Peaky Blinders - Série 6

After the depressing ending to the last season, which was further deepened by the death of Helen McCrory, the bar was extremely high, but Steven Knight wove a very powerful story about the search for love inside the soul of an insensitive Gypsy gangster into the historical setting of the beginnings of World War Two. It lacks the earthiness of the first five seasons, there’s much more politics, but the development is logical and makes sense. Perhaps in the role of a lifetime, Cillian Murphy gives Tommy Shelby’s departure for the New World incredible drive and solemnity. A final season as it should be. Good and fateful, full of death and farewells. P.S.: It was good to see the cameo by vocalist of the Sleaford Mods, Jason Williamson, in the final episode. (02/05/2022)

The ending of a famous series, which is done as always in a visually spectacular, stylish way, but the cool factor that made us love Peaky Blinders has taken a back seat. Thomas Shelby, played by a great Cillian Murphy, is fantastically written, but he’s unfortunately drowning in political pseudo-plots that often seem to be out of touch with reality, leaving the only strong line to be the family one. But that line too lacks something in the middle between start and finish. The final twist is OK, but I'd be in favor of not adding any more to the series. The “happy” series about gangsters became a “sad” drama about a man consumed by evil. In the sixth season, Peaky Blinders definitely lost their face of brutal bullies and gained the face of a family decimated by hardship. (24/07/2022)

The farewell to this British gem was, fortunately, successful. While it slightly falls short compared to the best seasons, it still stands out as a creation that leaves most of the competition far behind. It’s great that season six directly follows season five, so if you’ve forgotten, it’s worth revisiting the previous season. I liked that the creators focused on multiple storylines simultaneously. Of course, the central figure is still Tommy Shelby, played excellently by Cillian Murphy, but other characters also get their due. Whether it’s the slimy Moseley portrayed flawlessly by Sam Claflin or the new character, Bostonian Jack Nelson, season six offers an incredible amount of action, emotion, and stunning audiovisual imagery (the work with the camera is truly remarkable for a TV series). The result is very close to perfect; it just stumbles occasionally (for example, the third and fifth episodes, which I consider story padding). At least the final episode paid the best tribute to this saga. Such a perfect epilogue is what all series would wish for. We’ll see what the promised film brings when it eventually hits our screens. Expectations are, in a word, high. For me, it’s 8.5/10. (14/04/2022)