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| Runtime: | 51 min. |
| Release Date: | 29.10.202529.10.2025 15:00 |
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| Runtime: | 51 min. |
| Release Date: | 29.10.202529.10.2025 15:00 |
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Discussion: Season 5, Episode 6 Join the Discussion
109I wonder if he would have betrayed his colleagues for the sake of his mistress?
Lam took off his sock anyway, and he's right-Cartwright was a fool, and he'll stay that way.
So much great British humor and even an exciting plot. I must say that after the last couple of seasons, I was thinking about quitting the series. I'm so glad I didn't do it!
But Lamb is infinitely right: if you give Cartwright a second chance, he will flush him down the toilet. Because he's too good a person, which makes him a bad agent. He doesn't have the guile, the ability to play spy games, or go over his head.
Lam appreciates them all in his own way, it seems to me, even the stupid Roddy Ho.
"They're losers, but my losers."
Overall, I liked the season, I want the series to never end.
This season, I liked that there was time for all the characters, but in the past, where Cartwright took up most of the time. Oh, I was waiting for Shirley to rehabilitate herself by the end of the season, and then at the beginning of the cradle she got, But apparently she shoots better than she fights. I'm waiting for season 6!
not to say that the other horses are better - almost all are exactly the same)) Based on the events of this season, if anyone deserves to be transferred back to the Park, it's Shirley, but she's unlikely to stay there for long. the whole team of madcaps))
I completely disagree with the fact that River is "essentially still a child")) he shouldn't really be a child at his age. the character is either almost 30 or has already passed, it is quite reasonable to expect adult actions from him. a healthy man, why infantilize him?
but my criticism of him doesn't mean that the character is bad at all. he's perfect for this series about loser agents))) and maybe he won't have any development, because even in non-material life, not everyone gets to that point. what I didn't like about this particular season was such an abrupt transition from River Loving His Grandfather to River Shy of His Grandfather And Unable To Even Say "I love you too" In Response. maybe it's the new writers, as we wrote earlier, maybe they have some other vision of the character. Maybe I should read a book where River might be doing things differently.
I would like to highlight many bright and catchy moments: a part of the tragic story of Lam's past was revealed; there was a rather unexpected turn with Tara (it was obvious that she was involved in what was happening, but I, like the characters, was more inclined to believe that she was being blackmailed); the very phenomenon that Ho had a relationship; and, of course, the most A major faceup, even for Slough House residents, is the ridiculous accidental death of a politician from a can of paint..
Here, Lam's phrase about the fact that his employees, if they mess up, are talented, has never been so relevant, of course. 🙂
I also liked the storyline about the colonial practices of British intelligence. It was very interesting to see how they were turned against their creators.
But maybe that's the idea, that slight disappointment is an integral part of the Slough House story. And River is still their most typical representative, no matter how he claims otherwise)
I understand, of course, that River's life is complicated and has its own peculiarities, but which of the Slough House people had it simple.. And yet the rest of them are somehow evolving even a little bit, even overcoming addictions, learning from their mistakes, and he seems to be unable to do this because of his own self-conceit and total self-confidence.
Even this scene where she and Shirley are swearing in front of the Libyan who took the mayor hostage - she's trying not to provoke and save a person's life (and she's doing the right thing), and River is pushing his line like a stubborn man and teasing him even more, instead of maintaining a dialogue and trying to find a way out.
If it hadn't been for Ko, the mayor wouldn't have survived.
Lam is a beast, he just trampled on Claude. Most likely, he keeps Cartwright at Slough House out of gratitude to his grandfather, so that the system does not devour and trample him. River is an idealistic fool who dreams of a career in the Park after everything he's been through.
> That’s four.
> Fuck off. That’s five.
Jackson Lamb
I laughed out loud when River said that he was too good for slauhaus))
Dude, you screw up all the time, once a year and the stick shoots, of course, as happened with Claude.
Although I agree with the comment that it's like I want to see some kind of evolution of Cartwright as a character. Well, I wish the next season would be sooner.
Pleased with the end
"We'll meet again!
- I doubt it, I don't go to prostitutes.
"She's not a prostitute. She's not this one. She wasn't… She was… She was an escort."
