In this scene from the premiere of Slow Horses Season 4, Jackson Lamb arrives to tell his longtime "friend" and "colleague" Catherine Standish the sad news about River Cartwright. But he has a little more up his sleeve than just a box of Jaffa cakes.
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This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
See how the tense and darkly funny scene transformed from script to screen in this behind-the-scenes look at Slow Horses — Now Streaming on Apple TV+ http://apple.co/_SlowHorses
This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
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00:00I get the price.
00:01This morning, Mark Lee's been overstatement.
00:05Jackson, what do you want?
00:08It's a nice welcome.
00:09You could have put some feeling into it.
00:11I did, just not the kind you were hoping for.
00:15Can I invite me in?
00:16No.
00:17And if I come in anyway?
00:27I brought breakfast.
00:28I've already eaten.
00:29And that's not a breakfast.
00:31How about a drink, then?
00:33Bit early, even for you.
00:36I meant a glass of water.
00:43So why are you here?
00:47Can't drop in on an offering.
00:49Unlikely and inaccurate.
00:52Just come from identifying River Cartwright's body.
00:55I wanted you to be the first to know.
00:59There you see?
01:01Breakfast, got orange in it, fruit, healthy.
01:04River, how?
01:06Bullet to the chest and a bullet to the face.
01:08Literally wiped the annoying look off it.
01:13Aren't you going to respond?
01:15This is me responding.
01:18Where did it happen?
01:21In the bathroom.
01:23Just like old times, eh?
01:25And will you tell the others?
01:28Well, I sent a text to her.
01:30I expect her to spread the word around by now.
01:32You sent a text?
01:34Well, I wasn't going to tweet it.
01:36Jesus Christ, Stan, this man died.
01:38You know what this news will do to Louisa?
01:40Oh, that's why I sent it to her.
01:42I know how to be tactful.
01:44So, well, now that you've told me this terrible news,
01:49feel free to leave.
01:54I don't see you busy.
01:59Aren't you going to ask whose bathroom?
02:03Whose bathroom?
02:04Sorry, need to know.
02:06Oh, you're enjoying this.
02:08Well, I enjoy it more with a glass of water.
02:10You know how dehydrated you get after a noon night, eh?
02:14For God's sake.
02:29Are you alone?
02:32I should have asked.
02:33Do I look like I have company?
02:35Yeah, well, I had to ask.
02:38Hard to shake off a reputation, isn't it?
02:40Oh, you should know.
02:42I mean, everyone you've ever met has pegged you
02:43as an utter bastard.
02:44But I don't have to put up with you anymore because I quit.
02:47Remember?
02:49Well, I tried to.
02:50I've written the same letter to HR three times.
02:53Yeah, I know.
02:54Keep forwarding it to me.
02:55It's something about rat fire in the paperwork.
02:58For God's sake, Lam, what's the problem?
03:00I mean, you spent years goading me,
03:02and then I finally did what you wanted.
03:04Just sign the damn papers and let me get on with my life.
03:07I want to make sure you know your own mind.
03:10Imagine how I'd feel if you wound up full of regret
03:13and had a relapse.
03:14I wouldn't want that on my conscience,
03:15you getting all weepy and hitting the bottle.
03:19They say drunks are just looking for an excuse.
03:21I'm not blaming you.
03:22It's a disease.
03:23It was his grandfather's, by the way.
03:26What?
03:28His grandfather's bathroom.
03:31Not that you asked.
03:33You also didn't ask who.
03:34Who what?
03:35Who shot River.
03:38Because like me, you know he's alive.
03:42So stop playing games.
03:43You've just told me you'd identified his body.
03:46Yeah, and you were remarkably incurious
03:48about the circumstances.
03:50I'm in shock, OK?
03:53You're in shock at me being here,
03:54but you're not in shock at the idea of River being alive
03:57because you've seen him.
03:58What are you talking about?
03:59That's absolute rubbish.
04:00No, don't.
04:01Please, Standish.
04:02You're no good at this.
04:05And besides, his car's outside.
04:11Thank you so much for joining us today.
04:13I'll let you get back to your lunch.