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Welcome back as we look at season finale of season 5 of SLOW HORSES.
I’m pleased to welcome back Matthew Bradford to the show for his traditional role of clean up man on the finale episode of the season.
We talk about all the crazy action this season, that wild shoot out, and the high tide and low ebbs of River.
Plus we discuss the wackier tone this season had and whether it matched up to the book.
Finally, Matthew reveals a shocking secret about himself!
All that and more in this episode!
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I am a huge Mick Herron fan. I read all of his books and I e watched all episodes of Slow Horses. I really like to listen to your recaps but I need to point out the reason for Jackson Lambs grotesque feet. He is the Joe he talks about who was captured and tortured and lost his love etc. I think you missed that in your recap.
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Great recap Jeff and Matt – very enjoyable thanks.
About twenty minutes in, you discuss whether the TV Lamb is getting a bit warm and fuzzy?
Well, I would say yes indeed! But the reason is that the things he says in the books just would not be allowed on tv in these politically correct days.
I remember one in particular where he comments on Devon Welles (the male one!) with something like, “I’m violently anti-racist as you know, but sometimes the only word is Uppity!”
Prefacing with his usual “as you know” to precede particularly controversial utterances, we get things like “I’m an ardent feminist as you know, but haven’t you girls got some work to fill your heads with?” I suspect Mick Herron of “educating” us – making us laugh with guilty pleasure and at the same time examine ourselves and our opinions.
One of my favourite Lambisms which could just make it to the TV series is, “I hate ageism as you know, but old people are pretty useless”
We can never see inside Lamb, the scepticism, pain, shame, hurt and anger he undoubtedly hides, so we don’t know if he is really as cruel as he seems at times, or if he has buried deep a heart of gold. But even then, gold is a cold, hard metal!
As an aspiring writer it gives me great confidence in knowing that the first Slow Horses was a ‘slow burner’ knowing there is hope for us all. I love the little nuances introduced at random moments, it makes you stop and think why? Read on a page or three, and you get it! Never boring, always challenging, a page turner. Tony Rousee