what happened to alfie in peaky blinders

Alfie Solomons is shot in the face by Tommy on the beach in Margate , presumed dead, but later revealed to have survived and to be living in hiding, scarred and blind in one eye.

Quick Scoop: What happened to Alfie in Peaky Blinders?

1. The betrayal and beach scene (Season 4)

• Alfie secretly makes a deal with Luca Changretta and the Mafia, effectively betraying Tommy and the Peaky Blinders.

• Tommy tracks him down to a beach in Margate after discovering the betrayal.

• On the beach, Alfie reveals he has cancer (described as skin cancer caused by gas in the Great War) and basically admits he wanted Tommy to find him and kill him so he could die on his own terms.

• After a tense conversation, Alfie suddenly pulls a gun and shoots Tommy in the side, forcing Tommy to shoot back in self‑defence.

• Tommy shoots Alfie in the face, and Alfie falls to the ground on the beach with his dog, appearing dead to both Tommy and the audience.

This is why many viewers originally thought Alfie’s story had ended there.

2. How did Alfie survive?

• It’s later explained that the bullet passed through his cheek, missing his skull, spine, and major blood vessels, which made survival (barely) possible.

• The injury leaves Alfie badly scarred and blind in his left eye, which is obvious when he reappears.

• In-universe, most of the world thinks Alfie is dead; only a small circle, including “his own people,” know he’s actually alive.

Fans often joke about how tough Alfie is because he survives multiple gunshot wounds across the series while other characters die from seemingly less serious hits.

3. Alfie’s return in Season 5

• In the Season 5 finale, Tommy goes to Margate and finds Alfie alive, living a semi‑reclusive life by the seaside, listening to the radio and shooting at seagulls.

• Alfie is disfigured, half‑blind, and more bitter but still sharp and darkly funny.

• Tommy asks Alfie for help in a plan to assassinate fascist politician Oswald Mosley, using Alfie’s men to create a disruptive protest at Mosley’s rally.

• Alfie agrees (for money and out of hatred for Mosley’s antisemitism), and his men help trigger the chaos at the rally, though the assassination plot ultimately fails.

So, by the end of Season 5, Alfie is alive, scarred, semi‑retired, and still entangled in Tommy’s schemes.

4. Later appearances and fan theories

• Alfie shows up again in Season 6 as a kind of half‑mythic figure in Tommy’s life, still dealing with his injuries and illness but continuing to make deals and comments from the sidelines.

• Some fans even interpret post‑shooting Alfie as partly symbolic, arguing he represents Tommy’s conscience or inner conflict, though this is a fan theory, not confirmed canon.

5. In short

• Betrays Tommy → gets confronted on the beach.

• Reveals he has cancer and is ready to die.

• Shoots Tommy, Tommy shoots him in the face, presumed dead.

• Later revealed alive in Margate, scarred and half‑blind, helping Tommy again from the shadows.

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