Next: Peaky Blinders Season 4 Premiere Review: Vengeance Comes For the Shelbys From dialogue to dogs, long cons to short fuses, Tom Hardy stole the show as Alfie Solomons, and without a doubt earned his prize as Peaky Blinders' season 4 MVP. And so his end is pitch perfect for the character and for Tom Hardy as well, as the distinguished dog enthusiast got to have a pooch on hand for his final moment on screen. If ever there was a character on Peaky Blinders who would script his own ending with a double-crossing long-con narrative, it was going to be Alfie Solomons. That goes a long way in explaining his actions in season 4, and it even lends the character aВ degree of sympathy his being a cutthroat businessman/mercenary never could.Дid he only hand Tommy a flesh wound on purpose? Well, that can be debated, but it was clear Alfie showed up knowing (and likely wanting) the cold day near the surf to be his last. And if you choose to read his final moments on the beach with Tommy Shelby as something of a confession, his intention all along was to force another's hand to kill him before the disease could. As much fun as it is to have Alfie Solomons make trouble for the Peaky Blinders, it was time to send the character off to the great beyond, where dermal cream is plentiful and there's always someone to look after your dog.ДЄs it turns out, Alfie Solomons, who survived World War I and countless encounters with trigger-happy underworld types, was ultimately brought low by cancer. He's currently mo-capping his way into a symbiotic relationship with an alien and has Taboo season 2 on the way.

Look, as we've already established, Tom Hardy is a busy guy. It's a sleight of hand moment by Knight that ultimately sets up the demise of both men. The exchange between Alfie and Luca will likely go down as one of the best (and certainly most offensive) in Peaky Blinders' run, but beneath its surface-level vulgarity certain truths are revealed namely, that Luca is so blinded by his need for vengeance he's hardly bothers to negotiate at all (something he gets called out for), and that Alfie isn't just pushing buttons for the sake of pushing buttons. But his manner with Luca goes beyond being a canny businessman it's almost like he's pushing the Mafioso's buttons with another purpose in mind. The treachery doesn't come as much of a surprise, as Alfie is keen to unload some of his rum to help the efforts of bootleggers and illegal distributors in the U.S., which is currently under the thumb of Prohibition. Thankfully, Peaky Blinders delivers in full, with a scene that sets up an assassination attempt by Luca Changretta's men at the boxing match between Aberama Gold's son and Solomons' towering pugilist.

With two scenery chewing stars like Hardy and Brody on hand, it was inevitable they would cross paths at some point because not doing so would be an unforgivable sin. The role of occasional collaborator and sometimes adversary makes Solomons a man unto himself and often creates a situation in which it's never clear what side he's actually on, at least not until it's far too late to do anything about it.ДЇittingly, then, season 4 has perhaps the greatest Alfie Solomons double cross the character has ever pulled the true objective of which remains obscured until the final moments of the finale.

No sooner isВ he's done asking for Tommy's help against Darby Sabini than he's double crossing the Peaky Blinders in a deal with the very same man. Solomons'В allegiances appear to change with the wind. But while an appearance by Alfie is sure to produce a quote worth remembering, his intentions at any given moment are less certain. His ability to stir the pot is second only to his wonderful way with words вЂ“ and the two of which usually go hand in hand quite nicely. Peaky Blinders has an intimate relationship with controlled chaos, but Alfie Solomons is an agent of chaos par excellence. No One Ever Seems to Know Which Side He's On

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