Slow Horses (2022) s06e03 Episode Script

1
[CUPS CLINKING]
[KETTLE OPENS]
[FAUCET RUNS]
Does this smell off to you? Can't tell.
It shouldn't be.
Why didn't you tell me?
I tried calling first.
There was no answer, and
then there was no reception.
There's no reception?
For three years?
What do you mean?
Why didn't you tell me
that you were alive, Sid?
Why didn't I tell you I was alive?
Yeah.
Is this just an excuse for you
not visiting me for three years?
I saw you, Sid.
In the hospital.
After it. I saw you.
And you were
- You were dead.
- I'm not dead, or
- Yes, I fucking know that now.
- Who said this?
The Park. You know that I've
I've thought that it was my fault?
This whole time.
So, I got shot in the head, but
you're the one that's traumatized?
- That's not what I'm saying.
- But it sounds like what you're saying.
- No, that's not Sid
- That'd be really fucked up.
- Me getting my brain scrambled
- [STAMMERS]
and you trying to tell
me that I gave you PTSD.
- It's not what I'm saying.
- What are you saying then?
That it was horrible.
Really fucking horrible.
- For you, obviously.
- Yeah.
But you wouldn't have been
there if it wasn't for me.
River, I was there
following you for Taverner.
- If you really wanna wallow
- I'm not wallowing.
All right. Good. Because it
wasn't your fault, so just drop it.
[SIGHS] So, you're
alive? You're just alive?
Nice to see you too. Do
you want a cup of tea?
Yeah.
Who the fuck is Frank?
- What?
- The screaming and the crowbar.
Oh, he's he's actually
Ah, it doesn't matter.
- [VEHICLE APPROACHING]
- So, what are you doing here then?
Are you expecting someone?
- Do you recognize the car?
- [ENGINE STOPS]
- No. But it could be my dad.
- [CAR DOOR OPENS]
'Cause there is a chance
he's trying to kill me.
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
That's who Frank is.
[INHALES SHARPLY] That's not your dad.
They're here to kill me.
[OWL HOOTS]
[ASSASSIN CLEARS THROAT]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
[ASSASSIN] Hello?
Is anyone home?
We're lost!
Need some directions.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[LOCK CLICKS]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[THUDS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[PANTING]
[SID] Come on.
- Jesus Christ! Be quiet. [SHUSHES]
- [COWS MOOING]
[RIVER] Sorry. All right. You
gonna tell me who they are?
- I don't know who they are.
- These cows.
- What do you mean you don't know?
- I don't know who they are, River.
How do you know they're
trying to kill you then?
- [SLOSHES]
- [SIGHS] Great.
- What?
- Shit on my suit.
Why are you dressed
like a Mormon anyway?
[COWS MOOING]
- Because I was at a funeral, all right?
- Whose?
It doesn't matter who.
What matters is who
- No, it does. Who?
- Shit. Fuck.
[MOOING CONTINUES]
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
- I'm not going in there.
- Why?
- Look at the size of them.
- River, grow up!
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[MOOING CONTINUES]
[GASPS]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GATE RATTLES]
[MOOING CONTINUES]
[COW MOOS]
["STRANGE GAME" PLAYING]
Surrounded by losers ♪
Misfits and boozers ♪
Hanging by your
fingernails ♪
You made one mistake ♪
You got burned at the stake ♪
You're finished, you're foolish ♪
You failed ♪
There's always a hope ♪
On this slippery slope ♪
Somewhere a
ghost of a chance ♪
To get back in that game ♪
And burn off your shame ♪
And dance with
the big boys again ♪
[MALHAR] As I was saying,
regulatory compliance.
Then on to industry standard
numbers. Well below budget.
Blah, blah, blah. And on
to next year's changes.
Now, the big changes this year
will be to our client data-breach
incident response plan.
Traditionally, this has been the area
that's required the
most amount of fieldwork.
Uh, is this where we're talking
about Serbia and Deutsche Bank?
