Hugo Weaving’s Frank Harkness has been expecting you, Mr Bond.

Warning: contains spoilers for Slow Horses season 4 episode 4 Returns

It doesnt look good for Bad Sam.

To buy a girl.

Jack Lowden as River Cartwright walking through a train station in Slow Horses season 4

No wonder she slapped him.

Harkness traded that young woman, a member of his harem, like chattel.

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It looks like Rivers daddy is a baddie.

Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses season 4 episode 3 on a London street talking on a mobile phone

Those 23 deaths triggered by theWestacres bomb?

What should have been a simple hit turned into a national tragedy, says Harkness.

Oops, his bad.

Hugo Weaving standing by a window shutter in Slow Horses season 4

In the battle of the father-figures, it certainly puts Jackson Lambs greasy farts in perspective.

Negotiating the retention of his limbs in that hotel suite (gorgeous, by the way.

a bastard as observed from any angle.

Standish wouldnt stand for that, of course.

Wouldnt you know, Lamb got his own way with her.

Its as if she never left which is of course, exactly how Lamb wants it.

Back at the Park, things arent going the way Taverner wants it.

Hows the caravan?).

They couldnt be more different.

The question is, will Whelan last beyond the season finale, or is Taverner stuck with him?

Their open-hostilities double-act is always a highlight, and season four could do with much more of it.

We are seeing much more of Jack Lowdens River, to whom this season really belongs.

This time though, he made it out, only to fall at Emma Flytes last hurdle.

Nice to finally meet you, she said coolly, days after attending the scene of his murder.

Hes going to fall for her, isnt he?

Shes just his punch in.

Slow Horses season 4 episode 5 arrives on Apple TV+ on Wednesday Oct 2.