The rebirth images are reinforced in the next scene.
We’re made to read this moment as a rebirth for Tommy, however, one in which he is no longer haunted by his experiences in the War. Holford will also likely tell Mosley that Tommy is alive, spoiling any strategic advantage. Mosley remains a threat to England and to Tommy’s family. While Tommy seems to have entered some kind of Zen, there is still unfinished business. Still, it’s a bit unclear why Tommy doesn’t kill Holford. Instead, the moment appears to be one of renewal and rebirth. The moment is probably best taken symbolically-not that Tommy somehow overcome his PTSD from the war. “Back from underground.” Meaning: back from the tunnels in France. As Tommy’s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace. Peace at last.” The statement is an allusion to the First World War Armistice was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month-marking the end of the war. Tommy doesn’t seem to buy this reading of Tommy, but he spares Holford for another reason.Īs Tommy considers killing Holford, a clock tower strikes eleven. Holford pleads for his life, telling Tommy that Tommy is no longer someone who would shoot someone in cold blood. (The only person who can kill Tommy Shelby, Tommy Shelby concludes, is Tommy Shelby.) He aborts the suicide attempt and goes after Holford-who conveniently lives down the hill. Holford’s relationship with Mosley convinces Tommy that the diagnosis was a ruse to force him to commit suicide. Already, the fascist-leaning side of the IRA has tried to kill Arthur. While Tommy has allied himself with the party hoping to destroy fascism from the inside, it seems there is already a plot in progress against him. Holford, it seems, is a member of England’s fascist party. In the photo, Tommy also finds his doctor, Holford, who told Tommy about his Tuberculoma diagnosis. In the pit, Tommy finds a news clipping and photo of Oswald Mosley and Lady Diana’s Berlin wedding (supposedly attended by Hitler). He hears his daughter.Īn apparition of Ruby tells Tommy to tend to the fire. The hallucination sequence occurs right as Tommy begins the suicide act. Holford and the scene where Tommy watches his wagon burn. There are two primary scenes that mark the ending of the series: the scene where Tommy confronts Dr. He prepares to orchestrate his own funeral.īut then some trippy dream stuff happens and the ultimate use of the Colt 1911 changes. He takes the gun and heads for the hills, gathering his belongings in a wagon. After the deal with Boston, Tommy is finally ready. His diagnosis midway through the season makes this final act of annihilation imminent. He keeps the bullets so that he might ceremoniously kill himself when the final job is done-which seems to be ensuring financial security for his family (that whole killing-the-fascists thing TBD). The gun is mostly meant for Tommy himself. It’s the first weapon shown in the season and the last one Tommy uses (though, not in the way we expect).
That gun-the Colt 1911-becomes something of a Chekhovian rifle in Season 6. Lizzie drops the bullets by his head, calling Tommy a coward for trying to abandon them-and not a real “soldier.” Tommy picks up the muddy bullets and heads home. But Tommy still pulls the trigger, lying down in the mud where so many of his nightmares end. That gun, it turns out, isn’t loaded Lizzie emptied the bullets. The season opens where the previous left off: Tommy Shelby ( Cillian Murphy) stumbling into the fog before putting a gun to his head. Suicidality figures prominently into the final season of Peaky Blinders. The following story frequently references suicidal acts.
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