Peaky Blinders: What If Arthur Shelby Had Died In Season 4?
Arthur Shelby was killed and resurrected in Peaky Blinders, season 4, episode 6, but had his death been permanent there would have been dire consequences for the Shelby family. In season 3, Arthur killed Vicente Changretta, driving his son, Luca, to declare a vendetta against the Shelbys in season 4. After Arthur’s “death”, the vendetta appeared lost, but his unexpected revival allowed the Peaky Blinders to use the element of surprise to their advantage. The vendetta ended after Luca was shot in head; crucially, Arthur was the one who fired the gun.
Peaky Blinders began in 2013 and followed the Shelby family as they went from bookmakers to opium suppliers and political players. Arthur Shelby (Paul Anderson) was a fan favorite throughout Peaky Blinders, and while he wrestled with addiction and ideations of death, he managed to survive the final episode on the mainline TV series. His ultimate fate remains to be decided in the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie.
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If Arthur Shelby had died in Peaky Blinders season 4, it would not only have altered the course of the vendetta, it would have also disrupted Tommy’s arc and resulted in his demise. After a near-death experience in World War 1, the Shelby brothers decided that “everything after that was extra.” This defined Tommy’s choices, but it wasn’t until Arthur’s brush with death in season 4 that it seemed to affect him. All of Arthur’s actions after escaping the garotte were self-destructive: Linda’s abandonment caused Arthur to mutilate her Quaker confidant in season 5; Polly’s death in season 6 drove him to find relief in Birmingham’s opium dens. However, if he’d not escaped the garotte, that
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