- [PEOPLE] Yes.
- [MALHAR] Yeah. It is, isn't it?
[INHALES SHARPLY] Okay, good.
- Um, yeah. Moving on.
- [INHALES SHARPLY]
[MALHAR] Uh, obviously,
those of you who are involved
can attest to just how many
man-hours it took to lock that down
and make good the damage. [SIGHS]
- No one wants to be going back there.
- [SHIRLEY SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
[MALHAR] But R and D is very excited
about the prospect of predictive AI,
to step in and clear out
this kind of messy business.
- And thus, I'd like to focus
- Hi. Um, MI5.
- We're here to see Louisa Guy.
- Hmm?
- [CLICKS TONGUE] Yeah, hello.
- Need to come with us.
Sorry [STAMMERS] who are you?
- [SCOFFS]
- Wow.
- You need to come with us.
- Uh [CHUCKLES] I'm I'm at work.
- I'm in a meeting?
- Has she Has she done something?
No, that's quite the opposite.
I'm afraid your Uncle Blake
has met with a serious accident.
[STAMMERS] It's a grave situation.
Okay. Um, I I I have to be here.
Ah, please, Louisa. Family's family.
The data-breach plan can wait.
No, really. The It's-It's fine.
- No, really, it isn't.
- I'm sure I'm not actually needed.
No, I'm afraid you are.
Uncle Blake and I haven't
been in touch for months.
In fact, we're estranged.
Well, the people who killed
him don't fucking know that.
Uh, I [CHUCKLES] I
really think you should go.
Yeah, I'm so sorry
about this. I'll, um
You should've just called me.
It would've been way easier.
Um, I'll email you. Sorry.
You look fucking great, by the way.
[LOUISA] Thank you.
Okay. [SIGHS]
Regulatory compliance.
- What the hell was that?
- Told you she'd be fuming.
[SIGHS] It wasn't our
finest hour, I admit.
Why's it called "Blake's grave"?
It seems someone is killing Slow Horses.
They've already killed
Struan Loy and Kay White.
Yeah, we need to get to a safe
house. They burned Struan to death.
In a shipping container
that he was living in.
Jesus Christ.
What was he doing living
in a shipping container?
- [CAR ALARM CHIRPS]
- Is that yours?
Yeah. You're in the back.
Um, we need to head north and then east.
Just give me the postcode.
Well, I've got a map.
And I've got satellite navigation.
[EXCLAIMS] Fuck is this?
Why Struan and Kay?
They both left years ago.
Well, the there's a
list with all our names.
Is it religious?
My God. It's a key ring from
Bali. Stop touching my stuff.
And anyone who's ever worked at
Slough House is being targeted.
Fucking hell. New car, trips to
Bali. Someone's gone up in the world.
- It's a company car.
- Oh, my God!
- What?
- Moira. She worked at Slough House.
Maybe her name's on the list.
Ugh, as if this day
wasn't shit enough already.
[SIGHS]
[DOORBELL BUZZES]
[SIGHS]
[BUZZES]
[RECEPTIONIST] Yeah, but he's
not as gay as he says he is
'cause when I came in, the sleazy
bastard had his hand up her skirt.
No.
The green velvet one
she got from Marksies.
Yeah.
All right, listen, I've got incoming.
I'll call you back. Yeah, call you back.
- How can I help?
- Yeah. I'm, uh, here for Reece Nesmith.
Well, I'm gonna need more than that.
How about his father's been
murdered and Reece might be next?
You're shitting me. I
thought you were gonna tell me
he'd been shoplifting again.
I'm, uh, taking him
into protective custody.
Not without advanced notice, you're not.
[STUTTERS] You catch the bit
about his life's in danger?
Well, you're supposed
to call ahead, love.
Oh, well, apparently there
was some bint on the phone
blocking the line.
No one called.
And without prior warning,
there's no way I'm releasing
Well, check his file.
[STUTTERS] You wanna play
my jobsworth, check his file.
