Peaky Blinders - BBC

topmanamillion

It was a good first episode but I'm very iffy about Tommy Shelby being an international spy/gun runner employed by Winston Churchill .
It'll be interesting to see where they go with it now he's top dog.

jca

I enjoyed it. As Polly said to Grace, Tommy may have forgotten who you were, I haven't. I wonder is Arthur's God fearing female friend tied up with the ulster boys and working as a snitch? I think they'll regret killing off the Russian.

jezzer

fin12 wrote: »

Tommy is obviously going to have affairs while being married to Grace, can't see him being faithful to her, there's something very sneaky about her and she's really stuck up as well.

she is hateful, he was better off with the toff from last series, she was sound...

fin12

jezzer wrote: »

she is hateful, he was better off with the toff from last series, she was sound...

The one with the horses?

jca

fin12 wrote: »

The one with the horses?

Not hard on the eye either:):)

fin12

jca wrote: »

Not hard on the eye either:):)

That's Tom Hardy's wife in real life, she is so lucky:):)

It's pretty good. Music is a bit jarring though.

mark224

Missed the first episode of season 3. Anyone no where i can see this?

jezzer

fin12 wrote: »

That's Tom Hardy's wife in real life, she is so lucky:):)

really? lucky guy

jezzer

anyone know who the guy was who shot grace in last nights episode? I hope john gets a good kicking soon, he is annoying me, polly was looking well last night...

fin12

jezzer wrote: »

really? lucky guy

ya Tom Hardy is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ziggy23

I enjoyed last night's episode was actually starting to warm to Grace. I don't really like the character swap they've done with John and Arthur though and his holy Mary wife is a pain!

ziggy23

jezzer wrote: »

anyone know who the guy was who shot grace in last nights episode? I hope john gets a good kicking soon, he is annoying me, polly was looking well last night...

I think it was one of the Italians?

jezzer

ziggy23 wrote: »

I think it was one of the Italians?

it was hardly the guy the old italian called over from Naples? if it was he wasnt worth the boat trip, i cant understand why these lads have to make a big scene before trying to kill tommy, same happened in the horse ring, surely these guys know the shelbys will only kick the sh*t out of them anyway....

Any idea what he said before he shot grace, i couldnt make him out?

ziggy23

jezzer wrote: »

it was hardly the guy the old italian called over from Naples? if it was he wasnt worth the boat trip, i cant understand why these lads have to make a big scene before trying to kill tommy, same happened in the horse ring, surely these guys know the shelbys will only kick the sh*t out of them anyway....

Any idea what he said before he shot grace, i couldnt make him out?

Have it recorded so I'll check tonight and let you know!

Rega

He shouted "For Angel" which is the Italian guy that John cut. If that was the hitman who came all the way from Italy I'd be asking for a refund. What an amateurish effort.

I thought Paddy Considine was brilliant as the priest. A right horrible bastárd. I look forward to Tommy dealing with him eventually.

DEFTLEFTHAND

They're all bound for an early grave imo, there's no cool head at the top, nobody has the diplomacy skills needed to succeed long term in the underworld. Gang wars are bad for business.

jezzer

Rega wrote: »

He shouted "For Angel" which is the Italian guy that John cut. If that was the hitman who came all the way from Italy I'd be asking for a refund. What an amateurish effort.

I thought Paddy Considine was brilliant as the priest. A right horrible bastárd. I look forward to Tommy dealing with him eventually.

thanks for clarifying, i thought he very same, what a complete amateur, i would do better myself....

the roars of the angel lad in the hospital, john must have gave him a bad doing, little kn&cker

I kind of felt paddy considine was a carbon replacement for sam neils character

jezzer

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They're all bound for an early grave imo, there's no cool head at the top, nobody has the diplomacy skills needed to succeed long term in the underworld. Gang wars are bad for business.

yep fully agree, you need a cool head at the top when it comes to gang wars, tony soprano was good at that job

ricero

I hope thats the last we see of Grace. Shes very annoying

Ruu

Poor Arthur, major breakdown imminent.

jca

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They're all bound for an early grave imo, there's no cool head at the top, nobody has the diplomacy skills needed to succeed long term in the underworld. Gang wars are bad for business.

Polly has a cool head she'll oust the lot of 'em. I can't take to this ditsy loved up Grace at all, after all she was a cold blooded spy sent in by the ulster red hand mob. We'll just have to wait and see how it pans out.

jezzer

Ruu wrote: »

Poor Arthur, major breakdown imminent.

a major breakdown is never far away from that lad, he lives on his nerves and he is as mad as a badger

jezzer

jca wrote: »

Polly has a cool head she'll oust the lot of 'em. I can't take to this ditsy loved up Grace at all, after all she was a cold blooded spy sent in by the ulster red hand mob. We'll just have to wait and see how it pans out.

yea, i can see polly being the only one left and taking all the money and living a better life with Michael, john is die his comeuppance very soon

JoeyJJ

what was written on the note under the childs pillow? , hadn't recorded episode

jca

I can't remember exactly what was written on it but it was like an "in memoriam" card, a death threat in other words.

