“I need to know that you are willing to take part in an act of treason,” Beckett says in a private meeting with the current gang leader, “that will decide this war for Germany.”

As for where Duke—who was first introduced in Peaky Blinders‘ sixth and final season—stands morally? As he put it, “The world doesn’t give a f–k about me and I don’t give a f–k about the world.”

So, although Tommy initially decided this wasn’t his war to fight, he tells Hayden Stagg (Stephen Graham), “It is now.”

But don’t expect the family reunion to be heartwarming. After all, Tommy, who appears to be covered in soot, meets Duke at the Garrison, where the pair share an awkward silence followed by a much-needed shot of whiskey.