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[gate squeaks]

Service.

[knocks on table]

We do not open for two more hours. You come back later.

Police.

Inspector Campbell, Sir.

Any trouble, Sir?

Look.

I know.

I know.

That is, I am given to understand by several of my officers...

[clears throat]

...several of my officers that people come here.

That men come here for a certain purpose.

[theme song playing]

Arthur?

Arthur, wake up.

Get home, get bathed, check your kit,

check your weapons.

Why?

What's going on?

We're doing it today.

Fetch the wagons, Charlie.

It's today.

[moaning]

[boy] Dad? Our Katie's done a wee in the bed again.

I'll be there in a minute, mate.

[banging on door]

[John exclaims]

John? I told you to keep the doors locked.

I could've been anyone. Now get dressed.

We're doing it today.

As a matter of fact, he's doing me today.

Make sure he's done you by nine.

- You should learn to knock! - It's not a day for knocking.

Dear Lord, make this day pass well.

Let none get hurt

and make them that do, not Shelby's.

Watch John

because he has so many depending on him.

Watch Arthur

because he's likely to hurt himself as much as anyone else.

And watch Thomas.

I know how he is.

But he does what he does for us.

I think.

Amen.

I used to do that every morning during the war.

I hoped I'd done it for the last time.

Today will be the last time, Pol.

After today there'll be no need for prayers.

We'll be set.

Family meeting, half ten.

I'm sorry I kept you.

It is so early.

Yes. I- I--

I didn't sleep last night.

Mr Zhang said you are special, special customer.

Do you want to sit?

Do you want to take off your boots?

Yes.

And this.

So tight.

We can clean and press your shirt while we do this.

That's a very efficient service.

You never been to a place like this before?

It's okay.

Sometimes old men who have lost their wives they come here.

Most of the time.

Old men? I am so old?

[laughs] No.

I mean I am young.

Anyway...

I'll make you young as well.

Whore.

[Campbell] Dear Grace.

I write this letter to you with a heavy heart.

I know exactly what you did and with whom.

I will not mention any of it in my report.

However, you should be aware that I know you gave

yourself to the man who is our sworn enemy.

That is not only treason,

it is disgusting beyond all measure.

Your father would be ashamed of you.

And as for myself, I am beyond desolation.

You have betrayed every principle and standard

of honor that was your birthright.

And for what?

[Chin exclaims]

Love.

[Campbell breathing heavily]

Oh my God. I'm sorry. Did I do that?

It's okay.

You are special, special customer.

Would you sit with me for a moment?

Please.

[Mr Zhang and Chin talking in Chinese]

For the suits.

You want to hear something funny?

[gun cocking]

I am unarmed.

It's curious, Inspector.

I thought you came here to clean up the city.

Not to sleep with its whores.

You're no different from any other copper that came before you.

I'm no different from those who would follow should I choose to leave.

You've no reason to stay.

- You have what you came for. - Yes, I have what I came for.

I have a meeting with Mr Winston Churchill at midday.

I've no doubt he intends to congratulate me on finding those stolen guns.

And you still don't know how we found them, do you?

Good.

No, you got lucky.

Did I?

Yeah.

One thing I have learnt.

Is that you and I are opposites

but also just the same.

Like an image in a mirror.

We hate people.

And they in turn hate us.

And fear us.

Before the day is over,

your heart will be broken,

just the same as mine.

Men like us, Mr Shelby,

will always be alone.

And what love we get,

we will have to pay for.

You forget, Inspector.

I have my family.

Enjoy your day.

[scoffs]

[baby cooing]

Oh, little one.

You're much better with him than I am.

He settles quicker with me because he can't smell the milk.

You look tired.

Let's put him down.

[shushing]

Mine were terrors for the tit.

Both of them.

Well, you never knew my children, did you?

I was a child myself then.

You never talk about them.

Never had reason to.

My heart breaks even when I think about them.

But today-

I do have reason to.

Sit down, Ada.

They were three and five years old.

Sally was three.