Ruu

JoeyJJ wrote: »

what was written on the note under the childs pillow? , hadn't recorded episode

R.I.P Charles Shelby

jezzer

why dont all the other gangs get together and overtake the shelbys???

JoeyJJ

Ruu wrote: »

R.I.P Charles Shelby

Cheers, was half asleep come end of episode.

Debil

The casting of Grace was fairly terrible to be honest. She's miles behind in talent compared to some of the other actors in the show.

Every time I hear her say, "Tommy,Tommy, I love you Tommy", I die a little inside. She sounds exactly like every idiot in Ireland who try to imitate a member of the traveling community.

The love triangles every season are ridiculous at this stage. It seems you can't have a story nowadays without a fecking love story. Just gives us the plot for fecks sake!

topmanamillion

This has been my least favorite episode/season so far. I'm just not invested in any of the story lines like in the previous 2 seasons. I'm hoping this season is young enough to improve. I have a suspicion that the shows best stories came from Tommy struggling to be Top dog and Tommy the international gun runner for Winston Churchill/Lord of the Manor will never grip me the same way.

I think they have done far too much time jumping.

The stuff with the Russian's is extremely confusing and then the economic league are thrown in just to confuse things even more.

I thought Grace being shot was telegraphed a long way out even bearing on being foreshadowed.
Her saying she trusted Tommy and laying it on thick didn't bode well for her.
I think she was a poorly developed character anyway (she's not the same character from season one with ideals now she's just the kept wife throwing parties). I think it would be no loss to the show if she was dead. I don't think we'll really miss the scenes with Tommy rushing home to see her.

jezzer

to be honest i'm not enjoying it nearly as much as season 1, season 2 was just ok, i think they have stepped it up too much, the whole idea around the shelbys was that they were a daring try your luck sort, now they are a little bit of everything

fryup

Can anyone fill me in please,

i missed the first two episodes..

why was Grace killed?

who was the elderly Italian man?

who are those russian aristocrats and whats their plot?

who's the priest?

WinnyThePoo

Shocked in the manner grace died. Didn't think she was.

ricero

Delighted grace is gone. She got very annoying

Arthur is one of my favourite characters at the moment, by far.

JoeyJJ

Was a good episode, bit like the Godfather on the separation of teams to try to enable going clean.

DvB

Deleted User wrote: »

Arthur is one of my favourite characters at the moment, by far.

He was always my favourite character, he's clearly suffering from PTSD & is on edge constantly... seeing him trying to change his character is fascinating television.

Love this show.

jezzer

fryup wrote: »

Can anyone fill me in please,

i missed the first two episodes..

why was Grace killed? it was meant for tommy, a row with an italian mob

who was the elderly Italian man? the head of the said italian mob

who are those russian aristocrats and whats their plot? to overthrow communism and return to the motherland

who's the priest? helping the russians but as we found out last night is double crossing them

hope that brings you up to speed

jezzer

Does anyone know if the police man who escorted the italian was actually leading them to the shelbys?

DEFTLEFTHAND

jezzer wrote: »

Does anyone know if the police man who escorted the italian was actually leading them to the shelbys?

Yes, Tommy arranged it through his contacts at the Liverpool port.

Debil

Probably the best episode of the season so far. Hopefully, we don't have to see much more of this Russian daughter. Another ****e actress. Not a patch on Helen McCrory!

DEFTLEFTHAND

fryup wrote: »

Can anyone fill me in please,

i missed the first two episodes..

why was Grace killed?

who was the elderly Italian man?

who are those russian aristocrats and whats their plot?

who's the priest?

The Shelbys disapproved of the Italian gang boss's (old man) son dating one of their sisters. They fire bombed the Italian's restaurant. Both sides had a sit down during which John Shelby insulted the old Italian and threatened his son. The Italians responded by bringing over a hitman from Naples to kill John at the City Council Ball. Grace was caught in the crossfire.

The Russian aristocrats were displaced after the Russian Civil War and are now plotting a counter revolution against the Bolsheviks. This is quietly being supported and aided by individuals in Westminster.

The Priest is the middleman between the Russians and supporting members of the British establishment, although as of last night it appears he is playing both sides.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^

thanks for that,

it very complicated in fairness, maybe too much for your average viewer??

btw - do any of you have to switch on the subtitles, cause i can't make head nor tail of those brummie accents, esp Arthur

TBH I'm sad that they seem to be underutilizing Paddy Considine. He can be such a tense screen presence. Dead Man's Shoes can attest to this.

Tristram

fryup wrote: »

why was Grace killed?

the woeful acting

Ruu

Glad Grace is gone.

Cracking soundtrack that's for sure.

fryup

why all this hate for Grace ??

Tristram

fryup wrote: »

why all this hate for Grace ??

don't like repeating myself but...

the woeful acting

fryup

ah come on now she wasn't that bad,