I must admit that season 5 is not really my favorite, but I think it is exactly what the show needed in order to remain true. It is a season, slower than most which sets up the foundations for the series to come. And it does so, perfectly.
The season's plot -and writing- is excellent. Of course it is very different from the previous ones, but it has to be because the gang and its leader have moved on. They have all evolved and so does their company and lifestyles. Politics is the most logical direction for a man with Tommy's ambitions and thirst for power.
Perhaps, what I enjoy, and hate at the same time, the most about series 5, is how sad it really is, and how depressed it makes me feel due to the phenomenal acting, music and direction. All the main characters are almost broken, especially Tommy whose suffering is actually painful to watch, but reasonable and real, nonetheless. The beauty of the peaky blinders, is its realism and its bluntness.
As for the final episode in particular, it is fantastic and just on point. Every scene has its own message. Besides its wonderful- yet devastating- ending which leaves you wanting immediately more, I also love the following two scenes:
1)Michael's speech, revealing for the first time his full ambition and even jealousy towards the person who let him into the family, a scene to make you sad and angry an the same time.
2)Tommy calling all his loved ones, in the middle of the night, after Polly's resignation. Another moment to make your heart break a little, because in spite of all the killings and the bad things he has done, you can not help but feel sorry for this lonely, sorrowful man who tries to find the will to live and desperately needs to feel wanted and loved again.
All in all, in my opinion season 5 is as brilliant as the others. A much different season, and a true and honest part of a beautiful journey, which I hope it will end up with our favorite gangster finding peace and his own way to be good, as his heart really desires.
The season's plot -and writing- is excellent. Of course it is very different from the previous ones, but it has to be because the gang and its leader have moved on. They have all evolved and so does their company and lifestyles. Politics is the most logical direction for a man with Tommy's ambitions and thirst for power.
Perhaps, what I enjoy, and hate at the same time, the most about series 5, is how sad it really is, and how depressed it makes me feel due to the phenomenal acting, music and direction. All the main characters are almost broken, especially Tommy whose suffering is actually painful to watch, but reasonable and real, nonetheless. The beauty of the peaky blinders, is its realism and its bluntness.
As for the final episode in particular, it is fantastic and just on point. Every scene has its own message. Besides its wonderful- yet devastating- ending which leaves you wanting immediately more, I also love the following two scenes:
1)Michael's speech, revealing for the first time his full ambition and even jealousy towards the person who let him into the family, a scene to make you sad and angry an the same time.
2)Tommy calling all his loved ones, in the middle of the night, after Polly's resignation. Another moment to make your heart break a little, because in spite of all the killings and the bad things he has done, you can not help but feel sorry for this lonely, sorrowful man who tries to find the will to live and desperately needs to feel wanted and loved again.
All in all, in my opinion season 5 is as brilliant as the others. A much different season, and a true and honest part of a beautiful journey, which I hope it will end up with our favorite gangster finding peace and his own way to be good, as his heart really desires.