Michael was five. Well...

Two weeks away from being six.

It was Sunday morning.

While I was at church.

"You're not forgiven"

this pinch-faced bitch said to me. "You are not forgiven".

You see, some sheets I washed and hung on the line

had the name of a hotel on them.

They'd been stolen in a robbery.

And they said some porter at the hotel had been coshed.

And a women from round here told the police I had the sheets.

Jealous, you see, of the new sheets.

And when the police came,

they found a spirit still

for making a few drops of Gin.

And for that...

They took my children from me.

And they never told me where they took them.

And they did it because they could. Because I was weak.

But they'll never take your baby away from you.

Do you know why?

Because Tommy wouldn't let them.

Because Tommy won't let them walk all over us.

Now it is Tommy that has brought strength and power to this family.

'Cause he knows...

You have to be as bad as them above in order want to survive.

I'm telling you this because I want you to forgive him.

How can I?

When my Freddie is rotting in jail because of him.

There's something about today that you need to know.

[keys jingling]

Alright Freddie, time to go.

I want you to get a message to Campbell.

I can't let them move me to Brixton.

- If I get to Brixton they'll kill me. - Freddie.

You're not going to get as far as Brixton prison.

On your feet.

I told the Prime Minister personally that the guns

had been retrieved and he actually heard me

and listened and I'm pretty sure he gave me a half smile.

He never usually smiles unless a political opponent dies.

I plan to put your name forward in the New Year's Honors list.

- That would be too much, Sir. - Nonsense. You deserve it.

As I recall, you wrote to me several times

about an undercover operative. A woman.

Was she involved in the discovery?

Does she deserve some kind of commendation?

Yes.

She was instrumental.

A truly loyal servant of the crown.

And that is what the record should state.

And what of the men who actually stole the guns?

The Peaky--

Blinders, Sir.

If we were to make arrests

the whole thing would end up in open court and I know

we wish to keep this matter confidential.

So they'll go free?

Not quite, Sir.

You see, I have plans

for the Peaky Blinders.

Alright.

Right. I've got you all here today

because this is the day that we replace Billy Kimber.

This is the day we become respectable.

The day we join the official National Association

of Race Course Bookmakers.

But first we do the dirty work.

We've all known this days been coming.

I just haven't told anybody the date.

We're going to the Worcester races.

The track opens at one. We'll get there at two.

Now, Kimber thinks we're going there to help him to fight the Lee brothers.

But thanks to the efforts of our John

and his lovely new wife Esme,

the Lees are now our kin.

I interrupted those efforts this morning and-

but I can assure you all,

John is making great sacrifices for the cause of peace.

Yeah. All right.

So it'll be us and the Lees against Kimber's boys.

We take them out but leave the bookies.

I expect a swift victory which will send a signal all the way to London,

that we believe in letting legitimate businesses run peacefully.

And what about Kimber himself?

I'll deal with Kimber.

Any other questions?

Yes.

Does anybody object if I bring a newcomer to the meeting?

Come on.

I'd like to introduce the newest member

of the Shelby clan.

Welcome home, Ada.

We named him Karl.

After Karl Marx.

Karl Bloody Marx.

Let me get a look at him.

Here we go.

Hey, look. He looks just like me.

That's his arse that looks like you, Arthur.

He's alright.

He's a Shelby.

Well. Ada?

Am I forgiven?

If what Aunt Polly says is true, you are.

It's true.

Thank you, Tommy.

[Freddie] So who the hell are you?

[Michael] Someone who wants to keep his eyes.

They came to my house.

Told me to volunteer for this.

Who did?

The Peaky Blinders.

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy.

Get out of the way.

- What the bloody hell is that? - Looks like your friends are here.

[shells clattering]

Stay down on the ground.

Or the next one's for you.

Make it look good.

I am sorry about this comrade.

- Holy shit! Danny, you're dead. - Yeah. I've been living in London.

Same thing. In you get.

[all chattering]

All right, lads, listen up.

