Series 5 A lot of mixed reviews but I can't really understand it. Acting as though you didn't know what the Peaky blinders are about.
It's a gang of MEN in an era when MEN ruled supreme and the women play their personal assistants. It's like watching a medieval drama and wondering why the women don't tell the man to get in the kitchen and look after the kids whilst mother goes to fight a battle.
It's a loosely based history show. It shows you what it was like for women, foreign people and gay people in these times. It's history for a good reason. We grew up and woke up. But criticism against them for being accurate to the time in which it is set is a bit unfair.
Yes they do a lot of fighting and bloodshed but that was what gangs were like and still are today. They fight over pathetic reasons for money, power and fame.
The series does portray some of the women as strong such as polly who is practically the backbone of the shelby's and recently Arthur's wife has been making a stand for herself as during this time, women wanted more equality and started making the change to what we experience today.
In my opinion Series 5 has been excellent up to now. The fact there's multiple issues keeps it interesting and the switch up is needed as they still have a few more seasons to go until the WW2 alarm sounds.
By the end of series 5 it's inevitable that the Billie boys will be dead, the politician forcing tommy into to join him will die and michaels wife will be uncovered (if the rumours are correct)