![]() ![]() The man was an orderly who refused to help his dying mum at a hospital because she was a gypsy. Duke Shelbyĭuke Shelby has been fully brought into the family fold within a matter of weeks, admitting he had killed a man before he even became a member of the Blinders. However, if the movie takes place during World War II, which is the proposed timeline, Tommy would still be able to get his revenge against the fascists he despises - even if he can’t directly take down Mosley himself. The founder of the British Union of Fascists, the real-life Mosley survived until 1980 when he died of Parkinson's. That’s probably because Blinders’ Mosley is based on a real person. ![]() One plot thread that will probably never be directly resolved, even in a movie, is Tommy’s failure to assassinate Oswald Mosley - which was thwarted by the IRA in season 5, and was still unaccomplished by the end of season six. Rather than fight it, he considers this a clean slate, heads off on his horse ready to make a new life for himself. Returning back to the caravan he now lives in, he sees someone has set it on fire. ![]() This is the 'man with green eyes' and the 'grey man' that has been foreshadowed throughout season six's run.Īlthough he holds a gun to Holford's head, Tommy ultimately decides to spare his life, revived by the knowledge that he isn't going to die. Holford, who is revealed to be an out-and-out racist who had nothing but contempt for gypsies like the Shelbys, rationalises his actions when Tommy confronts him, branding Tommy a "sick man". Mosley had recruited Dr Holford to help out, and he was so tightly connected to the fascist cause he was even present at Mosley's wedding to Diana Mitford, where Adolf Hitler was best man. Ruby's message urged Tommy to head towards his campfire ("Light the fire again and get warm, and you will see that you must live"), and fragments of a newspaper article about the marriage on that fire showed Tommy the truth – that Dr Holford, who gave him the deadly diagnosis, was all part of an elaborate scam.ĭespite living with the burden of tuberculoma over the past three episodes, it turned out to be nothing but a malicious ruse executed by Oswald Mosley and his band of fascists. After one last dinner, he resigns himself to a life of solitude with the intent to die alone with his horses in a gypsy caravan.īut a message from his dead daughter Ruby then provided some clarity to gave him literally a new lease of life. He then retired, saying goodbye to his family and handing over the business to Ada (who, let's face it, was better equipped to run it anyway). He even blew up his family mansion to make way for new homes for the working class of Birmingham. The movie now surely promises the return of Cillian Murphy and his flat cap for another outing.īelieving he had tuberculoma, a build-up of lumps on the base of the brain, Tommy set about putting his final preparations in place and tying up his loose ends. Tommy spends the vast majority of the final episode preparing for death – but the cat with nine lives has managed to live to fight yet another day. ![]()
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