[SIGHS]
- [SIGHS]
- [TYPING]
Ugh. He's up there on the left.
[BREATHES HEAVILY] Walk up the stairs.
Oh, you don't say.
[SIGHS]
He's not there!
[STAMMERS] Oh, fucking hell.
- Oi!
- Oh, f
Going somewhere?
[CHUCKLES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- Ma'am, there's so
- No, not now.
[NASH] Diana.
You don't have an invitation to
be here. So, if you don't mind.
Would you rather we
discussed this in the lobby?
Well, since I don't
know what "this" is
This? This, Diana?
This is your decision to go on
television on national television,
and lay us open to a level of
scrutiny that does not serve us well.
Oh, I see.
So, the Park absolutely must embrace
the twin gods of transparency
and accountability.
A phrase I believe I have read in
several of your emails except
when that actually involves
transparency and accountability.
Oh, is that what you think you were
doing? Improving our public image?
Isn't that what you and your
mandarins have been badgering me to do
ever since I took office?
Well, not by going on television.
The service comes out looking
like a petri dish of intrigue.
All secrets and cover-ups. And
retaliation? What was that about?
In retrospect, perhaps
it was n naive of me
to put myself in that position.
So there's no truth to it?
Oh, for God's sake, Oliver.
It's a tabloid trick
as old as the hills.
You ask a question about
a rumor you just invented,
and whatever the interviewee says,
it gives the rumor credence. [CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS] This isn't over, I'm afraid.
There are going to be consequences.
Yes. And one of them is that you
are in my office way past my bedtime.
And yours.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Good night.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
- [SID] Cows are really expensive.
- [RIVER] But he's got a hundred of them.
- [SID] Cows are, like, three grand.
- [RIVER] Three grand?
- [SID] Three grand.
- [RIVER] A cow is not three grand.
- [SID] Yes, it is. Google it.
- [RIVER] I can't. I don't have a phone.
- I can't believe you left your phone.
- [RIVER] Well, you dropped yours.
[SID] I didn't drop it.
It fell out of my pocket
when we were running for our lives.
- Why is someone trying to kill you, Sid?
- Don't know.
- What What is that?
- [SIGHS] It's nothing. [SNIFFS]
- Sid, your hand's shaking.
- Yeah, I know. It's just gunfire.
It'll go. It'll pass.
Does it happen a lot?
I don't know. I've not
been shot at recently.
Though Bonfire Night wasn't much fun.
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
- Oh, fuck.
- Fuck.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[ENGINE REVS]
[WHISPERS] That way.
[GRUNTS]
- [METAL CLANGS]
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[ENGINE REVS]
[PANTING]
[SID] Go, go, go!
[PANTS]
[IN RUSSIAN] Did you
see who was with him?
[IN RUSSIAN] Are we
still playing those games?
Playtime's over now.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
This is a waste of time.
[CATHERINE] Well, maybe
she's a heavy sleeper.
Moira!
[LOUISA] Is River meeting
us at the safe house?
Yeah, unless his dad gets him
first. He gate-crashed the funeral.
- Moira!
- What funeral?
[STAMMERS] His granddad's.
Yes, it was today. Um, I
don't always dress like this.
Moira!
Gas. I can smell gas.
[SHIRLEY] What?
Fuck.
- [CATHERINE] Oh, my God.
- Moira?
- Moira.
- [LOUISA] Moira.
- She's breathing.
- Let's find the gas.
- [SHIRLEY] Moira. Moira! Come on!
- [LOUISA] Moira.
- Moira, come on. Come on, wake up.
- Moira.
- Let's get her out. Let's get her out.
- [CHOKING, COUGHING]
[LOUISA] Okay, come on. Get up.
- One, two, three.
- Yep.
[LOUISA] There we go. Come on.
- What happened?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
[COUGHS] They said there was a gas leak.
[CLEARS THROAT] I think they
sprayed something in my face.
How are you feeling now?
