Peaky Blinders · Season 4 · Netflix
Peaky Blinders Season 4
Peaky Blinders Season 4 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 9.0/10. 6 episodes on Netflix from 15 November 2017.
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What BollyAI Thinks
The most propulsive Peaky Blinders season, structured as a tightly wound war between the Shelbys and the Changretta family. Adrien Brody's Luca Changretta arrives from New York with a vendetta and the patience to execute it; he is the show's most conventionally dangerous antagonist and the series is better for having someone who simply wants the Shelbys dead rather than wanting to use them. Tom Hardy's Alfie Solomons returns with maximum disruption. The boxing match climax is the show's single best constructed action set-piece. The Polly-Tommy dynamic deepens: Helen McCrory's performance is the season's quiet best. Fans who rank this as the series' peak cite its clean narrative architecture; critics and IMDb audiences gave it the show's highest audience rating to this point.
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The Room
“Series 4 is Peaky Blinders' most propulsive season - Adrien Brody's Changretta is a worthy adversary and Tom Hardy's return is electric.”
Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1The Noose
S4E1 turns Luca’s vendetta into a procedural time bomb, and makes Tommy’s control feel brilliant because it is already costing him.
Full review of E1 → - E2Heathens
Tommy’s control stays sharp, but this hour shows how vendettas turn strategy into personal damage before the first shot lands.
Full review of E2 → - E3Blackbird7.8
S04E03 turns the Changretta threat into procedure, so Tommy’s control looks like timing bought on credit.
Full review of E3 → - E4Dangerous
S04E04 turns Tommy’s “genius” into a predictable pattern, and Luca exploits timing so the Shelbys cannot negotiate their way out.
Full review of E4 → - E5The Duel
S4E5 tightens the Shelby loyalties until they snap, using Luca’s single-minded vendetta to turn control into cost.
Full review of E5 → - E6The Company
S04E06 wins the war by rewriting Tommy’s rules, using timing and consequence instead of catharsis to close the season.
Full review of E6 →
Season Over Season
The tightest plot in the franchise's run - a focused vengeance thriller with the show's best antagonist.