Peaky Blinders: Season 1, Episode 4

 Peaky Blinders: Season 1, Episode 4

September 30, 2014

Inspector Chester Campbell is back with a vengeance. The last episode or two, Sam Neill’s detective was being manipulated by the Shelby’s. Now, it is all about regaining that power. His lines he delivered, his best lines since the opening episode’s speech, is terrifying to think about. He goes into detail to what will happen to Tommy and his family if he does not give up the location of the guns. Very chilling stuff. This episode proves this remain a tense, well-written, and well-acted gangster series. I love watching the mounting adversaries the Shelby’s face with the gypsy family (the Lee’s), Freddie Thorne and his communist ideals, and Inspector Campbell among them. The ending was a little predictable but important to how these characters will evolve in the coming episodes. Is it me, or will there be fraction within the Shelby family? It seems like Aunt Polly is having a difficult time agreeing to anything Tommy says or does.

On the outside looking in, it seems Tommy has gone legitimate. He has a legal betting license, and he employs Grace as his new secretary. He also has some suspicion that Grace is not the woman she says she is. His younger brother John (played superbly by Joe Cole) announces that he will marry to provide a mother to his children. His choice is the prostitute, Lizzie Stark (also performed superbly by Natasha O’Keefe). Tommy vehemently disagrees. As such, the Lee’s raid their headquarters. As a truce, Tommy proposes that John marries the Lee’s daughter, Esme instead. Ada is now heavily pregnant and is due to go into labor at any time. It is also a matter of time before Freddie enters the clutches of Inspector Campbell’s.

This series is a blast to watch. I was clutching my heart because of such incredible tension. Steven Knight created a world, that as a viewer, you would never want to leave because you come to know this family. They may have different ideals and have violent tendencies, but you root for them in the end. At least I am. With Campbell breathing down everyone’s throats, the fun is only beginning.

My Grade: A-


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