You have a pint and a chaser, no more. On the house.

Right. Let's get pouring.

Do you have the enclosure tickets

and a register of book keepers on the track?

In me coat.

You did a good job, Grace.

The next family meeting,

I'll make sure you're there.

If I were family

but I'm not.

That could change.

- Tommy? - We'll talk about it more

when I get back. Alright?

- When will you be back? - Now is this how you're going to be?

You waiting at home for me saying, "What time do you call this?"

The barrel needs changing.

Go on Tommy, go out the back and give her a good seeing to before we go.

Grace.

Hey, Grace, I was joking.

[John] Tommy, we need more mild.

Just help yourselves.

Tommy, the truth is

when you get back from the races I won't be here.

What are you talking about?

Alright, look. Grace, I know you weren't born to be with a man like me.

But I'm turning things around.

When I get back here tonight,

I will have one of the biggest

legal racetrack syndicates in the country.

And I'm going to close down some of the other stuff.

Maybe open up a club, hey?

Like in London.

And another thing.

You have a contract of employment.

With a real Limited company, you remember?

I remember everything, Tommy.

I am going to make a success of this.

I am going to make a success of it. I am.

I know. I know.

I'm not talking about marriage.

We know each other.

We can talk.

We are the same.

Tommy, I have done something terrible to you.

Right, tell him what you just told me.

Just heard there's two vans driving up the Stratford Road.

An old corporal of mine said he recognized some of the men.

He said it's Kimber's boys and they're heading this way.

Ada, wake up. You and the baby get into the Bull Ring,

where there's lots of people.

- What's going on? - We've been fucking betrayed.

Somebody let slip, Kimber's men are on their way here.

- But you can handle them Tommy? - It's just us.

All the Lees are all on their way to the Worcester.

We're outnumbered. Fuck!

Who else knew today was the day you were moving on Kimber?

You said you kept it secret. Who else did you tell?

There's only one thing could blind a man as smart as you Tommy. Love.

It was that barmaid.

I will deal with Grace.

If you set eyes on her again, you might kill her.

Going for good?

I heard there's trouble.

Instinct is a funny thing.

See, normally I can tell about a person. But with you--

Look, the fighting is about to begin.

- We should get out of here. - We know who you are.

Tommy knows as well.

Turns out that copper as good as told him this morning.

But I wanted to hear it from your lips.

I am an agent of the crown.

I have the power to arrest and the right to use force.

So please step out of my way.

Like I say, instinct is a funny thing.

You fell for Tommy for real, didn't you?

This gun is loaded.

I'm not afraid of you.

I feel sorry for you.

Slip of a thing.

You thought you'd come in here and stitch us all up.

We've had some coppers narks in here before but you?

You're the Queen of them all.

So who are you?

A little rich girl, I'd guess?

Unionist?

An Ulster Volunteer?

You thought Fenians,

communists,

low people,

they're all the same.

Scum.

Then you met Tommy.

I'd fight you with my fists and show you how a rich girl fights.

I'm from a tough family too.

No.

We women have more sense.

Why don't you pour us both a drink?

So am I right?

Did you fall for Tommy?

Yes.

Then I pity you.

I think he'll try to kill me.

He's too soft.

- Soft? - Soft like you.

You saved his life the night the coppers came.

That's why we're drinking and not fighting.

We owe you.

What was he like, before France?

He laughed, a lot.

He wanted to work with horses.

He won medals.

Threw them in the Cut.

Not a single man came back the same.

You know, after all this is over,

he might forgive you.

He might take you in. You can never tell with men.

They go for whoever their dicks point at and there's no changing their minds.

But I should tell you something.

I will never forgive you,.

Or accept you.

Or take you in.

And it's me who runs business of the heart in this family.

And as far as I'm concerned,

you're a snitch from the Parish.

And if you're not gone from this city by tomorrow,

I'll kill you myself.

Now go.

Maybe what really upsets you,

is the thought that one day you might lose him.

Tommy. We've had word from Nipper at Hay Mills

and he says the police are letting them through.

