Can you believe that 2019 is already winding down to a close? It’s been an interesting year of ups and downs to say the least.

With SteemFest 4 already right on our doorstep many of you are (or soon will be) Bangkok-bound, confined to your uncomfortably cramped plane seats, with long hours to spare. There’s nothing better to take your mind off the claustrophobia and boredom of air travel than something good to watch.

When the idea for this Must Stream series came to me earlier this year the goal was to share series, films, and documentaries that really resonate with me. It didn’t matter to me how obscure or well-known the productions were but they just had to make some kind of an impact.

For those who missed them, here's a recap of my previous Must Stream picks for 2019:

1. The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From a Mythical Man ;
2. Heal;
3. The Kindness Diaries: Season Two;
4. Ramen Heads;
5. Anthony Bourdain's Raw Craft.

Must Stream of 2019 Pick #6 - The Peaky Blinders

I knew after watching the very first episode of this next recommendation that I had to include it in my list of Must Streams for 2019. The writing, acting, and cinematography of The Peaky Blinders is absolutely phenomenal, probably the best of any series I’ve watched to date.

Season One Trailer

That said, the series won't be for everyone especially not for children. Peaky Blinders is unabashedly raunchy and violent but balances the harshness with a liberal smattering of vigilante justice and even the occasional act of kindness.

Although there was an actual gang called The Peaky Blinders that reeked mayhem around the turn of the last century in Birmingham, England the plot of this Netflix series is fictional, loosely based on facts.

Netflix's description sums up the series very well, "A notorious gang in 1919 Birmingham, England, is led by the fierce Tommy Shelby, a crime boss set on moving up in the world no matter the cost."

My wife and I binge-watched all five available seasons in the course of about a month and a half. We found ourselves trading memorable lines from the series throughout the day and couldn’t wait for the day to wind down so we could see what happened to our favorite characters every evening. When I finished the last episode a few days ago it felt as though I was saying goodbye to old friends. By any measure this is the mark of good entertainment.

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"Whisky’s good proofing water. Tells you who’s real and who isn’t." ~ Tommy Shelby

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Peaky Blinders has been renewed for another season but we have a long wait to be reunited with the Shelby's, season six won’t be aired until sometime in 2021.

Oh, and one little tip...we had such a difficult time understanding the heavy English accents that we turned on the closed captioning (subtitles) on our AppleTV. Once we did this we realized we were missing about twenty percent of what was being said prior to that.

The Peaky Blinders can be found here on Netflix:

https://www.netflix.com/title/80002479

Happy Streaming,

Eric

(Gif sourced from Giphy.com)

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