The fifth season of the already iconic Peaky Blinders It ended with a chapter that can be considered part of the history of television. In it, you could see Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) very close to committing an unpredictable act. With a gun grazing his head, enraged and on the verge of despair, the character was at more than a crossroads. It was the maximum expression of the strategy that he had already been following in previous chapters in which The tension was sustained until the end. A journey through Shelby’s elaborate and meticulous plan to assassinate Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin).
In the Serie nothing is casual and much less accidental. The failure of the assassination attempt on him made two things clear. The mobster and now politician was part of an increasingly twisted perception of the world. Definitely, Peaky Blinders had reached a new level of depth in his analysis of power. It was no longer just about violence, but also about an elaborate journey through the media to gain influence. For an argument that he had begun by showing the vicissitudes of the gangsters of the working class, it is a amazing evolution. One that, in addition, turned the series into a way of understanding the horrors and cruelty from a new approach.
The scene of Shelby with a contorted face and a gun near her temple made it clear that the season six will travel dark places. Some of them not only to conclude the various plot lines of the series. Also to elucubrate on the highest points in history. And while the new episodes aren’t entirely conclusive — or shouldn’t be, with a movie announced — one thing is clear. Peaky Blinders knows the multidimensional meaning of its history, its scope and power. And from there it advances towards new narrative spaces that are surprising for their effectiveness.
On the edge of the knife and death
The first episode of the sixth season of Peaky Blinders It begins in the same scene that closes its previous season. Again, the series makes brilliant decisions to avoid slowing down the plot. In particular, the immediate conflict resolution (the possible death of Shelby and the traitor), which concludes smoothly. But he does it following the usual line of the brilliant script of the series.
who was the traitor black cat? Peaky Blinders he refuses to give easy solutions, but neither does he simplify his argument, so the first chapter offers answers. Not all or in an orderly way, but yes match most fan theories. A caveat that makes the first chapter of the season a look at the cohesion of the story as a whole.
But not only the identity of the traitor is important. Also when and from what perspective he achieved something similar. Peaky Blinders he makes sure to make it clear that in this cruel and nuanced world, breaking the delicate order of loyalty pays dearly. Although he is much more convoluted than he might seem in 2019, when the failure of Shelby’s plan showed the cracks in his world. The series explores in the background the way in which time has passed and the need to return to a position of power.
It also maintains its usual tension about what happens between the characters with a brilliant look at the ferocity of ambition. Peaky Blinders come back in top form, even under the shadow of the long absence of the small screen. She does it with the energy of unsolved mysteries and big questions opening the door to others. Quite an ingenious achievement that makes the series a neat plot mechanism.
A painful look at the goodbyes of Peaky Blinders
Without a doubt, one of the complicated points of the new season of Peaky Blinders it’s the conspicuous absence of Helen McCrory. Their Polly Gray character he was always a monumental presence in history. So much of the first chapter is an unspoken homage not just to the actress, but to Polly’s role in the plot. Quite a success, considering that the character was the center of the Shelby family. The series takes this into account and shows a throbbing pain, a pressure point but, especially, a hard deflection that will have to be analyzed.
Without a doubt, the return of Peaky Blinders It could not be more satisfying and a lesson in how to analyze the sophisticated cruelty of its premise. With six chapters to close the story and an upcoming movie the Shelbys’ journey seems more elaborate and powerful than ever. A news to celebrate.