[SNIFFLES, STAMMERS] Okay. Okay. No.
[RETCHES]
[LOUISA] Oh, my God.
[COUGHING]
Oh, I was so stupid
to to let them in.
- [LOUISA] Right, let's get out of here.
- [CATHERINE] Moira, take this.
We've got to take you
with us to a safe house.
- So, you have to stand up. That's it.
- [MOIRA GROANS]
[LOUISA] Keep the windows open.
[SHIRLEY] Are you seriously
worried about your car right now?
- [LOUISA] For air, Shirley. For air.
- [MOIRA COUGHS]
[SECURITY] Ma'am, this came for you.
It's from Damien Cantor.
It's been thoroughly checked.
- Ma'am, have you got a moment?
- [SIGHS]
Are you all right?
What do you mean?
Well, you just did a
television interview
without tabling it in the diary,
without informing the Second Desks,
without informing your head of security.
It's It's very out of character.
Are you questioning my mental capacity?
If someone is threatening
you or a family member
I-If you are being coerced
in some way, then
Enough!
No, that's enough. That's enough.
You telling Lamb about Struan
Loy was outrageous. But this?
How dare you appoint yourself
arbiter of my decisions?
Loy was a member of Lamb's
team. It's protocol to tell him.
I am protocol.
No. Actually, all this is doing
is accelerating my decision.
Something I should've
done a long time ago.
I have been doing a
reappraisal of your performance.
My last appraisal scored me
as way above satisfactory.
My predecessor had a
great admiration for you.
He may have allowed
himself a little bias.
Don't worry, it's not a dismissal.
It's more of a sideways move.
[SIGHS] And since you
seem to have formed
an attachment with Slough House,
I thought you'd be pleased.
[SCOFFS] You're kidding, right?
Do I look as if I'm kidding?
No offense, but it's hard to tell.
So, Slough House it is, then.
[SCOFFS]
You'd burn a city down to
save face, wouldn't you?
Depends what city.
With the greatest lack of respect,
ma'am, fuck you and fuck your job.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[RODDY] This is it.
If you want the kid to talk,
you've got to get them
in their natural habitat.
[JACKSON] Oh, for fuck's sake.
[VIDEO GAMES BEEPING]
[SIGHS]
[GRUNTS]
Are you happy now? Yeah?
Mmm. Yeah, it'll do.
Here, Ho, get him something to
stand on so he can play a game.
- Why do I have to do it?
- Well, what the fuck else are you doing?
[SCOFFS]
You got any idea who might
want your father dead?
I didn't even know he
was dead till you told me.
Well, you took it well.
Yeah. Close, were you?
Why is that any of
your fucking business?
You know, I see why
he put you in a home.
[RODDY] There. Happy?
[REECE] Well, lift me up, then.
[RODDY] You know, you should
be grateful we saved your life.
Where's the money?
Doesn't start itself, does it?
Ho
[SIGHS]
So, you didn't see your
dad get killed then?
That wasn't you I saw on the CCTV?
Yeah. Must've been some
other midget running off.
It's dwarf. And, yeah, it must've been.
I'd start telling me what
you know if I were you.
Because I am the only person
that stands between you and
the man that killed your dad.
I don't need your help.
I'm fine on my own.
Oh, everybody's gonna shudder in
their boots when they see you coming.
"Everybody, run. It's Danger Mouse."
The man who killed your
dad is an ex CIA agent.
You don't think he
saw that photo of you?
All I know is that he came with money.
Sounded like he worked for someone else.
Someone that my dad was trying
to blackmail about a stolen file.
- What are you doing?
- Get anything good?
- What?
- Hmm?
When you were going
through your dad's stuff.
Was Gollum looking for his precious?
I didn't go through his stuff.
You can't go through my things.
I just saw my dad get murdered.
I'm upset. I'm traumatized.
Oh, yeah. And I'm a fucking ballerina.
These yours?
That one is.
All right. Come on.
- Where are you going?
- Aren't we gonna play a game?
