Slough House under siege!
Who made it out alive?
Warning: contains spoilers for theSlow Horsesseason 4 finale.
To the Slow Horses of Slough House?Thatsewage farm?
Id die for each and every one of them.
Attachment to these D-listers is what made this finale the shows most emotional yet.
That, and a performance fromJack Lowdenthat blew everything including that grenade out of the water.
Underneath the animosity and gags about calling Childline though, was vulnerability.
Lowden layered his performance to show flashes of Rivers loneliness.
Somewhere underneath all the hostility and studied coolness was an abandoned boy.
That boy was present too, in the episodes touching but perfectly underplayed final moment.
Drinking silently side by side, River couldnt help but smile.
He didnt got this, it turned out, but he still died trying to protect his ramshackle colleagues.
Ramshackle is the word for Slough Houses response to its armed intruder.
A joy ofSlow Horsesis that its characters have always been human idiots first, cool spies second.
Spinoff just, ifRichard Osmanagrees not to sue), River also felt more human than ever.
Oh, and a shout-out to George Smileys Karla from David Cartwright at the end?
A lovely little nod in a wonderful finale.
Slow Horsesseason 4 is streaming now onApple TV+.
Season 5 is expected to air in 2025.
