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Originally Posted by Buehler445

I actually looked up that poem based off that line. Just extraordinarily powerful.

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I’ve rewatched that scene in the field so many times. When he repeats the line “in the bleak midwinter” it feels like he’s accepted his death (right before he’s kicked out of the way and told of Churchill’s job for him).

The soundtrack, always pitch perfect, **** delivers after that moment. Ane Brun’s “All My Tears” reminds me of one of Dolly’s songs, and when Tommy collapses walking away in the field, I’ve always wondered if he’s crying because now he has to live with himself and what the Blinders are becoming - rather than dying with the acceptance of “how close” he was. Well, now he’s there, and he’ll have to live with that.

Arthur yelling at the end “who’s gonna stop us?!” before becoming downcast and saying “nobody,” drives that home for me.