[JACKSON] Come on!
Fuck's sake.
What?
[RIVER SIGHS]
Sid, it's clearly empty, and
there's not another house for miles.
Can we just go in before
they turn up again?
Anyway, you still haven't told
me why they're trying to kill you.
[SID] I don't know why. That's
why I need to get online.
[RIVER] What, so you can google,
"Why is someone trying to kill me"?
[SID] Look, a few weeks ago,
a travel movement order was
sent to my house from the Park.
It was for Kazan.
Kazan, Russia?
No, River. Kazan, Upper Richmond.
You know, I remember you
as a lot nicer than this.
And I remember you as prettier.
[SIGHS, SNIFFS] So, Kazan?
Yeah, so I rang the Park.
They said it was a glitch.
Didn't really think anything of it.
And then a couple of
days later, they arrived.
To your home?
No, to the village they rehoused
me in after the hospital.
Oh.
They went from door to
door asking for Sid Baker.
I knew there was something
odd about them, so I just ran.
And you think the two
things are connected?
I think there's a reason
someone's trying to kill me.
[LOCK RATTLING]
[RIVER SIGHS]
[GRUNTS] Try this.
I've already phoned the police,
and they'll be here in seconds.
Okay, okay, okay. Calm down. Okay.
- Um what's your name?
- It's none of your bloody business.
Right, look, we-we're not
here to hurt you, okay?
So, just put the phone down.
I have nothing to take. It's
not worth going to prison for.
[STAMMERS] Listen, you're safe, okay?
- We're with MI5.
- River.
- Show me your credentials.
- She's not on the phone.
- She's what?
- She's not on the phone.
There's no light. There's no
battery in it. There's no
What the fuck?
Okay. You want to see them?
There they are. Yeah? Happy?
What the fuck?
Oh. This was taken a while ago.
Wow.
Fucking
Do you have a computer we could use?
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MOIRA GROANING]
Oh.
Hey, Moi, if you need
to be sick, use this.
Absolutely not.
- Catherine, give me your bag.
- My bag? No.
- Do you want to swap seats, then?
- Oh, my God. Okay.
sake.
[MOIRA GROANS]
[VOMITING]
- What are you doing?
- We're making a stop.
- Is this wise under the circumstances?
- Under the circumstances, it's essential.
If we're stopping, please could
somebody get me some water?
[COMPUTER BEEPS]
- [SUCKS TEETH]
- No. What else could the password be?
Um Oh, try my husband's birthday.
- Yeah.
- [STAMMERS] It's nine, dot,
five, dot, 38
dot.
Albert Eric Smith,
9th of May 1938.
I didn't know they still made Fray
Bentos. It's actually quite nice.
Oh, well, they probably don't. I
got it for my husband before he died.
When was that?
[HOMEOWNER] Uh, 2006.
- Was it?
- Mmm.
Sorry.
- Were you in the typing pool?
- [SPUTTERS]
Sorry?
At MI5?
No.
No, Anne. Um, Sid-Sid was an agent.
Yeah. She actually, uh She
got shot in the line of duty.
Where?
[SID] London.
No. I mean, where on the body?
Oh.
- Can you see?
- [ANNE] Oh.
[SNIFFS] Does it hurt?
Uh, occasionally.
Bit of the bullet's still in there.
Talks to me sometimes.
- It talks to you?
- [SID] Sometimes.
Does it have a name?
Oh, my God. Does it have a name?
- I call it Poirot.
- And what does he say?
Well, he mostly tells
me not to get shot.
[ANNE CHUCKLING]
So
you two together?
- God, no.
- No.
I think it's such a shame
you're not allowed to have sex
with your colleagues anymore.
All those girls making a fuss about
a little bit of bottom pinching.
I mean, how are you meant to meet
a nice boy if you can't, you know
go out with your boss?
- I'm actually his superior.
- What? No. No, you're not.
- Yes, I am.
- No, she's not. No. You're No, she's
We're equal.
