Thomas Shelby prepares to execute his friend and fellow war veteran Danny Whizz-Bang to settle a blood feud with an Italian gang. As Danny reflects on his trauma from the Great War and makes final requests for his family, Thomas offers a moment of mercy and brotherhood before the fatal shot.
THOMAS: Danny, as you know, the man you killed was Italian. And those two men down there are his brothers.
DANNY: I died over there anyway Tommy. I left my fucking brains in the mud.
THOMAS: Yeah. You have any last requests, comrade?
DANNY: You’ll look out for my Rosie and my boys. See they get appr
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