‘Peaky Blinders’ Season 5 Episode 2 recap: What happened in ‘Black Cats’?

Peaky Blinders continued in the UK tonight on BBC One.

The fifth season of Steven Knight’s Birmingham-based crime family saga finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929.

Here’s a plot recap for the second episode, which aired at 9.30pm on Monday 26th August 2019:

Tommy is at Arrow House when he receives a call from a mysterious new ally with potentially devastating information.

At Westminster, in a dimly lit bar, he, Ada and Mosley meet to discuss business.

Meanwhile, a rival gang, keen to send a message to Tommy, use brutal means to do so.

At the Garrison pub, Arthur and Finn reveal their plans to expand the Peaky business empire.

Later, a birthday celebration is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of someone close to Tommy with a message about a dangerous new enemy.

Peaky Blinders is available on DVD on Amazon.