No, I was investigating you.
I'm not even a Slow Horse.
- Was he taking bribes?
- Probably.
[STAMMERS] No. No, I
wasn't taking bribes.
Well, I thought you
might be on the take.
You know, what with the,
uh, flashy suit. [CHUCKLES]
I was actually at a funeral, Anne.
[ANNE] I'm so sorry.
- [RIVER] It's fine.
- I'm so sorry.
- Let me get you a cup of tea.
- Thank you.
- [SID] River.
- Huh? [STAMMERS]
[FAUCET RUNS]
- Do you read Russian?
- Yeah, double first.
It's about a woman who
was killed in Kazan.
- But
- [ANNE] Who Who died?
- No one.
- A woman in Kazan.
- It's in Russ
- [SHUSHES] ssia.
It's It does It doesn't matter.
[SID] But this is a
paragraph. There's no details.
[RIVER] Right.
Well, my granddad did always say,
"News on the front
page, sport on the back,
and assassinations buried on page 12."
Killed, how?
Shot twice in the head.
Robbery gone wrong.
- Twice in the head?
- Mmm.
- [VEHICLE APPROACHING]
- That's not a robbery, is it?
- That's a hit.
- Who's that?
Shit. Get down. Get
down. Anne, Anne. Get
It's two people. A man
and a woman. Uh, youngish.
Anne, do not let them
in. They are dangerous.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- Don't answer that.
- But they've seen me now.
- Don't answer it, Anne.
- I can't not answer it.
- Get down.
- I'll get rid of them.
- No. Anne.
- Anne. Anne.
- I'll get rid of them.
- Just leave it. Anne, let them go.
- [RIVER] Fucking hell.
- [SID] Anne.
- [EXCLAIMS]
- [SID] Anne.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
- [RIVER] Wait, wait, wait.
- Don't answer the door.
[DOOR LOCKS CLICKING]
- Hello.
- Evening.
Sorry to disturb, but, um, we're lost.
Wondered if you knew the
way to the White Hart?
[ANNE] Oh, I'm so sorry.
I've never heard of it.
But I-I don't get out much,
and I live alone, so, you know.
[ASSASSIN] Oh. We're, um
We're meeting our friends, you see.
Um, a couple?
You seen them?
She has dark hair.
[ANNE] No. No, I haven't seen anyone.
I was asleep until just a while ago.
- Oh.
- Mmm.
What-What woke you?
Oh, well, I'm always up
and down a lot in the night.
Age and childbirth, my dear. [CHUCKLES]
Plumbing's not what it was.
[CHUCKLES] Anyway, good night, you
I'm sorry, but could we just come in
- and use your phone?
- I'd rather you didn't.
- I think we'd like to come in.
- I'm afraid not.
[CAR ALARM BLARING]
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
[CAR ALARM CONTINUES BLARING]
- Where the fuck have you been?
- What?
Where the fuck have you been?
River.
[RODDY] Where are we going?
[SNIFFS]
Someone been breaking wind in this car?
Yeah, he can fart on demand.
[GRUNTS]
[FARTS, GROANS]
[GRUNTS, CHUCKLES]
[JACKSON FARTS, GROANS]
[CHUCKLES]
[RETCHES] Ugh, God.
[RETCHES, GRUNTING]
[STAMMERS] Let me out. Let me out,
please. I've got breathing issues.
- [JACKSON LAUGHS]
- [GRUNTS, COUGHS]
- [RETCHES] Jesus.
- [LAUGHS]
[REECE COUGHS, GROANS]
- [LOUISA] What are you doing?
- [SHIRLEY] Coming with you.
- Seriously not needed.
- Seriously don't care.
[MOIRA] No, please don't
Please don't leave me, Catherine.
I'm going to get you some
water, Moira. Wait there.
Where the fuck did
you get that cash from?
Are you a drug dealer as well or what?
- You'd love that, wouldn't you?
