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Peaky Blinders director explains

what actually happened during
that finale

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PAUL MOORE

The ending definitely had people talking.

As always, if you haven't seen the most recent episode
of Peaky Blinders
Blinders, consider this to be your spoiler
alert warning.

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goodbye and then, bang."

After the final credits rolled, some viewers had

questions about the events that unfolded in the final
scene of season five.

Was that scene in the field real? Did Tommy pull the
trigger and die by suicide?

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Well, during a recent interview with the show's official

podcast, Anthony Byrne (director) said that the decision
to end the season on a cliffhanger was always the plan
because he sees Season five and six as being a two-
parter that culminates in season six.

As Peaky Blinders fans will know,

each season usually concludes in a
definite way.

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was a rare one.

Season two saw the finale at the Epsom Races and

Tommy expanding his interests into London, Season
three culminated with the Economic League and the
Russians defeated - but the majority of the Shelby family
were sent to jail. Season four ended with the death of
Luca Changreatta and Tommy's ascent to the House of
Commons.

Season five was very different, though, something that

was a deliberate choice, according to the show's
director.

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"There was a conversation about

wrapping up the season in a
definitive way," Byrne says.

"Every other season ends in a

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years later in the next season and
start again. There was a lot of
conversations about whether or not we should finish it
(season five) that way, but I was really keen to keep that
cliffhanger because you don't really see cliffhangers and
they're fun.

"I knew that we would also do it in an impactful way,"

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"It's an exciting thing for fans to dwell on, will Tommy

come back and if so, when and in what way? I think
Steve wanted it to end that way also and he was very
clear about it. I think there was that question - 'Is this
going to be something that irritates, or annoys people?'
who've invested in the six hours and feel that they've
been sort of cheated. I don't know how they'd feel like
that? It's probably the thought that they have to wait for
the new episodes for an answer."

Throughout the most recent season, the spectre of

death and mental illness has loomed large throughout.

Of course, Tommy is still dealing with PTSD from World

War I, the various deaths that have befallen the Shelby
family, and his lifestyle of excessive drinking and drug
use.

Throughout the season, Tommy constantly had

hallucinations of his dead wife Grace where she's trying
to convince him to die by suicide.

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We also learn that Tommy's mother and grandfather

have also killed themselves. There are countless scenes
where Tommy says that he's struggling to sleep too.

Byrne said that the cliffhanger wasn't just randomly

dropped in, but rather the culmination of layered
storytelling from the opening episode.

"It's not done as a trick. The whole season is about the

darkness of Tommy Shelby's soul and psyche. It's what
he loses of himself, each time that he goes around and
around through these seasons.

"This season especially was about that idea. From

episode 1, we were dissecting his character and psyche
by taking him to the edge of oblivion. Mosley is a
massive part of that destruction because it's an
antagonist that he can't defeat.

"Then he has that line - which is really a reference to

himself, as much as it is Mosley - that he finally found a
man that he can't defeat. Tommy is his own worst
enemy. At the very centre of the season, that's the core
of it.

"It's a moment of madness, insanity, and great darkness,

but you have to work towards that moment. It's
certainly not done as a flippant scene to keep people on
the edge."

In terms of the finale scene in the mist-soaked field, it's

not 100% clear how much of the final sequence actually
takes place 'for real.'

Arthur and Tommy's conversation about who betrayed

the assassination plan on Oswald Mosley jumps location
from the rally to outside Tommy's house without
interruption.

"I always played it for real," said the director.

"For me, it's all happening for real because you're

dealing with somebody's mental health and somebody
that's not themselves."

With season six set to start filming early next year,

Anthony Byrne will be returning to to direct the new
episodes and it's highly unlikely that Tommy Shelby
pulled the trigger and took his own life.

After all, it's not Peaky Blinders without Tommy Shelby.

However, for Byrne, the mystery of what happens to the

character of Tommy is one of the main reasons why he
decided to sign up to helm season six.

"As a fan of the show, I also wanted to know what

happened. I want to know what happens in that field
because I had no idea when I filmed that scene. I know
now, but at the time we were shooting it, I had no idea.
Cillian didn't know either," he said.

During the interview, Byrne also said that he has read

three scripts from the new season and revealed that his
work on season six will start in November.

As for the exact filming date, the Dubliner said that the
new episodes will start filming early next year.

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