<Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Episode 6 </Td> <Td> Colm McCarthy </Td> <Td> Steven Knight </Td> <Td> 6 November 2014 (2014 - 11 - 06) </Td> <Td> 2.24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Tommy decides to settle all his affairs in case he meets an untimely death . He also meets with Alfie Solomons regarding business contracts . Alfie gets Arthur out of prison . Derby Day has arrived . Polly tries to pay off Michael to get him to leave . Tommy collects the Peaky Blinders and gives them their mission at the races . Without firing a shot, they are to collect and burn the licences of Derby Sabini's bookies and steal the bets . Tommy runs into Grace who informs him she's pregnant . Tommy tells her after the race, they will talk . Tommy completes his mission for Major Campbell, but at Lizzie's expense . Major Campbell's men from Northern Ireland, members of the Ulster Volunteers, kidnap Tommy and take him to an empty field while Aunt Polly meets with Major Campbell and shoots him . Michael decides he wants in on the family business . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> Episode </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> UK viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Episode 1 </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Steven Knight </Td> <Td> 5 May 2016 (2016 - 05 - 05) </Td> <Td> 2.95 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The series picks up two years later, in 1924, with Thomas Shelby's wedding to Grace Burgess . The Shelby family and their kin have been invited, as well as Grace's family . Composed of cavalrymen, Irish members of the British Army, Grace's family dismays the Shelby family, due to the cavalry's late arrival on the battlefield during the war . The Peaky Blinders have a meeting in the kitchen, where Thomas, in a state of stress, orders the men to be on their best behaviour . Meanwhile, a refugee from Russia, named Anton Kaledin, makes contact with the Peaky Blinders, offering the code "Constantine" as confirmation for the money - exchange meeting with the young Duchess Tatiana Petrovna (Gaite Jansen). Thomas informs her that Kaledin provided the wrong code name, meaning the man must be killed . Arthur confides in Thomas, not wanting to do the job they must carry out, but Thomas tells him they have no choice, or else Tommy will hang . In the end, Arthur kills the impostor . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Episode 2 </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Steven Knight </Td> <Td> 12 May 2016 (2016 - 05 - 12) </Td> <Td> 2.43 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Thomas goes to the Lanchester Factory to inspect armoured vehicles, which are part of a business deal between him and Father John Hughes . After their meeting, Thomas visits the Ritz Hotel to meet with Mr. Romanov, who pays him, with a sapphire, for murdering Kaledin . Arthur and John Shelby meet with Vicente Changretta, who demands an explanation for the burning down of his son's restaurant . John ignores his questions, threatens him, and after Vincent publicly vows to murder him, John beats and cuts Angel Changretta . During a family meeting with the Shelbys, Thomas sides with John, to the surprise of Arthur and Polly . At the Shelby Parlour, Thomas is taken into a prison cell by London coppers and is greeted by Father Hughes . Hughes tells Thomas he will kill Charlie if Tommy visits his sister Ada again, due to her communist connections and that he has easy access to his family . Thomas heads home and finds a card under his son's pillow, which reads: "Charles Shelby--R.I.P.". During a conversation with Grace about the Shelby Charity Foundation dinner, Thomas gives her the sapphire, which she wears at the event . Father Hughes and Patrick Jarvis meet with Thomas, informing him that the Russians want to inspect the vehicles . Later, Tatiana tells Thomas the sapphire Grace is wearing was cursed by a Romani . Thomas attempts to get Grace to take off the necklace, telling her he cannot have anything bad happen to her . A man enters with a gun and shouts "For Angel!", shooting Grace in the upper chest . Arthur, John and Finn brutally beat the man to death as the event turns to chaos with Thomas shouting for an ambulance . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Episode 3 </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Steven Knight </Td> <Td> 19 May 2016 (2016 - 05 - 19) </Td> <Td> 2.20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Following Grace's funeral, Thomas calls a meeting with Aunt Polly and Michael, and gives them a list of things to do for their "legitimate" business . Afterwards, Arthur and John are ushered in . Thomas tells them to retrieve Vicente Changretta alive and shoot Changretta's wife, but the two are reluctant to murder her . During a family meeting, the Shelbys realise that Thomas has gone, having left a note behind that he'll be back in a few days . Elsewhere, Thomas is heading to Wales with the sapphire necklace . There, he confers with a Romani, whom he asks whether the sapphire is cursed . Leaving the necklace with the woman, he's able to return home with some sense of normality . In the meantime, Arthur and John have procured Changretta, who Thomas threatens to torture, but Arthur shoots in the head as an act of mercy . Back at the mansion, following her help in finding the Soviet informant in the Economic League, Thomas invites Ada to head the family's future office in America . Armed with the name of the informant, Thomas interrupts a meal hosted by the Grand Duchess Izabella Petrovna and secretly alerts her of the information he has acquired . Princess Tatiana sees Thomas to his car, and he tells her that Hughes is the one betraying them to the Soviets and offers to kill him, free of charge . