Peaky Blinders's Shocking Twist Betrayed Its Perfect Ending
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the finale of Peaky Blinders.
Peaky Blinders season six finale had the perfect ending for Tommy Shelby, but it was ruined somewhat by the unexpected twist that was shoehorned in before it. The gangsters of Small Heath in Birmingham had humble beginnings, with the Shelby brothers returning from war and trying to build up a criminal empire. Headed by Tommy, the Shelby gang soon became infamous, even having political ties with figureheads such as Winston Churchill. The storylines have only grown in extravagance each season, which is to be expected with its ever-growing popularity, but the shocking twist of the finale might have been a step too far.
Season six of Peaky Blinders opened up a lot of mysteries and new plot lines, and one huge one was Tommy's diagnosis of tuberculoma. After his daughter Ruby caught the disease and became Peaky Blinders season 6's most tragic death, Tommy's doctor revealed that he too had it. This led Tommy to give up his sobriety of four years, and become even more determined and ruthless in his retirement plans, all whilst keeping his diagnosis a secret. Tommy's diagnosis, however, wasn't everything it seemed to be, with a shocking twist reveal happening in the last few minutes of the Peaky Blinders finale.
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Tommy has yet again another battle with suicidal thoughts, coming dangerously close to pulling the trigger of the gun aimed at his head. He is then visited by a vision of Ruby, who tells him ''You're not even sick...light the fire again...and you will see, you must live.'' Tommy sees a piece of newspaper in the fire announcing Oswald Mosley and Diana's wedding, and he spots a
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