After Episode 4 concluded, Peaky Blinders fans flocked to social media to air their grievances and heartbreak about Tommy's diagnosis.

One Twitter user, who's struggling to cope with the news, wrote, "I’m actually crying; this hurts me so much. Tommy Shelby was the comfort character that got me through so much, and I can’t imagine him dying. I’m sorry." Another added, "I knew Tommy Shelby was going to die [at] the end of this series, but this wasn’t how I thought it was going to happen."

Radio Times notes that there was a successful tuberculous removal operation carried out in 1933 and many Peaky Blinders lovers are hoping that Tommy will find a doctor to perform the procedure on him. After all, Dr. Holford only said that neither he nor his colleagues would operate on Tommy. That means there are still other doctors out there who might.

A Twitter fan commented, "If there’s someone who will try that surgery, this is Tommy Shelby, he has nothing to lose, [plus] I can’t see him depending on others to perform everyday tasks as the doc said, he would prefer to die. I think he will do that surgery, and it will go well!"

Here's hoping!