Peaky Blinders

I'm on episode 2 of season 4...
I didn't realize who was playing Mr. Gold ... until he spoke. Then it was obvious.

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It took me too long to remember who Changretta was (the old man they'd killed) that started the vendetta. Once I did it definitely had a continuing sense of purpose to this season.

But eeek, that Adrien Brody Marlon Brando stereotype accent really needed to go. It started to feel like a caricature after a while.

General thing I noticed because I binged four seasons in about a week: Whenever they want to lend a sense of grittiness to a scene, they have everybody walk past some serious flaming smelting operation in long dark coats, in slow motion.

Agreed on both critiques Brody's performance and the music video style slo-mo walking scenes.
Sadly they did it again twice in the first episode of season 5, but overall it's still a great show.

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Where are you getting season 5? I thought it was coming out in early October? BBC?

And YES, music video style! That's precisely what it is. Nice!

BTW, I thought Brody's acting was fine. He was a chilling, scary character in many ways. But that stuffed-cotton-in-my-mouth Brando Don Corleone knockoff speech pattern was just wrong. Felt almost like a parody.

Also, as for the ending of season 4:

I answered my own question: Yeah, the Brits got the first episodes this past weekend. We in the U.S. need to wait till October 4 on Netflix. Pleh.

The up-side is you cab binge it, over here just one a week.

How many Brits are in this thread discussing season 5? I might have to avoid this thread till mid-October.

I'm Dutch but we do get BBC here

We get BBC America. Not quite the same thing.

Watched the 3rd episode on 5th season last night, really enjoying it so far.

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Okay, we Americans got season 5 all at once on Friday. I finished it last night. Definitely still binge-worthy, and still gritty, and still with lots of twists and turns. I was afraid they'd spend weird amounts of time with Tommy in the House of Commons, but they wove that development in nicely.

Now I already want the next season.

Are you Brits finished with it? (It's six episodes long.)

Peaky Blinders Series 6 Trailer


Anna Taylor Joy and Tom Hardy in the trailer..

Gosh, I think I'm gonna have to rewatch the previous season. So much I've forgotten!

I said I was done with Peaky Blinders around the third time they . While it's always very well shot and acted, the storylines have been going downhill and the characters becoming less likable.

But that said I will probably watch the final series for completeness.

I just started watching the show for the first time.

I haven't watched it since the first season. It got too violent and graphic for my tastes. Did it ever back off a little in that regard?

No, I think it only increased in that regard.

'Preciate the heads-up. And that's about what I suspected. I'm a little surprised at the violence from BBC. That's more like HBO fare...