But while telling Michael he believed his story about losing the money and not betraying the
Series 6 • 1933
While in prison, Gina visited him and he asked about their son. Gina replied “Oh you know, just missing his father.” In Lock and Key, Michael was shot dead by Thomas.
The sapphire was thrown into the river and Evadne duly cursed Tommy Shelby, that if he should ever have a daughter, she would also die at that age.
The scene shows that Polly chooses to take Michael's side in the conflict before she dies. The use of Michael's blood also implies that Polly set the curse upon Tommy, as she has previously claimed a connection to the supernatural, seemingly communing with spirits.
Esme reveals that the sapphire that Bethany kept took the curse on her own family when she presented the necklace to her sister, Navadni Bardwell, who in turn placed it around her 7-year-old daughter's neck. Immediately the child began to cough and died the same night, suddenly.
In the second episode of the third season, Tommy gave the sapphire in a necklace for his beloved wife Grace Shelby (Annabelle Wallis) to wear at the dinner for the Shelby Charity Foundation. At the dinner, Tatiana informs Tommy that the sapphire being worn by Grace was "cursed by a Gypsy".
The final scene saw Lizzie telling Tommy that their daughter, Ruby, had fallen ill with a fever, and had been repeating the Romani words, "Tickna mora o'beng".
After his mother Polly is murdered by the IRA Michael blames Tommy for her death and plots to kill him.
We can't escape you, your lethal hand is always on our shoulders." Referring to his Aunt Polly, Tommy said: "She'll visit me no more," before shooting Michael straight in the eye.
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Yet the worst act he has ever committed is forcing Polly to sleep with him to keep her son from spending the rest of his life behind bars.
Following John's death, Esme cursed the Shelbys, declaring there would be "no peace" for Tommy and Arthur Shelby. She then left the family behind but is now set to return as Tommy looks for answers.
Lizzie officially reached the end of her tether after discovering Tommy had slept with Diana Mitford and decided to leave him. Still distraught over the death of her daughter Ruby, she's surprised when Tommy's son Charlie asks to join her instead of staying with him.
Born Elizabeth Shelby, Polly was aunt to Peaky Blinders gang leader Tommy Shelby, his brothers Arthur, John and Finn, and their sister Ada Thorne.
By 1933, Gina has given birth to a son named Laurence Gray and lives in Boston with Michael.
However, Tommy had Johnny Dogs move the bomb into the rear car and, when it detonates, it takes out Michael's entourage. Tommy then shoots Michael through the eye, killing him instantly and fulfilling Polly's prophecy that there will be a war between the cousins and one of them will die.
After a drunken Finn let slip that the gang was going to shoot a fascist on the night of Mosley's Bingley Hall rally, Grade phoned Lorna McKee, and the IRA stopped the assassination by killing sniper Barney Thompson, Aberama Gold and Polly Gray.
Michael Gray is the man that Tommy Shelby cannot defeat - not because Tommy is incapable but because the cost of doing so is Tommy's soul. Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) said that he will keep going until he finds the man he cannot defeat – that man must be his cousin, Michael Gray (Finn Cole).
That suggests that Tommy's handing on a mixture of "you're up, kidda" business stuff and straightforward "I'm gonna die, kidda" stuff. Certainly, that's what the direction and editing hints at. We see young Charles, buttoned up in his grey coat, looking distinctly miffed.
The creator of Peaky Blinders has teased that outcast Michael Gray "wants to kill" Tommy Shelby, potentially fulfilling Aunt Polly's prophecy when she predicted that either her son Michael or nephew Tommy would kill the other.
After Polly was murdered by the IRA, Michael was incensed that instead of avenging her, Tommy went into business with them. He swore revenge for his mother's murder on the man he held responsible – Tommy, who later assured him that vengeance for Polly was planned, but would take time.
Tommy keeps shooting in the left eye. The left eye is considered the window to the soul. They say that looking into the left eye of someone gives you a good idea of what is going on inside that person at a soul level. Removing that eye is like hiding who you are.
Aberama believed Johnny Dogs (Packy Lee) had betrayed the Shelby family because he was one of the few people who knew where they were camped. Tommy, however, insisted he was wrong. Truth be told, Johnny Dogs is far too loyal to betray Tommy.
So, Tommy stands in front of the carriage in which Ruby's coffin sits, speaking to his friends and family about his deceased daughter. He says that in Ruby's memory, “things will change.” He wants to make peace and do good for his daughter.
“Tickna” – “little girl” “Mora” – possible variation of “kill” or “death” “Beng” – “devil” Fans have speculated that the phrase is a kind of premonition or warning: either the devil will kill a little girl, or the girl/daughter of the devil will die. (The function of the "O" is linguistically unclear.)
Tommy looked on in horror and asked if his daughter had seen anything, with Lizzie saying that she had mentioned “a man with green eyes”. Speaking to Digital Spy, Peaky Blinders showrunner Knight has revealed the meaning of the premonition, saying: “It's difficult to translate from the Romani, but it means 'devil'.