Currently half way through season 3, and let me just say I love this show. Probably my favorite show of all time already. I find it a bit odd that graces death was kind of brushed over in a sense. We get the last minute of the episode showing her die and then we don't even see the funeral or anything afterwards, besides Tommy going off the hinge for a bit. I feel like she was one of the most.. Grace was a significant part of Tommy Shelby's life in Peaky Blinders, but the fan-favorite character had to die. Here's why Grace was killed off.
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Grace Shelby's death in Peaky Blinders was necessary for the show to continue because it prevents Tommy from finding happiness and gives him a reason to seek revenge. Grace's death adds emotional depth to Tommy's character by allowing viewers to sympathize with his grief and guilt. She even appears as a hallucination throughout the show, but is absent in the final season. Tommy Shelby 's.. PEAKY BLINDERS fans were left devastated when Grace Shelby was brutally shot dead back in season 3. But now the creator Steven Knight has revealed exactly why this had to happen.