i read the first 2 books then saw the series then dove back inseeing it enhances if have already read some of the books- how you imagine the environment will change once you see it and LAMB, but no matter. Slow Horses is a spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. He's a good agent, but he botched his training and failed miserably. Fox has previously appeared in series such as The Crown, The Great, Toast of Tinseltown, McDonald & Dodds and White House Farm, as well as films including Pride and Mrs Harris Goes to Paris. His description of the man Popov was speaking to, Andrei Chernitsky, matches Boughs killer. River discovers the bomb left at the airfield and realizes the attack was a hoax, calling Taverner to have the Code September retracted. This new six-part season also sees the returns of Kristin Scott Thomas, Saskia Reeves and Jonathan Pryce in prominent roles, while Olivia Cooke's Sid Baker is still missing in action - could she make a return this season? At Slough House, Roddy Ho is called by River whilst the latter is chasing after Leos car. David discusses the "cicada" theory of Russian sleeper agents embedded in British society, which MI5 dismissed as a hoax after no sleepers were found and discovered that the programs alleged mastermind, Alexander Popov, did not exist. Lamb says that if his men were as good as hers, they would be hers. River binds Curly's hands together and looks as Hassan applies pressure on his wound. Lamb tells the group that he usually does not do speeches, but recognizes that it is a big moment and might not see them again. River overhears the bar lady Kelly chatting with her father on that first night. They wonder what they should do, but Lamb says that nothing. Her sometimes ally or enemy depending on which way the wind is blowing is Peter Judd, Tory politician and grandee. [16] As of March2023[update], filming of Season 3 had been completed and filming of Season 4 was about to begin. The rest of the team reconvene and River recalls he took a photo of Taverner covertly meeting with Alan Black whilst carrying out surveillance training. Hoped my favorite character would return. Failing at basic spy training, he became a slow horse, saying goodbye to a career at Park and hello to Slough House. Duncan and Kelly find River tied up on the floor. He tells them that they are useless and that working with them has been the lowest point in a disappointing career, telling River to follow him. River and Lamb drive around. )" Cartwright; Catherine Standish, the alcoholic secretary to . The Gist: River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) is an MI5 agent, and he's at that airport gate to track a target who is supposed to receive a backpack bomb during a handoff. Lamb and River pick Min and Louisa up, telling them to get into the car quickly. The cicadas might have been reactivated, which could lead to lots more deaths. [14][12], In June 2022, ahead of the second season premiere, the series was renewed for third and fourth seasons, which will be based on the next novels in the series, Real Tigers and Spook Street. River says that Stansted had not been him and they had rescued Hassan, so a clean slate at the Park did not feel like too much of a stretch. Where have I seen Kristin Scott Thomas before? Louisa tells Lamb that the Dogs got to Loy before they did. "[22] On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". As Webb walks into his office, he is held at gunpoint by River, telling him to get him the file, which Webb pretends to not know about. Louisa asks him what he is doing because he would get himself killed. River wonders why they were both assigned to Hobden, but Sid reminds him that he was not really doing much. These are remarkably politically incorrect, but work because of Lambs unbreakable loyalty to his misfit crew. River pays the man for this info, but he isnt finished yet. You can unsubscribe at any time. Roddy is the team's tech guy, who usually likes to keep himself to himself and stay out of the field. "Slough House is the unlikely venue for a secret romance, but events take a dark turn when a dangerous encounter turns deadly." Slow Horses season 1 episode 4, "Visiting Hours": "Taverner sends the Dogs to hunt down Lamb and the Slow Horses. River walks into a restaurant and grabs keys. However, one of the business men behind the deal, looking to make contacts in Russia, passes on sensitive information to the GRU who are looking to escalate matters. One of them has been used to commit a terrorist atrocity in a London shopping centre. