Follies
- Episode aired Apr 29, 2022
- TV-MA
- 53m
Taverner and the Slow Horses attempt different approaches to locate the kidnappers and Hassan. Ho makes a shocking discovery about Sid.Taverner and the Slow Horses attempt different approaches to locate the kidnappers and Hassan. Ho makes a shocking discovery about Sid.Taverner and the Slow Horses attempt different approaches to locate the kidnappers and Hassan. Ho makes a shocking discovery about Sid.
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- TriviaToward the end of the episode, David Cartwright (Jonathan Pryce) said to his grandson, River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), that "Smiley was always coming back from redundancy." Gary Oldman played MI6 agent George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) based on the novel by John le Carré. In the film, Smiley comes back from retirement to smoke out a Soviet agent.
- GoofsDavid Cartwright says that "Smiley was always coming back from redundancy". Smiley was never made redundant.
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David Cartwright: So you thought, what? Diana Taverner would confess her sins in order to benefit your career while simultaneously destroying her own? Tad naive, wouldn't you say?
River Cartwright: Moscow rules, watch your back. London rules, cover your arse. Yeah
[laughs]
River Cartwright: I seem to have covered her arse, while she stabbed me straight in the back.
The cards being kept close to the chest mainly involve the history between Lamb, Standish (Saskia Reeves) and the body in the bathtub. Like a carrot on a string, it's been baited so many times throughout the series that it feels a little sneaky to keep it all back for the next one, but it doesn't detract too much from what has been a really enjoyable, darkly comedic drama. The final episode continues with the show's wonderful habit of undercutting excitement - Lamb falls asleep as he and River stake out Taverner, Min and Louisa run out of petrol as they chase down the bad guys - and it feels like it ends where it had always planned to. It never felt like the show was losing its way or getting too muddled, even if there were some episodes that felt like they could have merged into one. It's measured and calm, and even as it pulled back on the amount of jokes per episode as the drama kicked in, the wry, dry humour permeates the entire series and feels really in tune with the show's vibe. It's a real shame that Olivia Cooke wasn't utilised more; Sid's spunkiness and the could-they/will-they potential with Lowden could have offered the show a bit more genuine camaraderie (on top of Min's hapless and terrible, but quite sweet, flirting with Louisa). Perhaps she'll return for the second season - the hints are a touch heavy-handed that this might be the case - but her absence in the latter episodes felt palpable after such an auspicious beginning.
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- May 1, 2022
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- Runtime53 minutes
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