Well, my annual reminder to finally watch “Peaky Blinders” has arrived. The critically acclaimed and well-loved show is back for its third season, led by the great Cillian Murphy, with Tom Hardy continuing his supporting role from season two. And it looks like I have an appointment for some binge watching coming right up.
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Dedicated fans may have already been catching up on the third season, which has debuted across the pond already (hey TV executives, it’s 2016, that really shouldn’t be happening anymore), but for those going in fresh, this season will see gangster Thomas Selby getting married, and the family getting bigger, with some new characters getting in the mix. But of course, there will be a good dose of violence go with that. Here’s the official synopsis:
In the electrifying third season of Steven Knight’s family saga, Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) is drawn into a maze of global intrigue. Approached by a secret organization on his own wedding day, Tommy finds himself at the centre of an international arms deal that could change the course of history.
In a sphere where no one reveals their true intentions until the game is up, Tommy has to contend with a White Russian exile whose brutality knows no bounds, a priest with a killer dog, a beautiful Duchess even more manipulative than him, and a powerful entity at the heart of the British establishment that will stop at nothing to accomplish its reactionary aims. The pressures they inflict upon Tommy are carefully chosen and exquisitely unpleasant.
Meanwhile Tommy’s legal and illegal businesses have made him rich beyond his dreams. He now inhabits a Roaring Twenties world of beautiful people and sumptuous mansions, and he has found love at last. But Tommy’s relatives have become increasingly difficult to handle, and threaten to blow the Shelby family apart.
As Tommy is coerced into the most audacious criminal act of his career, he realizes that his response to overwhelming external and internal forces will define the kind of man he is.
“Peaky Blinders” season three arrives on Netflix on May 31st. Watch the trailer above.