We thought we'd better get the previous season in before the finale. Great but sad to see Helen McCrory again.
Tommy's haircut is horrible. He keeps being very near to killing himself. I was surprised that they felt it necessary to murder the journalist just for being gay.
I was wondering if Tarantino's a fan. And Scorsese.
It's beautifully lit. Was somewhat bowled over by the technical virtuosity of the long take in which Arthur slishes the Quaker - to the extent I didn't actually understand what was happening - maybe the sound wasn't emphatic enough. (When you do know what's going on, it's a chilling scene. It was the facial disfigurement episode, what with the boiling tar on the Billy Boy.) But the Swan Lake / shooting scene is a real joy, bravura editing. Director Anthony Byrne, DP Si Bell* (you think of Janusz Kaminski when you see some of the gorgeous lighting), editor Paul Knight (same team on all episodes).
Brian Gleeson is the head of the Billy Boys.
The ending - the attempted assassination of Mosely - is a corker, and it ends where it begins - Tommy with a gun to his own head...
* Si's always been good. You can see how good from some of his old shorts, like the devastating B&W Shirin, and By the Time You Read This I'll be Dead. Lately he did Knight's A Christmas Carol, The Serpent and A Very British Scandal (the second one, unfortunately).
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