Netflix: No Peaky Blinders thread?

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I really ****ing like Peaky Blinders.

So many good characters. Any time Alfie Solomons is on the screen I'm glued to the dialogue. Tom Hardy is so ****ing good. And I get that it is mostly comic relief, but **** it's hilarious.

In early seasons I wasn't in for the Ada character (other than Sophie Rundle is an absolute smokeshow), but she really came into an enjoyable character after she's like, you know what's not so bad? Money. I really liked the scenes she was in.

Arthur is a character I also enjoy. It kind of sucks when he's completely off the rails, but when he circles back it is invariably compelling. Man he's had some really good performances.

Spoiler!

Her name was Elizabeth Gray stuck with me for a few days.
Damn. That rang through to the soul.

Of course Murphy is a stud. There really isn't anything to say. Dude is throwing 100 for the whole series, without really saying much most of the time.

This really did miss Helen McCrory (RIP ). She was really excellent in this show and it missed her. They tried to fill in some of that role with Ava, but they even wrote in "I'm not Polly". She was really good. RIP.

Into the spoilers

Spoiler!

Maybe I'm a naïve moron, but I didn't see much of it coming, other than blowing up the house. And I certainly wasn't surprised that got the dope to Solomons in exchange for the buildings.

I was really surprised they ran out Finn. I think it's a good play though, he's not been a Blinder in terms of doing what's necessary for awhile, and it was really nice to see him held accountable for being a soft bitch. And it's a nice dichotomy because John and Arthur have done stupid shit and Tommy didn't run them out. But I think it goes back a few seasons when they started bringing kids in and Tommy said "They didn't fight, so they're different."

Really good writing here. I wasn't expecting it and IMO it added a lot to the show.


I thought the Michael Gray stuff was pretty good. There have been times I really didn't like his character, but it ended up pretty good. I liked it.

I loved how they did away with the IRA crew. That was some brilliant filmmaking and **** yes to mustard gassing some bitches.

The brainstem turn was pretty solid. I should have but didn't expect it. But it was well played in the end.

Some of the music montage stuff was a bit over the top. Normally I'm down for it but a couple of them were a bit much. But overall it didn't detract a ton.

The show just does so much stuff well it's a shame to see it go. It's also a shame that they are pivoting away from more "prestige TV" and towards Reality. ****ing Netflix. If I can get my wife convinced that the kids can do without it there is a good chance I'll shitcan it. Peaky Blinders is worth money. Reality TV is very much not to this consumer, anyway.