Peaky Blinders Season 5
Overview
Tommy Shelby is a Member of Parliament now — respectable suit, seat in Westminster, speeches about the people — and season five is about what happens when a man like Tommy meets men who are worse. The 1929 Wall Street Crash opens the season by burning through the family's American money, which Michael, fresh off the boat with his pregnant wife Gina, had been trusted to protect. His proposed fix — that the older generation should step aside — splits the Shelbys down the middle. But the real snake slithering into Birmingham is Oswald Mosley, played by Sam Claflin with a charisma so slick you can see why crowds followed him: a fascist leader who wants Tommy's name and influence, and whom Tommy must embrace in public while plotting against in private. Sophie Rundle's Ada warns everyone who'll listen, Arthur unravels, Polly juggles loyalty and love, and Cillian Murphy somehow finds new gears in a Tommy who's less a gangster now than a chess player with blood on the board. The finale builds toward a rally, a plan, and a gunshot that echoes into one of the show's great cliffhangers. Someone, Tommy realises, has been talking.