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. River looks up information on Hobden as he drives around, walking into his grandfather, David's house. Who is Louisa Guy? River reaches his office and looks at Sid's desk. At its center is the selfsame Slough House, a decrepit building and moribund home to a collection of losers, screwups and scapegoats unfondly referred . Lamb and his team flee the property before "The Dogs" arrive, knowing that since the operation has not gone to plan that Slough House will be blamed. Hassan realizes that Curly wants to become a martyr and he defends himself, saying that it was all about being part of something bigger than himself and was putting his country first, which is what made them win the war. In Old Scores, River awkwardly talks to Alexs family members, who are still reeling from the many surprises they have been faced with. Warning Spoilers ahead for all books in the series! In a car, River looks towards Peter's house, wondering what the others were up to. Lamb asks why they would celebrate if they were useless. Louisa Guy was sent to Slough House after she lost a tail involved in gun smuggling. Unlike the rest of the team, the reason for Lambs demotion to Slough House is never revealed. $15.59 from Bookshop. Thus, River believes he has been injected with a deadly concoction. David dismisses River's theory that Bough's death was the work of the FSB or related to the conspiracy, but seems generally unsettled and warns River to be careful. She tells them that she could have a dozen guns pointed at their heads in seconds, but Lamb knows she would not do that because she would not want anyone to see her with Alan Black. Min and Louisa climb over a fence and walk through a cemetery, while Catherine and Lamb walk in as well. Curly is put in an ambulance as Hassan is taken away in another one. He tells her is is watching a video about Greg Simmonds and plays the speech for her, saying that he probably funded hate groups. River walks in and hears struggling. The next day Kelly offers to show River around the village. Taverner meets with Lamb and reveals Ahmed is the nephew of the second in command of Pakistani Military Intelligence. Newcomer Marcus Longridge replaces Min on the Pashkin assignment, and confesses to Louisa he has a gambling addiction. Meanwhile, River comes closer to answering his most burning question: who engineered his transfer to Slough House?Buy now on Amazon, Without Lambs knowledge, Louisa Guy and Min Harper are seconded by The Park on a baby sitting job. He is still desperate to get back into action. Webb says that Taverner probably had many reasons for wanting him out, but River says that he knows it was all a setup. Louisa interrogates a dying Kyril and learns that Pashkin and his associates were meant to drain Nevsky's accounts from the Glasshouse while it was evacuated. Rebecca recounts that Min was attacked and run over by Pitor and Kyril, and finished off by Chernitsky before his death was staged. Lucas had seen something he shouldnt have whilst working a holiday job and his attempt at exploiting the situation is having profound consequences. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2021 Crime Fiction Lover. Catherine asks him if he believes Sid would be happy with him dumping the trash on the floor. He tells River that he is surrounded by fuckups in their building, but he is the biggest one. All the Slough House starts watching the video, which makes Lamb wonder why. David wonders if River had heard from his mother, which he says he had, but only from a post card. River bribes a taxi driver in Stroud, who reveals he drove Chernitsky to an airfield and flying club in Upshott, but was instructed to lie about it and call a number should people come looking. Finish it. When Diana leaves Peter's house, Lamb tells her that they are headed to Harwich, knowing this thanks to Ho. He is told to stand down as the team locates the real subject, but Cartwright runs towards the man anyway. He says that they could either take him out, or he could use the last bullet on himself. Lamb tells him to take all the time he needs as they walk towards reception and River asks for Sid. Ho and Catherine reach Lamb and River, saying that they must have the photographs, which River confirms. Pryce plays Prince Philip in the fifth season of Netflix's The Crown. David wonders if anyone knows about his stunt, but his grandson says that nobody found out. From the latest Scandinavian serial killer to Golden Age detective stories, we love our crime novels! At first, they find it hard to believer River when he says that the motherly, warm Alex they thought they knew, is a Russian sleeper spy that has been reactivated. Ho says he does not want to be involved in whatever is happening, but River says he already is. Shirley is a new member of Slough House who got sent there for punching her supervisor. Here, Herron introduces a new slow horse, Ashley Khan, and further develops his subplot of Russian interference in the British establishment.Buy now on Amazon. . Life in Slough House is defined by drudgery. Hassan tells him he is stupid, but is shot at in his arm. Jackson Lamb investigates, finding Bough's hidden phone under the seat with the message "cicada", and gets the team to look deeper. Curly tells him he is a good shot and says that the next shot would go towards his balls, but River shoots at him. Curly and River engage in