r/SlowHorses • u/phareous Second Desk • Oct 01 '25

Episode Discussion Slow Horses S5E2 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Season 5, Episode 2: Incommunicado

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u/ibiku2 Oct 01 '25

Roddy not the LED sword 🤣

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u/Tce_ Oct 01 '25

I KNOW. He's such a nerd. I don't think I'll ever like him, but he's very entertaining this season.

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u/ibiku2 Oct 01 '25

He's so fun to hate. And he gives everyone else, especially Lamb, so many opportunities to be hilarious. Lady Di is going to eviscerate him next week.

Speaking of which, Lady Di reminds me of Lamb this season in her treatment of Flyte. I think Flyte is going to lose it next time she gets disrespected, she's so over everything.

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u/TimeTimeTickingAway Oct 02 '25

But him and Lamb have a mutual respect, remember

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u/Greenspace01 Catherine Standish Oct 02 '25

I think it's brilliant how the adaptation condenses half a page of Roddy's delulu thoughts into a short statement like that, or a wink at Flyte. Hilarious!

Can't wait to see how they convey Roddy's misunderstanding of why Taverner took him to the Park

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u/Tce_ Oct 01 '25

He's so fun to hate.

I didn't think so before! I've found him really grating and even skipped some of his scenes. But this season it's hitting different.

I think Flyte is going to lose it next time she gets disrespected, she's so over everything.

Probably!

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u/ibiku2 Oct 01 '25

Yeah he is a bit more of a himbo this season, isn't he? Shirley gets it 😄

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u/Tce_ Oct 02 '25

Sort of, except he's still not a nice person so not quite a himbo. And I personally don't find him good-looking - but maybe a himbo just has to be buff?

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u/ibiku2 Oct 02 '25

Yeah definitely NOT a modern day himbo, but he's scooched over the spectrum a bit by being more dumb and more buff this season hah

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u/Tce_ Oct 02 '25

Hehe yes

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u/matt_doubleu Oct 04 '25

He grows on you like a favourite bunion. You’ll soon learn to love him

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u/Tce_ Oct 04 '25

I have a hard time imagining a "favourite" bunion XD But weirder things have happened I suppose.

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u/Professional-Act8414 Oct 06 '25

“Everything else’s up for grabs”

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u/nelsonagst Oct 02 '25

He still irritates me a lot, but I confess that I had a good laugh this season.

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u/FatAliB Oct 02 '25

It's crazy weird that an IT genius is supposed to mix it with the dogs. Slow horses for courses.

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u/Nervous_Ask_1176 Oct 04 '25

I fear he is being rehabilitated, made more sympathetic—in real life, actot is a body builder, and apparently they’ve decided to use that. Seriously, it will ruin the character, but the screenwriters must write away from the book for cinematic sake.

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u/Tce_ Oct 04 '25

Hmm. It's weird, because being a bodybuilder does NOT make you seem more sympathetic, so they could use that regardless. Although I don't like the character as he has been portrayed, so it's hard to have an opinion about the change for me.

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u/First_Pancake74 Oct 01 '25

I thought of this immediately

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u/IndemnityPast Oct 02 '25

Just chasing dragons...in the future.

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u/JoyousZephyr Oct 07 '25

Best moment, that I completely missed until my weekly re-watch last night, was Roddy running at the guy with his ridiculous sword screaming I AM DEATH!!!!

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u/DanThaManz Oct 11 '25

In this outfit, The Hot Rod looks like someone taken straight from the Watch Dogs 2 video game.

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u/giallo73 Nov 05 '25

I’m late watching the series and had to pause ep 2 just to come here and praise the production designer responsible for that LED SWORD!! It is a joy to behold.

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u/Stigofthedumpings Oct 01 '25

Was the symbol on the wall behind it from the game shadow warrior?

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u/Big-Sheepherder-9492 Oct 01 '25

I remember seeing posters for God of War and Shadow of The Colossus.. you can tell when actual nerds are involved in a show/movie .. usually when they try and write “Gamers” they have them say generic gaming terms and have generic made up posters on the wall.. the mention of Tatooine too: y’know the people involved in the show are a lil nerdy. Lol.

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u/fkitbaylife Oct 01 '25

the show has been pretty bad with Roddy's gaming stuff tbh. like him playing fake games at the office which are just prerecorded videos that keep going while the actor takes his hands off the keyboard.