"Sapphire" is the fourth episode of the sixth series of Peaky Blinders and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It aired on March 20, 2022.
Synopsis[]
Tommy establishes a connection between crime and political power that could alter the course of history. He also receives life-changing news from an unexpected source.
Plot[]
Ruby's funeral is held. Arthur is there too but he’s in serious withdrawal from his addiction. Tommy is overcome by grief and tries to get his brother to speak a few words on his behalf. Unfortunately, he refuses. Instead, Tommy takes over but as the carriage is bound to be burned, Lizzie is distraught and tries to stop him. Tommy promises to make those responsible pay. Bound by a thirst for vengeance that cannot be quenched without some serious bloodshed, the carriage is eventually burned as Thomas Shelby walks away.
Tommy soon shows up with guns blazing, gunning down Evadne Barwell and her motley band of travelers out in the woods. With gold dust in hand, he then meets Esme and hands it over, believing his sacrifice has been paid. Apparently though, she has a new prophecy to share, claiming that there’s another child that Tommy wasn’t aware of. This child is revealed to be Tommy's son who was born during the war, when Tommy was sent off to France to fight. Esme has brought Tommy to him. He goes by the name of Duke and is a lowlife thief, working at a fairground. His mother is dead but Esme promises to hand the boy over to Tommy in exchange for more gold. Esme implies that Duke, like Thomas, has an insatiable desire to make it to the top. She likens this to a proverbial way of patching up the hole in Tommy’s heart.
After heading home, Lizzie shouts at Tommy with venomous wrath, knowing exactly where he’s been – and who he’s gunned down. Lizzie also mentions that the doctor from the hospital wants to speak with him and that Arthur is here. Tommy heads down to the basement, where he finds Arthur slumped against the side, admitting that he’s messed up. Tommy sits with his brother and brings up a fight they had over cigarettes in the past – the beginning of Arthur’s unhinged behavior leading up to his point. Only, he let Tommy win and now he’s realized as much. Arthur sacrificed himself to allow Tommy to prosper but now, that light is starting to fade on the Shelby family. Tommy believes there are a few more yards they need to travel down before they can finally make changes and rest in peace. Despite staying sober for so long, Tommy decides to drink with Arthur.
Nevertheless, he later remains fixated on the mission at hand. That comes in the form of the scheduled meeting, with Oswald Mosley, Diana Mitford, and Jack Nelson attending. Diana mentions a conversation she had with Hitler, Himmler, and Göring, stretching on through the night and into the early morning, talking about the new world. Tommy eventually shows up and they all sit around the table, with a slick camera move that jerks from one character to the next, discussing their ideologies. Tommy struggles to hold it together. When the meeting is finished, he goes outside and fires his Thompson submachine gun at the sky in a cathartic expression of rage.
After the night’s events, Tommy begins typing up everything he remembers being spoken at the meeting, believing that Churchill will find it more valuable to know exactly what was said word for word. Lizzie enters the room and gives him a letter from the hospital. He brushes off as a bill but Lizzie thinks it's something more important. She can sense that Tommy is starting to fall off the deep end, typified by him burning Ruby’s chair. It’s clear that he’s in mourning but Lizzie tries to comfort him. “Not yet,” Tommy says. He wants to change for good but right now he needs to finish what he’s started.
Tommy meets Gina and blackmails her after finding out that she had sex with Mosley. He wants her to be with Mosley when he’s in Berlin. She’s going to work as his informant and feed back what Oswald is discussing with the senior German officials. If she refuses then Tommy will reveal the affair to Jack, her uncle, who will disown her for sleeping with his business partner behind his back.
Tommy opens the letter from the hospital. It is revealed that he has been diagnosed with tuberculoma and that Dr. Holford is desperate to visit him for a consultation. Tommy meets with the good doctor, who confirms the diagnosis. Tommy may have picked it up from Ruby, meaning the whole family are at risk. His seizures, hallucinations, and erratic behavior are all linked to this and, unfortunately, he doesn’t have a hope of a cure since it is inoperable. Thomas Shelby is going to die.
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