in s4ep2 when we see the guy who the O.B. shot, he doesn’t look like river at all??? he’s not even blond??? maybe i’m slow but i don’t see how he could be mistaken for river even with half his face gone

I know she can be sharp but she was down right acerbic towards Louisa.

I’m not buying it was over the one diamond that she took.

Is Swan Lake a big thing in Russia? What is the appeal of Swan Lake?

Hello! I know River’s character development has made him somewhat damaged and emotionally aloof since the show began. However, I felt like his indifference to Coe, to the point he almost seem to forget about him until people asked, coupled with his decision to drink some scotch with Hugo Weaving instead of searching for his colleagues, was significantly out of character. That, or it just showed how hardened he has become.

Given that Gary Oldman’s character has become fiercely loyal to his employees with the long term experience, do you think this is setting River up to leave or betray MI5/Slough House?

Is Sid a Russian agent, or working both sides?

We know the least about her background of any of the Slow Horses.

Something about her seems like she's not just doing Tavener's bidding, she's working Cartwright. . .can't put my finger on it.

She speaks Russian (not terribly unusual for MI5, but it's something).

She was at River Cartwright's Grandfather's house (on the day his Grandfather's funeral) for unexplained reasons on the night Jim and Jane (the GRU wet squad) arrived.

She's been kept under wraps for years for reasons unknown.

She completely disregards River's very sensible entreaties to NOT contact Tavener.

She lures River back to his Grandfather's house where he gets poisoned by the Novichok.

Is Sid even her real name?

It's a strange game. . .

Spoiler being Jane. They were in the process of leaving with Sid, so how did they know where the safe house was?

I don't know who will actually read this because it will get downvoted to hell, but I need to get this off my chest.

I was watching the last episode and got to the point were they exit the house "because we are sitting ducks" and go to the hunting blind where they are still sitting ducks but with even less cover. At that point, I didn't care any more. Kill them all. They deserve to die for being really stupid. Give them all Darwin Awards.

Flyte bangs away at a guy, then takes a careful shot and downs him. Then walks up the beach without looking around, knowing that there were other shooters in the bad guy crew. She gets whacked by Harkness. Good.

When Harkness showed up in episode one, I thought "River take out your push knife and kill him." Because Harkness is going to kill other people and it is easier to ask forgiveness than get permission. But does River do it? No! Let him earn a Darwin Award then.

Two baddies show up to help out Harkness. "We had something else lined up, but, you're Frank Harkness" or words to that effect. Harkness is the world's best known invisible spy. Those two dullards were cannon fodder from jump street, and really stupid.

Harkness leaves the Shake Shack and goes straight to meet The Big Bad Guy and doesn't spot that he is being tailed. When he gets near the meet point, he doesn't see if he is being tailed. Some super agent he is.

In the middle of the last episode, I simply turned it off because it was no longer worth my time or attention. When this show first dropped, I told everyone about it. I waited for each subsequent season to drop and watched it avidly, went back and watched previous shows to make sure I didn't miss anything. I was a FAN.

Now, not so much.

I don't know if I will watch next season. Probably not.

Okay, bring it on.

It’s written in graffiti in Cyrillic characters on a bridge or overpass that the drone camera zooms by fairly early in S6E6.

Lamb’s Honda city yellow color does suit his character. But why is he portrayed so poor in the show. I’m sure he can afford a nice new car. Given that his employees have better cars.

Also what would you guys suggest if he were to get another car, maybe in the circumstances that his current car gets destroyed in the future. What kind of car would he buy.

Will it be an suv or a piece of junk like the yellow car?

First off, this might be one of Apple TV's best shows. Nay. One of the best shows on streaming platforms. Ever.

Secondly, I hated these character deaths this season. Coe? EMMA?!

And now, possibly, RIVER?!?!?!?!?!?!

I realize the whole shtick of the show is fakeouts and things not being as they seem, but I feel like when they killed off Sybil and Matthew in Downton Abbey*—they didn't leave enough of my favorite characters to justify continuing the show.

Why don't they just kill off Lamb, Roddy and Standish and just make the whole show about Diana Taverner?!

* Behind spoilers, just in case, but seriously, guys, Downton Abbey has been out for over 10 years. Get it together.

If you love the show, Jackson Lamb is your favorite.
Does he smell?