The season didn 't disappoint , it 's still one of the best series in the genre .
the whole team has been hanging out like shit in an ice hole all season. They used to have conflicts, relationships and all that, but now the drug addict is not sniffing, the betting man has been killed, Ho is sitting on a chair all season, grandma has returned, their personalities no longer play any role (except for the psycho). Seriously, if you throw out this season and immediately look at the beginning of the next one, nothing will change at all (only Diana is now the boss)..
River doesn't do anything at all all season. In the past, he solved a personal drama and decided for a long time to take his grandfather to a nursing home, now for some reason he is ashamed of him and ignores calls even when he is not busy... Why all of a sudden?
There are absolutely no terrorists, I only remember Niko Bellick's clone, curly-haired and generally so nondescript that when he finally fell out on the boss, I was surprised because I had forgotten about his existence.
Well, Lam...I understand correctly that he knew that Tara was not a victim, but he let the terrorist carry out the plan so that...Humiliate your superiors?
Well, I don't remember where he got the recording of the conversation from, and I don't give a damn about the whole thing.
The mayor's guards and the mayor are also clowns, Mi5 pokes them with a badge and tells them to get out, and he says, "Are you sure there's an attack?". And the guards are blinking their eyes, not carrying him out of the building.
In general, the first season, which I just chewed like a cud and forgot.
Well, yes, is there a reason why Cartwright is so reluctant to take to the Park? Well, Chela was framed in season 1 and since then he's been solving the problems of mi5, why does Taverner still disown him? What is the problem? Purely to keep things as they are?
The fourth and third gave some kind of personal drama to each character, some kind of story, some of their own demons. Events are just developing here and the characters are just furniture, that's what happened this season in River's life? Or Shirley? Is there at least one scene where they're doing something other than getting a quest from Lam- going to do it-messing up-getting the next one? (River rocked sadly on the horizontal bars once and saw his grandfather once for a minute and a half, otherwise you'll accuse me again of having dared to forget two half-minute scenes, so I'm a redneck and didn't understand anything)
You may disagree with me, but to say that I didn't like the season because I missed one little thing is somehow too pompous.
I don't need to remember every little thing about past seasons to remember that I empathized with the characters and their actions.
I agree about the guards. Both the head of the special service and the mayor have security at the level of the "holder" of the local market.
Lam realizes that River is not cut out for dirty work in the "Park", so, keeping him at home, he waits for Cartwright's mind to change.
Lamb might understand about Cartwright, but what was it that Taverner was avoiding? The kid with the joints, but the rest of the staff there aren't Einsteins either, they're just blockheads with guns. It's not like he's aiming at her personal deputies...
Claude wouldn't listen to anyone, because he considered Lam an annoying old fart. Would he have believed that a pretty girl could have a double bottom? This is the head of the service himself, not some shabby Roddy. )
This is what the whole structure is based on. "Credo in Moscow - credo in London": unity and struggle of opposites.
The scenario scheme is as follows: our special services (the pride of the empire) are still wow! everyone will always be defeated.
The spirit of the old school (River, grandfather, Lam) is alive there when the spy was a Man. And victory was achieved thanks to and in spite of human qualities.
In inhuman circumstances among soulless monsters (Moscow, Berlin).
And now those who care about the letter, not the spirit, have come. The politicians. Polished bureaucrats.
London offices are occupied not by people, but by functions. Their standard is not heroism and self-sacrifice, but a report and a picture.
(Note how the costumers gloss over the ironed park ones, but they crumple and dirty the sloppy Slauhaus ones. Visual juxtaposition. Interiors, props - go there too. Cold color is against warm color. Smooth, shiny surfaces - against dusty, textured ones. Visually.)
They were not in fierce Moscow, where you have to keep an eye out for ideological enemies.
Here they are taking care of their own ass, which London's competing bureaucrats are trying to cling to. If you gape, they'll bite you.
The security services have a golden rule: "We don't take initiative workers."
And River is exactly the initiator.
He's not needed there.
It's time to start Joe Country.
I'm looking forward to the next season.
Do we repeat the trope with defender John Turturro with psoriasis on his legs as in "One Night", 2016?
The season is for the amateur
He is really smart, he can draw conclusions, take the initiative, and looks like a professional compared to the rest without any special "phase shifts".
