Follies
Slow Horses 6: Cartwright and Lamb stake out while the rest of the Slow Horses work to track down the Sons of Albion.
The police have a ping on the petrol station and remain determined to try and find Hassan before it’s too late. They also find Lamb and River too, courtesy of Roddy originally leaving a tracker under the car.
Why does Diana visit Hobden?
Diana heads over to see Peter Judd, pointing out his meeting with Hobden and demanding an explanation before the kettle boils. If not, then she’s going to call the dogs in and get him arrested.
Peter offers to help Diana remove Robert Hobden from the group, in exchange for information on her plans. Diana is hesitant at first, but eventually agrees. She tells Peter that she wants him to use his far-right contacts to get in touch with the Sons of Albion, and that she has been working on this for months. Peter decides to play his final card – the Frontline Club and what Hobden overheard about her plan – and suggests an alternate play – get rid of Robert Hobden.
Do the Slow Horses catch up to the van?
The characters reconvene outside Peter Judd’s house. Louisa and Min are on the hunt for the van, having followed the petrol station tip. However, he runs out of petrol because he thinks too much about having sex with Louisa.
Louisa and Min are stranded in the middle of nowhere. Louisa is understandably angry but Min explains his actions. He’s never had someone looking out for him before and he’s found kinship with her. ..
Meanwhile, Curly continues to act erratically after killing his own man at the end of the last episode. Hassan manages to convince Larry to help him, suggesting that Curly is likely to kill him just after beheading Hassan as a way of going out “in a blaze of glory.” ..
Larry and Hassan are fighting for their lives as they run towards Curly, who fires in retaliation. Hassan is left behind and stranded in the middle of the woods. Eventually he’s found though, and held up at gunpoint.
Does Sid survive?
Lamb and Cartwright drive together, but on the way the latter receives news that Sid has passed away in the hospital. River is pretty torn up about it but Jackson reminds him that death is just part of the job and he needs to get used to that. River is pretty torn up about it, but Jackson reminds him that death is just part of the job and he needs to get used to it. ..
The group of hikers pass a stranded Louisa and Min, eventually picking them up when they hear from Roddy that the van has stopped at a lay-by 5 miles back. ..
The First Lady arrives in London and organizes traffic, moving the troops in on the Sons of Albion van. Larry is captured but as he reaches around and holds his back (where he was shot by Curly of course) the soldiers open fire and take him out.
Why do the Slow Horses protect Curly?
Curly holds Hassan at gunpoint and walks with him through the woods to some ruins. With a camera rolling, Curly looks set to kill him after shooting Hassan in the arm but when Cartwright shows up, he serves as a big enough distraction for Hassan to hit Curly with a rock. Eventually he’s knocked out.
Slow Horses saves Curly from helicopter. Slow Horses thinks justice should be done and Curly should stand trial. ..
Is Sid still alive?
The Slow Horses reconvene and pat themselves on the back for a job well done. Lamb talks them down though, pointing out how awful they were at their jobs. Eventually Lamb walks away. When he does, Min and Louisa decide to drink together.
Roddy does some research on Sid and finds out that she may still be alive but using a fake name. It would appear that she may still be alive but using her real name, whatever this may be! So technically Lamb’s mention of her being dead isn’t a lie per se, but more a fabrication of the truth. ..
Robert Hobden, determined to wrap up loose ends, is run down by a truck outside. Diana and Lamb meet outside again, and Hobden is pronounced dead.
With Alan Black’s name out of the press, Diana has paid off Hassan to keep his mouth shut, wiping his student debt and donating to his comedy club. Lamb scoffs at the fact Diana has managed to get away with this and come out on top, but as promised, he does receive the Standish File.
What happened to Charles? What is Lamb hiding?
That night, Lamb pored over the files but Katherine showed up and questioned him about Charles’ death. It turned out Lamb actually gave him the gun originally because he asked for one. ..
Following the death of his friend, Lamb decided to stay in Slough House in order to make sure no one else got hurt and to run out the clock. However, is this really the truth? ..
As we see from a flashback, that’s not how it played out. Charles Lamb was the one who showed up with a gun and a black glove, shooting Lamb in the bath and making it look like a suicide. He was hired by none other than David Cartwright.
In the episode, we discuss that next season is renewal or cancellation.
The Episode Review
Slow Horses wraps up all the big plot points this year while closing the Sons of Albion journey in a suitable fashion. ..
Seeing Larry killed by touching the gunshot wound from Curly is a poetic way to end his life while the big twist at the end involving Charles is actually a solid twist that many people are unlikely to see coming. ..
The ending of this book leaves much up for interpretation, with each character having a satisfying and conclusive end. It’s almost hinted at that Lamb was the one responsible for River Cartwright coming to Slough House - given that end flashback -but it’s not confirmed entirely.
Slow Horses is a well-made drama that manages to add thrills, twists, and surprises along the way. This show has been consistently good from start to finish, and is a great addition to Apple’s growing library of shows. ..
