[s6e4] Why Is Tommy Still Alive? -

In Peaky Blinders Season 6, Episode 4, titled "Sapphire," Tommy Shelby receives a devastating medical diagnosis that seems to seal his fate: an in his brain stem. His doctor, Dr. Holford, gives him just 12 to 18 months to live, explaining that the growth was likely contracted from his daughter, Ruby.

A recurring theme is that Tommy "died" in the tunnels of WWI in 1918, and everything since has been "borrowed time". [S6E4] Why Is Tommy Still Alive?

However, the reason Tommy is "still alive" by the end of the series is one of the show's biggest twists. It turns out he was never actually terminally ill. The Great Deception In Peaky Blinders Season 6, Episode 4, titled