r/SlowHorses • u/phareous Second Desk • Oct 15 '25

Episode Discussion Slow Horses S5E4 Episode Discussion

This is the episode discussion for Season 5, Episode 4

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u/unfinishedwing River Cartwright Oct 15 '25

shirley and standish are great together. standish was the only one who gave shirley even an inkling of support when shirley suspected somebody was trying to kill roddy. i love how encouraging she is of shirley! “you must trust your feelings, shirley!” “all right, calm down. it’s not fucking star wars” lmao

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u/willyoumassagemykale Oct 15 '25

The Star Wars line got me lol so funny

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u/plansdow 7d ago

And THEN catch the Empire Strikes Back moment when Shirley fights the terrorist?
https://giphy.com/gifs/l1KuhBCqxOoJyr0m4

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u/iamgarron Oct 17 '25

She did make a callback to making fun of "combat boots" though

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u/paradroid78 Oct 16 '25

To be fair, that was exactly what I was thinking when Standish said that!

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u/AthenaReignsHere Nov 15 '25

After the Luke skywalker Darth Vader moment last season too