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Episode 4 </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Steven Knight </Td> <Td> 26 May 2016 (2016 - 05 - 26) </Td> <Td> 2.19 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Easter 1924 . The Shelbys receive news that their father has died and Tommy announces the plan to his brothers: they will have been hired to provide the Russians with weapons for a rebellion stolen from a train and will, in turn, be paid in jewels but, believing they will betray him, Tommy plans to break into their vault . Linda tells Arthur she is pregnant and wants him out of the family business, which he agrees to do after the job with the Russians is over . His vagueness irritates Linda who demands a bigger cut for Arthur so they can move to America together and convinces Polly, Esme and Lizzie agree to strike, forcing Tommy to reveal the plan of the assassination to Polly . After drinking during a portrait painting session with Oliver, she goes to the Church, inadvertently revealing the plan to the priest during confession, who tells Father Hughes about it . Knowing he is the target, Hughes foils the Peaky Blinders' attempt on his life . Hughes humiliates Tommy, making him apologise for wrongly accusing him in front of Tatiana and her family . He then has Tommy seriously injured, who discovers the actual intent of the robbery, and realizes that his family will lose . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Episode 5 </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Steven Knight </Td> <Td> 2 June 2016 (2016 - 06 - 02) </Td> <Td> 2.24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Three months later, Tommy has recovered and the planned massive heist involving the Russians is drawing near . Tommy enlists the Peaky Blinders' old antagonist Alfie Solomons to appraise the Russian's jewels, ruining their plan to give Tommy fakes . The Peaky Blinders begin to tunnel underneath their mansion . Tommy makes a deal with the Soviets to ensure the guns on the train will be useless, negating the need to blow up the train and sabotaging the plan to plant evidence at the scene of the explosion incriminating the USSR thus causing an international incident which would lead to Britain cutting off diplomatic relations with Russia . Ada officially joins the Shelby company when she is offered a place in their new Boston office . After previously revealing that he was abused by Hughes, Michael reveals that he too, wishes to kill the priest but Polly tells Tommy that she will bring the business to its knees should her son be the murderer . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Episode 6 </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Steven Knight </Td> <Td> 9 June 2016 (2016 - 06 - 09) </Td> <Td> 2.27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Thomas's son, Charlie, is kidnapped . Father Hughes reveals to Thomas that he knows about his subterfuge, including the tunnel into the Russian vault and sabotaging the train bombing plot . He demands the jewels as payment and for Thomas himself blow up the train--which must kill six people, in exchange for the safe return of his son . Thomas agrees unconditionally . After some investigation he discovers that Alfie Solomons divulged the plans to Father Hughes . During a confrontation Michael kills Alfie's associate, but Thomas cannot bring himself to kill Alfie . Thomas figures out where Charlie is being held and sends Michael to retrieve him and kill Father Hughes . At the same time Arthur and John set off to carry out the train bombing in case Michael can't rescue Charlie in time . Even though Michael is successful, word doesn't reach the Shelbys in time, and the train is blown up . Meanwhile, Thomas frantically completes the tunnel and blasts into the Russian's vault, stealing several jewels and a valuable Fabergé egg . With his son safe, he meets with Grand Duchess Tatiana, who has been in on the jewel heist the whole time, and plans on taking her share to Vienna . Thomas returns home to distribute the remaining loot to his accomplices, but at the end of the meeting announces the police are at the residence to arrest everyone . The rest of the Peaky Blinders and Shelby family are taken away in handcuffs . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> Episode </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> UK viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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