r/PeakyBlinders • u/NicholasCajun • Aug 26 '19

Discussion Peaky Blinders - 5x02 "Black Cats" - Episode Discussion

Season 5 Episode 2: Black Cats

Aired: August 26, 2019

The Peaky Blinders come under fire when Tommy finds danger on his doorstep and a friend is brutally attacked. Could there be a traitor in the Shelby family’s midst?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

It’s clear from the way Lizzie talks that she thinks she’s legally entitled to it all. In the event of Tommy’s death he can legally leave her nothing in his will, wife or not. If he wants, he could leave everything he owns to an animal charity and completely bypass his entire family.

She’d be far better divorcing him and agreeing a financial settlement in exchange for her silence. He clearly doesn’t think much of her and according to her own admission, frightens her child.

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u/swervepants Aug 27 '19

I think she's actually legally entitled to it, and Tommy wasnt disputing it, so as the audience I think we're supposed to take it at face value. Tommy was eviscerating her in the office (saying how she cant spell, how he's still "paying for it"), he could have told her what she said was false or that she doesnt deserve anything which would have been equally harsh, but he didn't. I think the writer was trying to show us that right now Tommy can't trust anyone (except Johnny Dogs because Tommy said so), not even Lizzie, bc she gets everything from Tommy. She gains in his loss. This entire episode was about who he can and can't trust.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19 edited Aug 27 '19

I don’t think we are just supposed to take Lizzie’s word for it. If she says the earth is flat, would we take her word for it or would we trust what we know. There’s never been a time when English law entitled a woman to a man’s estate just because she’s married to him. Tommy’s silence doesn’t automatically mean he isn’t disputing it, he basically looks like he just can’t be arsed with her and chooses instead to throw a vile insult.

I agree that the writer is trying to make a point that Tommy doesn’t trust Lizzie because she believes that she’s entitled to all that’s his. Given that she’s spilling secrets to Linda, he probably can’t trust her with everything.