a brief shoot-out, before he is knocked out by Hassan with a rock. [1] Season two premiered on 2 December 2022. River says that the box had a laptop with Hobden's files. River tells Ho to get him Alan Black's service record as he tells him that he is confused as to how he even knew where he lived. This might explain his loyalty to his team when they are in peril, and makes his otherwise rude and bullying behaviour towards them forgivable. He has noticed that the guest bedroom is taken. Ho hands Diana the van's plate number and the theft locator's ID. Andre then knocks on a door, ready with his weapon. River pukes while Lamb asks Louisa for her phone. Nikolai and Alex wanted it to look like they were bombing the city, but it wasnt so, they wanted the city shut down for another reason. Lamb informs her there is a bomb in the car he returned, which allows Cartwright to sneak in whilst Duffy's security team investigates. Like the previous novels, it was shortlisted for a number of prestigious wards.Buy now on Amazon, A private funding deal, worked out in secret between Diana Taverner and Peter Judd, gives the Park the resources to strike back at Putin, sending a hit team into Russia to rub out the Novichok poisoners. River Cartwright is the has-been spy that never was. Hassan asks if River could call his parents, but River says that he does not have a phone on him, which makes Hassan wonder what kind of a spy he is. Visit our Drama hub for more news, interviews and features, or find something to watch now with our TV Guide or Streaming Guide. Lamb tells them that they need to leave, since Taverner and Black had a plan and now that it had failed, she would try to play it as Slough House gone rogue. Judd is annoyed by the whole debacle and wants to pin it all on River. The central conceit of the books is that MI5, like any large organisation, needs somewhere to place its most hopeless employees, and this place is Slough House, a building just around the corner from the Barbican Centre. Sparrows ambition doesnt end there though. Still in disbelief.) River goes undercover in France to try to find the source while the other slow horses try to work the angle from London. He tells her that he is waiting for Hobden to sleep so he could steal his laptop. He says that Lamb was actually living at the Slough House and had not been forgiven. The Russian spy kills himself in the end. While River takes center stage in the first Slough House novel, he isn't the story's only protagonist. The Oxford Series and other Mick Herron novels, Barbican Station A Slough House Podcast. Duncan slowly comes around to the idea, finding Alexs wedding ring and a note asking for their forgiveness. He's a "brilliant but irascible" leader, who has a particularly terse, barbed relationship with River and has a dark past. In Lamb's car, River asks if the money he took from Moody was his flight fund in case he needed to make a run for it. Lamb retains all of his old skills and is a fearsome operator. But the name stuck. He tells them that if he finds out they are taking part in extracurricular that activities that could ruin the balance of the Slough House, then he would make it so they wished they were in a Siberian gulag. He calls it and Diana picks up, telling her that they need to talk. Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of Slow Horses season 2 on Apple TV+. The driver subsequently drops River off at the Flying Club, which is locked up and abandoned. It's not even officially named Slough House. Min runs over to Curly and gives Duffy the finger, saying that the murderer is now unarmed. Its Rivers Granddad, David Cartwright that answers the door as gunfire can be heard. River takes this note, containing the elusive phone number, and demands the driver takes him to the proper destination. Lamb says that they did not want him to deliver it, but he is being sent because Sid is not there. So the secret agent is instantly suspicious of this man and speaks with Lamb about his concerns later that day. Sign up to Apple TV+ now. However, he tells River to deliver the package to Regent's Park, which he found strange, since he could not believe it had been passed to them. They discuss how Lamb knew the address and know about both him and Taverner. River is one of the latest recruits to Slough House, after he botched a mission for MI5 at the start of season 1. Sid Baker - One of the most shocking reveals in Slow Horses was the fate of Sid Baker who a fellow agent sent to spy on Slough House but who River slowly got to know throughout the course of the book. River Cartwright is a main character played by Jack Lowden in in Season 1 and Season 2 of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses. They are looking for Andre Chernitsky, who may have an association with Alexander Popov. Eventually River tracks the Russian spy down to the Flying Club. Who is Diana Taverner? The countryside meal is rather awkward, with Kellys dad Duncan being visibly antagonistic toward River.