michael was coming back

- just a lack of solidarity since Michael wasn't always with them, and he was less a part of the Blinders and more just a businessman

but

Wouldn't Tommy recognise that a surefire way to create a monster out of a loved one is to accuse them of something they didn't do, and to put no faith in them? To be restrictive and controlling of a family member's actions and life because you don't trust them... that just drives a wedge deep between the two parties. And if you treat them like dirt, what affection or respect do they have then to make them want to tie themselves to you and play out your games where they are the loser? There's the old story of "everyone told me I was a monster, so I became one." Tommy is only giving Michael cause to resent him. If Tom is concerned about Michael betraying him, I reckon he should have handled the situation better.

[hookechoes]

as someone who latched immediately onto tommy and ada's relationship from season 1 episode 1, i cannot tell you how gratifying it was for season 5 to come round and feature the two of them enacting one of my most favourite little story tropes (character A shows up at character B's house in the middle of the night to have an emotional breakdown)

[fragglez]

somebody has used my netflix profile to watch half an episode of peaky blinders what

[a9saga]

i bet you probably think from the text posts i make that big brother is the only show i watch in 2023. well it’s not. i also watch the twilight zone & blue’s clues.

[coffeeatnight23]

Found the plot of the show

guy tries to toss a cigarette on the ground but the ground parries it and it flies back into his mouth and he solemnly continues to smoke it