- [SIGHS]
- [DOORBELL BUZZES]
- [DANCER] We're closed.
- [LOUISA] We're customers.
- Yeah, we're still closed.
Oh, cool. We're just [GRUNTS]
Marcus Longridge sent us.
- Is this a sting?
- No.
[SIGHS]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]
Pinky promise?
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
So, what can I do you for?
How much is that Beretta?
Uh, know a bit about your guns, do you?
That is, uh, five grand.
Come on, it's worth two.
Yeah, but you're here at
bedtime and you're in a hurry
so, it's, uh, worth five.
Fine. What can I get for two then?
I got just the ticket.
[SNIFFS]
So, how is Marcus?
- He's dead.
- Don't touch the merchandise.
Um
Sorry for your loss.
Yeah, he died after you sold his gun
back to him for double
the money actually.
Dynamic pricing. [GROANS]
Dynamic pricing. Fucking bullshit.
Do you need to wait in the car?
[SIGHS] Here we are. [CLEARS THROAT]
The hell is that?
[CHUCKLES] That is all you can afford.
Two grand.
- Can you get me a gun?
- Fuck off.
- Harpoon?
- Fuck off.
Stay safe, ladies.
[BOTH] Fuck off.
Nice girls.
Uh [EXHALES SHARPLY]
Mmm. [CLEARS THROAT]
Catherine. Catherine.
I don't think it's advisable
that I stay in the car on my own.
What if one of them came back?
What's wrong? Are they here?
[STAMMERS] Keep your voice
down. Keep your head down.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Oh, look, rosé.
[BOTH GASP]
That's not him.
That's not the man with the
gas mask. Oh, thank heavens.
Oh, look at me. I'm shaking.
Moira, we don't know who they are.
They could be anyone,
so we need to stay alert.
[MOIRA] Yes, I see.
He's gone now.
Should we go back to the car? I
think we should go back to the car.
No, let's just get this water.
Bugger the water. I need a real drink.
Every time I'm with you
people. Every time
I was never even
properly in Slough House.
That's the irony.
It was all a big mistake.
Unless you want to explain that
to the people who are trying to kill us,
I'm afraid we're stuck with each other.
[CASHIER] Is that everything?
Would paracetamol help?
- Yes, please.
- [CATHERINE] Paracetamol.
[RIVER] So, I'm thinking, right,
that someone calling
themselves Sid Baker
whacked one of the opposition
in Kazan, on their home turf.
Which would be seriously off limits
[SNIFFS] hence the wet squad.
Yeah. Probably GRU.
Yeah.
[SIGHS] I have to call Taverner.
What? Why?
Because of everything you said.
An off-books hit in
Russia using my identity.
[STAMMERS] Right, but why does
that mean you gotta call Taverner?
To tell her. To warn her.
To warn her? Sid, she's the one
that probably set the hit up.
No, no, no, think about it.
You The Park told
us that you were dead,
and there's nothing more off the
books than a dead agent, is there?
Right, run.
- Run! Fuck.
- [PANTING]
["YOU" PLAYING ON RADIO]
- You all right?
- Oh, for fuck's sake.
- What, you're just out for a drive?
- Lamb sent me. Who's this?
This is Sid Baker.
Sid, this is Coe.
Don't worry. He's with us.
- Oh, hi.
- [DOORKNOB RATTLING]
- Hey.
- What are you doing?
Gettin' in.
Manners.
What?
Would you like to sit in the front?
Yes, I'd love to sit in the
front. Thank you for asking.
[GROANS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES ON RADIO]
[COUGHS]
[BREATHES HEAVILY] Might be a minute.
[COUGHS] Try and keep
him alive while I'm gone.
[SIGHS, SNIFFS]
[REECE] So, what? You
his PA or something?
It's none of your business.
- [SIGHS]
- We're partners.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
What's he doing in there?
You don't have the
clearance to know that.
You don't know, do you? [LAUGHS]
Look, I'm trying to save your life here.
How about a little
What are you doing?
