“I think Helen would’ve wanted us to continue with the influence of Polly,” Knight says.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from the final season ofPeaky Blinders.
The sixth and final season ofPeaky Blindersis missing a very important face.
Helen McCrory on ‘Peaky Blinders’.Netflix
In April 2021, series starHelen McCrorydied of cancer.
It wasn’t a task they took lightly.
“But it presented us with a situation.”
“I think Helen would’ve wanted us to continue with the influence of Polly,” he continues.
“She is still a very strong influence on Tommy, and therefore the whole thing.
“Her influence is still in there, particularly for Tommy.”
After Polly’s death in the season 6 premiere, the series jumps four years into the future.
Tommy still hasn’t quite figured out how to function without her.
“It’s very much in the story, that absence.”
The show also resurfaces memorable scraps of Polly’s dialogue, specifically a line from season 5.
Finally, she ends up being the reason that Tommy and Michael enter into a war.
