Slow Horses is back for a fourth series, Spook Street, which commenced its six episode run last month.
Back in January, the series scored an early renewal, for a fifth series, which will be based on the fifth book in the series, London Rules.
Episode one one, kicked off with a bang! Literally, a suicide bomb goes off at the Westacres shopping mall in London, carried out by Robert Winters.
After Winters publishes a video confessing to the attack, a police force breaks into his flat, but three of them are killed by a booby trap. River confesses to Louisa that he thinks his grandfather, David, is suffering from Alzheimer's and becoming paranoid.
She encourages him to care for David, as David cared for River when he was growing up. Meanwhile, Marcus is struggling to kick his gambling addiction, Roddy claims to have a girlfriend, Standish has been replaced by the seemingly competent Moira Tregorian, and the PTSD-suffering JK Coe has joined Slough House.
At David's house, a man arrives at night, claiming to be River. David shoots and kills him, and then flees. Lamb is called to identify River's body by Emma Flyte, the new commander of the Dogs, and he does.
Lamb confronts Standish at her flat and learns that David is sheltering at her house and that River is still alive. River is seen to be alive and in the backseat of a taxi in France.
We get to the finale almost as quickly as the season commenced. Hugo Weaving as Frank Harkness, a former CIA operative turned mercenary, has been a great addition to this series.
We also find out in the finale, something rather major. River is taken to meet Harkness, who confirms River's suspicions that he is his biological father. Harkness offers to train River to be part of his organization, which River swiftly rejects.
The Dogs converge upon River's location at the same time as Louisa and Flyte. Harkness puts a live grenade in River's sweatshirt; Louisa throws it in the water, but Harkness escapes in the chaos.
River leads the pursuit of Harkness to the train station, where Harkness allows himself to be arrested.
Meanwhile, Lamb finds Chapman's body where he went to pick up his flight fund; Patrice, who has Chapman's phone, listens to a message left by Tregorian for Chapman saying that David is safe at Slough House.
Patrice ambushes Slough House, killing Marcus in a shootout before being subdued by Shirley and a returning Lamb. Coe talks Shirley out of killing a restrained Patrice before shooting him dead himself.
In the aftermath, Harkness negotiates his release by threatening to reveal to the public that MI5 and other security agencies hired his mercenary group to kill their targets over the years, having left letters at Molly's house addressed to Whelan and other heads of service that were set to be uploaded online within 24 hours of his arrest. River has David committed to a care home against his wishes, and joins Lamb for a drink.
We also get a sneak peak at season five. Making me think, if it's filmed already, when will it land on Apple TV+?
Apple TV+ has had a stellar run of late and next week, Shrinking returns for its second season. Remember how good season one was! And Friday Disclaimer with Cate Blanchett as Catherine Ravenscroft, a respected journalist and documentarian, long renowned for uncovering difficult truths lands!
So much TV, so little time. Why do I need work 35 hours a week? DAMN!
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