Peaky Blinders Season 6: What The Eyes In The Sky Meant
Warning: Contains spoilers for Peaky Blinders season 6, episode 1.
In the opening scenes of Peaky Blinders season 6, the family attend Polly’s funeral and the TV series includes a shot of a pair of eyes hidden in the clouds above the funeral that have a deeper meaning. Peaky Blinders is returning for its sixth and final season on TV before it is concluded with a feature length movie that is expected to release in 2024. During production of Peaky Blinders season 6, Helen McCrory, who plays Polly Gray, sadly passed away from cancer at the age of 52, and the first episode of the season is dedicated to her memory.
Peaky Blinders season 6 picks up where season 5 left off, with Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) contemplating suicide after his assassination attempt on Oswald Mosley goes drastically wrong. Tommy is saved by the fact that Arthur Shelby (Paul Anderson) had removed the bullets from his gun, but when he returns to the house he is greeted by an unwelcome phone call. The IRA explain that they are responsible for foiling Shelby’s assassination plot, and deliver the dead bodies of Barney Thompson, Aberama Gold, and Polly Gray. As the smoke from Polly Gray’s funeral pyre rises into the clouds, a pair of eyes is revealed before the storyline jumps forwards four years into the future.
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The eyes in Peaky Blinder season 6 episode 1, “Black Day,” could be read as a simple tribute to Helen McCrory, but they also play an important role in the story. As the episode continues, it becomes clear that Polly Gray will still play a major role in the story of Peaky Blinders despite her death. In the wake of Polly’s death, Tommy Shelby becomes a remarkably changed man,
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