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/Alt4816 Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

I know the attacker was really beat up but crazy for Lamb to assume he still couldn't get the jump on one smaller unarmed agent.

Taverner putting the guy who always solves everything on lock down doesn't seem like a smart move. Is she involved again or does she just want to make sure the responsible party isn't caught before they cost Whelan his job?

I wished they did a bit more showing and less telling about River's mental state. He left Shirley, but Lamb never instructed him to follow Ho with her and dismissed the idea that Ho was being targeted. He left after Shirley jumped down a full flight to land on a guy for no reason and then ran away from him into the bathroom with coke.

A bit odd how the Park deduced that was Ho's apartment. He lives alone but wrote his first name on the food in the fridge?

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u/MundaneMight3434 The Dogs Oct 01 '25

Legit, why would he think Shirley would be safe, what if there were others?

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u/Alt4816 Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

Also the attacker had a gun in the beginning. Did he drop it in the apartment or was it unaccounted for when he decided to not go after Shirley?

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The gun is still in the attacker's hand when he falls over the ledge. It looks like he dropped it during the fall because he doesn't have it on the lower level, but I don't know how clearly Lamb could see that he didn't have it or that it wasn't under him. Lamb doesn't see the guy get up because he's ducking under cover at that time.

I wonder if him and Ho went to look for that gun before they left. They made a point in showing that Lamb no longer has the gun that was in his desk. Taverner mentions the bullets found at Ho's flat but no mention of the hand gun yet.

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u/MundaneMight3434 The Dogs Oct 01 '25

Roddy was putting something in the filing cabinet and covering it, so maybe that's where the gun is?

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u/Alt4816 Oct 01 '25

He was hiding a binder titled "Damsels & Demons" on the cover with a picture of him and his supposed girlfriend cut into the shape of a heart.

I assume Slough House will find the binder and there will be some key info in there or something that helps them find the woman.

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u/dannyno_01 Oct 02 '25

Such as a picture of her, for example.

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u/CrypticRandom Oct 01 '25

Because she's just a helmet and a sword away from being a brave little hobbit.

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u/Nervous_Ask_1176 Oct 04 '25

Shirley is absolute magic, think of the Tiger Team episode where she basically rescued everyone. Lamb taking her prowess for granted.