And how come all our police have disappeared?

Because it was the police who told Kimber about the plan.

- And who told the police? - You know what John?

For all I think I'm the smartest one, I'm guessing it was me.

All right, men.

You were mostly in the war so you know

battle plans always change and get fucked up.

Well here it is.

Things have changed.

We fight them here. Today. Alone.

Now they're gonna come for the pub.

They're gonna try and break us up for good.

And we'll have no help from the law today.

That pub there is called the Garrison.

Well now it really is one.

And it belongs to us, right?

[all] Right!

- How many are there? - Jeremiah says two Riley vans.

So I reckon we're outnumbered three to one.

[Arthur] Fuck.

But it's us boys. It's us.

The Small Heath Rifles. We never lost a fight yet, did we?

- [all] No! - Alright. Jeremiah.

I know you vowed to God you'd never pick up a weapon again.

But can you ask him from me

if you can help us today?

God says he don't deal with Small Heath, sir.

[Thomas] Good man. Arthur, Scud-boat.

You'll take the flanks.

- Just like at St. Marie. - Sure.

Curly, when a Shelby man dies here today,

you bury us side by side.

All right. We have about ten minutes.

Make your peace with whoever.

We've had reports of a large group of men in vehicles heading towards the city.

Most of them are known to the police, sir.

We think a gang fight's about to break out.

I want all officers and constables stood down in the following areas.

Bordesley, Small Heath,

Shard End, Greet and Hay Mills.

- Stood down Sir? - Immediately.

And the vehicles approaching the city should not be impeded.

- What the hell is going on? - Let dog eat dog.

Let the beasts devour each other.

And then we shall pick the bones.

She's gone then?

You're not accustomed to not getting what you want, are you Tommy?

You wanted my pub and you took it.

You got a fair price.

What I got was an ultimatum.

Like you give to everybody.

Do it or else.

And yet it's funny.

Everybody round here...

They want you to win this battle.

I think what it is,

you're bad men but you're our bad men.

Will you go looking for her?

She is in the past.

And the past is not my concern.

And the future is no longer my concern either.

What is your concern Tommy?

The one minute.

The soldier's minute.

In a battle that's all you get.

One minute of everything at once.

And anything before is nothing.

Everything after, nothing.

Nothing in comparison

to that one minute.

[Harry] Didn't you get enough minutes over there?

[scoffs]

It seems not, doesn't it?

[door opens]

[panting] Tommy, they're here.

Get your weapons out boys, and load them up.

Take your time.

Hold them up in the air so as they can see what we've got.

All guns and no balls, right, Billy boy?

So what do we do now?

Just give the order.

The men who have arrived in Garrison Lane are armed with rifles.

Did you hear me?

Their methods of self-destruction are not my concern.

We have also had a report of machine gun fire in Saltleigh.

The ravings of an old soldier with shell shock.

We only found twenty-four of those twenty-five Lewis guns.

If they were to get to use the one--

You know when-

when you came here from Belfast I was overjoyed.

I was sick of this force and I was sick of all the corruption.

When you made that speech about cleaning this place up,

I gave a little cheer inside.

You said it was the devil's work to look the other way.

I am not looking the other way, Sergeant Moss.

I am looking directly at the events of the day.

And I like what I see.

It doesn't have to be like this, Kimber.

Too late for all that.

You bit off more than you can chew, you little toe rag.

And now we're taking over this shit hole.

Well... If we have to use guns,

let's use proper guns.

Sergeant Thorne reporting for duty, Sir.

You were saying something about being out-gunned?

[Ada] Move!

[baby crying] What are you doing?

I believe you boys call this 'no-man's land'.

- Ada! - Shut up and listen.

- Have you lost your mind? - I said shut up!

Now most of you were in France.

So you all know what happens next.

I've got brothers and a husband here

but you've all got somebody waiting for you.

Now, I'm wearing black in preparation.

I want you to look at me.

I want you all to look at me.