- What?
- Phones can be traced. Turn it off.
- What? What the fuck?
- Turn it off!
[GROANS] What the fuck? All right,
look. Look. Yeah? Fine. Happy?
- Yeah.
- You happy?
- Shit.
- Jesus.
Oh, my God. What is that?
The fuck does it look
like? It's a tattoo.
It's more than that, actually.
It's a reminder
that I've seen some
shit that's changed me.
So, when I look at this, I
remember, "Pain is strength."
Wow.
- Remember that, Padawan.
- [GRUNTS]
Yeah.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
Right, so, are the others
already at the safe house, then?
- They're on their way.
- And what about Louisa?
- Did they pick her up?
- Shirley and Catherine got Louisa.
I got you.
You're supposed to be dead.
That's a good point, Coe.
Please, may I use your phone?
No. We're dark.
[STAMMERS] I need to use a pay
phone. I need to report to Taverner.
- I have told her.
- River, and I'm telling you
there are things about Taverner
that I know and you don't.
Look, there's a retail park up ahead.
Let's see if there's a pay phone.
[REPORTER] Head of MI5, Diana Taverner,
is under fire today after
a television interview
in which experts say she
may have let slip details
of Britain's response to
recent nerve agent attacks.
Speculation and controversy are growing
around her use of the
word "retaliation."
Despite being quickly retracted,
the word has raised
questions in many quarters.
- Questions which MI5 have, as yet
- [CLANK ON WINDOW]
been unwilling to answer.
- There has been retaliation.
- [SERENA] Hold on. But I
[DIANA] then it would've
been made with the safety of
[GRUNTS]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
- What are you doing
- What are you doing in my garden?
Then you say, "No, this is my
garden," and we improvise from there.
You know how long it'll
take the Dogs to get here.
Well, you might as well
take a seat while we wait.
What do you want?
Do you know anything about why
my joes keep turning up dead?
What, Struan Loy and Kay White?
I don't think it's anything
to it. It's just a
- just a coincidence.
- A coincidence, yeah.
Well, it's pretty hard to lock
yourself in a shipping container.
And Kay White may have been stupid,
but not so stupid as to fall off a boat
she's lived on for 12 fucking years.
Well, your lot aren't
known for their cleverness.
So, it's just a coincidence, then,
that Frank Harkness
just killed one of yours?
Yeah, Dog. Ex-Dog. Named
Andy Nesmith. You know him?
Mmm.
Well, it turns out he took the hard copy
of the Slow Horses files before he left.
I thought you might
know something about it?
As it was you that wiped
all our digital files.
Tell your people they
can come into the Park
- while we work out what's going on.
- Oh, God.
That's the last place we're going.
[CHUCKLES] You've got a leak
Julian Assange would be proud of.
Now, if I were you, I'd get
Flyte to do a bit of digging
into who Andy Nesmith
might have been working for.
Flyte's dismissed. Performance issues.
What happened?
She see the interview,
- tell you the camera made you look fat?
- Oh, shut up.
Go on, spit it out.
I think Frank Harkness is doing
a cleanup operation for someone.
You didn't piss anyone
off other than me recently?
Anyone who might hire Frank?
You know, in retaliation.
No. [CHUCKLES]
Diana. Come on.
No.
[STAMMERS] Whatever's
going on with your lot
has nothing to do with
current operations.
So, if you've finished, I'd
appreciate it if you fucked off.
I've had a very trying day.
It's all right to, uh,
come through the house?
No. You can leave the way you came.
But I came in through the house.
[JK] The more people I kill, the more
human I think I feel.
Does that make me a psychopath?
Probably, yeah.
How long since you two worked together?
Three years.
You trust her?
Yeah.
[KNOCKS ON WINDOW]
Hey, uh, none of the
pay phones are working,
so I'm gonna check in there.
["KANGAROO" PLAYING]
- I should probably go. Yeah.
- Yeah.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[RIVER] Hey. Wait up.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]