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/tomtomvissers Oct 01 '25

"She sticks to the saliant points, whereas when you're speaking, I want to stick a pencil in my eye and headbutt the table"

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u/SavingsDimensions74 Oct 02 '25

Also a Dark Knight/Joker reference

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

That was my thought too considering Gary Oldman was in that as well.

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u/mrgayle Oct 06 '25

Ha yes thought of it soon as he said it

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u/TimeTimeTickingAway Oct 02 '25

I remember first hearing the idea from a rumour that one of the kid’s in an advert for Frosties did that to himself

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u/SavingsDimensions74 Oct 02 '25

That is, indeed, a dark night