Who'll be wearing black for you?

Think about them.

Think about them right now.

And fight if you want to

but that baby ain't moving anywhere.

And neither am I.

She's right you know.

Why should all you men die.

It should just be them who caused it. [screams]

[Freddie] Don't shoot.

You're all right son. You're all right.

Ada, move away. Don't shoot!

[men shouting]

Hold your guns up.

Enough!

Kimber and me fought this battle one on one.

It's over.

Go home to your families.

Scudboat, Curly. Pick him up.

[door opens and closes]

I want to ask you one question.

Then I'll leave.

Tommy knows who I am.

What did you say to him?

What did you say to him?

I told him--

that his heart would be broken before the day was over.

So it seems

you've broken two hearts, Grace.

As well as my own.

[door closes]

[screams]

[Arthur] Take it Tommy! Take it! Take it!

Hold him still!

Come on! Come on!

There. I still have the knack.

Have a drink.

All right. Deep breath!

[groans]

That's it! It's done!

Now we can bury him properly.

In the grave we dug for him.

Yeah.

It's high on a hill.

He'd like that.

- To Danny Whizz-Bang. - Danny.

May we all die twice.

To Danny Whizz-Bang.

Danny Whizz-Bang.

[sighs]

Come on,

the day is ours. Let's celebrate.

Well?

Who won?

A Mr William Kimber has been found dead

with a gun shot wound.

So I'm guessing that means the Peaky Blinders won.

Sir.

Also the Communist agitator Freddie Thorne

was taken from his transport by armed men.

Since there were no officers on the street at the time following your orders,

he managed to escape easily and is now at large.

The prison officers said they recognized the men.

They were Peaky Blinders as well, Sir.

I mean we could go down there and make a few arrests

but no one will have seen anything.

And there were no officers there to witness, Sir.

The Shelbys will get away with murder.

Just like they always have.

Some things never change, eh sir?

[door closes]

[people cheering]

[John] A toast... A toast, a toast!

To Shelby Limited!

[people cheering]

[Curly] He's got sons.

Should we find work for them?

No. Let them be.

Let them find ordinary work like ordinary men.

Could you put me through to Mr Churchill please?

Yes, Sir.

Sir,

I've made a decision about my future.

Everyone's leaving town.

- Tommy, you're hurt. - I'm fine.

What exactly can I say?

I don't know, Grace.

I could tell you who I really am.

I think I know who you are.

And you know who I am.

The circumstance is not important.

Circumstance?

Is all it is.

Just uniform.

Yeah.

Some day I will throw this gun in the canal.

Why not now?

Here it comes, Tommy.

I love you.

And there it goes, Grace.

Away it goes.

We can say it as much as we like--

but there is no chance.

I'll be in London one week. At this address.

Finish your business here and join me.

I have an idea.

[door opens]

[Arthur] There he is...

Drink?

Not whiskey.

If you check behind the bar,

you will find a bottle of Champagne.

The one she bought.

Today was a good day.

All of Kimber's men were busy here,

so the Lee boys took all their pitches at the Worcester races.

It couldn't have gone better if we'd planned it.

Shelby Brothers Limited are now the third

largest legal race track operation in the country.

[drunkenly] Cheers.

Only the Sabinis and the Solomons are bigger than us, boys.

And all my family is here to celebrate.

[cork pops]

To Shelby Brother's Limited.

[Arthur] Shelby!

Cheers.

There'll be others.

To the others.

All of them.

Dear Grace.

Without a secretary I write my own letters

and I write without malice.

I learnt long ago to hate my enemies.

But I've never loved one before.

The idea of New York is interesting

but I have worked so hard for this day.

For this victory.

I have responsibilities here.

For people I need to protect

and people who I love.

Before the war, when I had an important decision to make,

I used to flip a coin.

Perhaps that is what I will do again.

Polly tells me you fell in love for real

and Polly is never wrong about matters of the heart.

I will give you my decision within three days.

All my love.

Thomas Shelby.

[gunshot]