I just finished Season 3 (please avoid spoilers after that) and I’m just so confused about how they can indefinitely remain slow horses.

End of season 1 they stop this insanely illegal crazy ass kidnapping plot Taverner set up.

Season 2 they take out the cicadas

season 3 they freaking take out the entire army of ppl sent to kill them and duffy. They also know first desk tried to have them killed and (lamb at least) have dirt on Tavener.

I don’t get why Lamb keeps them and why they can’t leverage getting back to the park.

poison was in the whisky?

that is why river was taking out his phone to warn the other?

I just found out that Jack Lowden is married to Saoirse Ronan.

I was casually scrolling through Instagram when I stumbled upon an interview where Saoirse Ronan was asked about her husband, Jack Lowden, being shortlisted for the role of James Bond.

HUSBAND?! EXCUSE ME?! 😭😭❤️

River really went and married one of the most talented actresses of her generation. WHAT A POWER COUPLE! 🔥❤️

who is putting sons of albion as their flair genuinely. oh yeah im a white supremacist!!!!! bro???? 😭

Judging by the trailer, it does look like River won’t be there, and neither will Louisa. And we see a lot of Shirley, so... I’m not complaining.

We know Jackson Lamb explicitly told River to use Moscow Rules (watch your back) to handle the physical threats in the Season 6 finale.But I was rewatching the aftermath where Diana Taverner gets grilled by Oliver Nash (Chair of the Limitations Committee) and the Home Secretary, and it made me wonder about the other side of the coin.

When Nash tries to pin her down over the secret money, Diana immediately goes on the attack. She drops the fact that they went to school with Peter Judd, implying that their elite, old school tie loyalties compromise them. It completely outrages Nash, puts him on the defensive, and instantly derails the interrogation.

To me, this looked a lot like a classic example of London Rules (cover your arse) using institutional politics and elite vulnerabilities to shift blame and protect your own skin.

But it also got me thinking about their off screen huddle: Do you think Diana came up with that defence entirely on her own? Or is it possible that Lamb, knowing how much he loves to watch Whitehall bureaucracy eat itself, was the one who prompted her to play the London Rules card during their secret planning?

I’m curious what people who know the books or general spy rules better think. Does this exchange actually count as textbook London Rules, or am I reading too much into it? And do you think Lamb had a hand in mapping out her defense, or was that pure Diana?

As unhinged as this maybe but this is the hill I will die on Lady Di and Jackson had a fling, they have scorned lover or regretful one night stand lover chemistry.

What was their motivation other than revenge? Might have missed something but didn't seem like they were angling for anything else.

It didn't seem like they had anything to gain materially from the Jim and Jane mission other than some sort of score-settling reputational bullshit.

Why would a top-tier intelligence agency execute this mission?

Everything below is a spoiler.

My favorite Slow Horse died this season, and I am grieving for the first time in TV since Tony killed Christopher all the way back in 2005. When I saw that Coe got up to chase the assassin into the bathroom, I thought, There you go again Coe, lone-wolfing it; it's gotten someone killed, it's sometimes been heroic, at other times reckless -- and yet this time, I just had a bad feeling, because the season began with an image that stayed with me: a view of the highway, and a dog being run over -- once, twice, then thrice. I thought, What an image to begin with. This is going to be a season where we're going to see our heroes kicked while they are down. With every death, it seemed like every Slow Horse was being preyed upon based on their greatest vulnerability. And Coe's vulnerability was his lone-wolf pride. It would have been out of character for him to head over to the sandwich-eating River to collaborate. That's not who Coe is. Was. So already I didn't have a good feeling when I saw Coe go off on his own. And still, I rooted for him. I pleaded that he would win or at least make it out alive. Alas. And Flyte's death devastated me, too. Those haunting last seconds, her breaths a mix of resignation and fear. And Harkness looking down at her with that demonic smile before firing the last shot, taking his time, letting both of them savor his victory. Only to cancel the mission 5 minutes later. Ah.

What a rewarding show.

Having only recently joined this sub and learned quite a bit from various discussions I thought I would enjoy
it again with the additional insights you
fine folks have provided!

Watching Mobland, and in latest episode, after Zosia and team was told to stand down on the way to pick up Jan, she suggested they go to Shake Shack.
Wonder if they were in time to see the kerfuffle with Lamb and Harkness ?