Peaky Blinders (TV Series) Episode #2.3 (2014) User Reviews

Oh Arthur

[Calicodreamin · 7/10 · 25 November 2021]

Decent episode in terms of storyline progression and acting. It's sad to watch Arthur spiral, he's a lovable character. The cop is annoying and hopefully he gets what's coming to him.

This was an engaging episode that was interesting, and was interesting for character relationships.

[madelynmcfly-20274 · 9/10 · 7 February 2023]

This was an engaging episode that was interesting, and was interesting for character relationships. Tommy was very interesting in this episode, and Arthur was very endearing and emotionally touching in this episode. John remains the most enjoyable character in the show for me, and I think him and Micheal have the most promise in the show (Apparently, they're played by brothers.) May might be an interesting character, but I don't really know how she would fill into the plot. Sabini is a slimy villain, but the most hateable character for me remains to be Campbell. Alfie is interesting, I would love to see him get more screentime. Polly is such a realistic character, and her finding Micheal is one of the most interesting dynamics of the show. This show is getting very heavy-handed, but a lot of these characters are still quite sympathetic to me. The sets and time period are great to watch here, and it's a great show to look at. The writing is great here, and it's another good episode that focused on character dynamics.

Tommy didn't put Handcox in as bait

[Neptune165 · 8/10 · 19 June 2023]

He did it so that cops on his payroll can meet their arrest quota. Tommy helps out the cops so that it looks like they're doing their jobs making arrests. It just happens to be that Handcox was placed a prison Sabini had men in. My first impression of Michael came about from his conversation with Tommy. He is basically bored of the life he had back home with his adopted mother and wanted some excitement in his life. As Tommy said to Michael, he has smart eyes, and those eyes were able to pick up on the fact that his birth family's life is far from dull or ordinary, and he wanted to dive right in the deep end.

Best episode of the season, in spite of the London bosses' reappearance

[yavermbizi · 6/10 · 19 June 2021]

My overall rating of "Peaky Blinders"'s Season 2: 3/10.

This episode has quite a few cool scenes and new characters. The Digbeth Kid adds a lot of levity to the story (although the conclusion to his plotline was both predictable and poorly-executed), the dialogue with Billy Kitchen is pretty awesome, and we meet May, who is interesting also (although it's unclear to me who her companion was). Arthur goes from witty to berserk a bit jarringly, but remains a cool character in most scenes (although the confrontation with the dead kid's mother was a bit weak, if I'm honest). Having mentioned some good and bad, let's get to the elephant in the room: Solomons appears again... He manages to be even more boring, rambling and unpleasant this time around, somehow. Sabini also appears again... Really, just re-read what I wrote about Solomons, the same applies.

But overall this episode is cool, and it's a shame the rest of them don't quite reach that mark again in this season (and didn't before). I just can't rate this season any higher than 3, not with these London gangsters' exhaustingly-long, nonsensical rants.