The dialogue is fucking terrible, in the little meeting they all had, the words 'I've done a bit of research on you' was repeated 3 times to lazily get around characters knowing stuff about other characters without reason.
Such a common theme over the last few years to see brilliant TV Shows turn to shit in the final season or two.
I honestly didn't think it could (or would) get worse than episode 2. I was wrong
Last nights episode was nothing short of atrocious.
I'm obviously not going to pack it in after 5.5 series, but Jesus they are going to have to pull off the kind of comeback only LFC are accustomed to.
The ultra-violent street gang known as the Peaky Blinders is now being strategically run and ordered about by Ada Thorne-Shelby. That's after her lecturing a notorious Boston gangster and giving lip to one of the most eloquent and influential politicians of the time. Operation "Box ticking exercise" complete. I suppose if you drop the F-Bomb enough, your good to go.
They'd have been better bringing Esme back to Birmingham to kick some ass if that's the route they insisted on taking.