But this epithet is his "copper pipes", which are playing after last season against the background of the rescue of the most important boss of the office. He is the grandson of the former head of MI5, his father is a former CIA agent and a well—known mercenary, he was not even chased away by Jackson Lamb himself and allowed to drink next to him. He's still not the most experienced agent who has yet to mature, become more cold-blooded and reasonable. And Lamb's desire to leave him is, to some extent, such a specific concern to help him grow as a professional and leave a little humanity. Nevertheless, he is the most experienced field employee, one of the best psychologists, and it is next to him that you need to absorb and harden.
Let's see how his line will develop further. I hope it doesn't get stuck in one place.
PS Lamb is cool, but there is some kind of maryishness in him that is embarrassing. This "now dad decides everything" mode would sometimes be interrupted by any failures in order to have more faith in him. Of course, his legs, etc., humanize him, but I would like to see how the same House had some failures now, and not just in the past.
I love this series, the best thing the British have done. After the purchase of the Black Mirror at the time, and the recent Golyak finale, it is the horses that will drag the islanders.
Lam is gorgeous as always, he saved slough house with just one push of a button on the recorder)
And indeed, that story about the Stasi turned out to be part of his biography. He was the one who got burned on the skin of his feet, which was tough, of course...
he certainly doesn't like River, but he hardly has a chance to return to the Park. And there's no point, Cartwright is good in his place, let him stay there))
He got there for a reason back in the first season.
And yes, Kou's poke knife finally came in handy. 😂
At the right moment, this strange introverted character worked perfectly.
River's grandfather is also great, he worked until the end even in a nursing home. After all, skill and experience are extremely important in such serious espionage cases.
Ho and Shirley are also masters of their craft. I might even bring one of them back to the Park instead of River, at least Shirley is really trying to do her best. But that probably won't happen either.
Maybe at least Louise will return in season 6, for the sake of a possible relationship with Cartwright)))
The Libyans were surprised by the fact that even among the beaten-up psychos there were "not the most beaten-up" types.
But they ended up the same way anyway, because there's nothing to terrorize civilians. It is clear that there was Gaddafi and all the other cases, but in civilized countries such game does not work.
Predictably, Tara turned out to be just a pawn in their game, and that's the only reason she survived.
I was surprised that the ransom was still paid, which is a disadvantage for the end of the season. I hope that Taverner, who has come to steer, will put things in order, otherwise MI5 itself has already slowly begun to turn into a Slough House.
It's a pity that the next season 6 is still a year away. But I am glad that the project still has prospects.
Oldman and the company are really good, after all, you can feel the old acting school here.
Maybe it will be revealed sometime in season 7 or 8))
Otherwise, it would be a mess at Taverner's quarry, Camon. She also authorized the transfer.
- Okay, leave it, in case you need a new liver.
Lam has been particularly good this season. I'm sorry about the Delivery, too. And I want more Coe, they haven't revealed much about him.
The trailer is pretty good, and Harry Lloyd is next season, it's been so long since I've seen him anywhere, I'll be glad to see him.
I knew about the legs! I knew! Even though Lam played off the confusion perfectly! I'm already on edge) I'm sitting and jumping on the spot)
What?wtf? Did the mayor quote Toretto?🤣🤣🤣
To be honest, I'm disappointed that Claude survived, and I hope Lem's words will be confirmed and we won't see each other again.
The season is great, and judging by the trailer, the next one will be even better, because they will need 5 answers:
"What the fuck? Who's the fuck? Where's nah? And why fuck?"
"that's four"
"Go fuck yourself... that's the fifth"
🤣🤣🤣
The moments with Roddy were just fire, some of them were so carbon monoxide.Especially when he was in prison and like a monkey he was jumping everywhere, swinging and saying that he was like Genghis Khan, etc. 😀😀😀😀
We are waiting for the next season, it looks more interesting and darker.
But last time he was an angel in "Shepherd" XDDD
In general, the season is invigorating, not a single superfluous episode or phrase (especially about Batman, of course), excellent shooting and color matching (and still a great opening, I love it!).
If the scriptwriters added something to the book, then they are honored and praised, it was very interesting to watch, although there was something surreally comedic. I suppose the director, going into "retirement", just came off to the fullest)))