pleased to introduce the Slow Horses Incompetence Index, a new weekly feature where I rank the very bad spies on this very good show from least to most bumbling www.vulture.com/article/slow... - ThreadSky

briancgrubb.bsky.social • 210 days ago

pleased to introduce the Slow Horses Incompetence Index, a new weekly feature where I rank the very bad spies on this very good show from least to most bumbling

https://www.vulture.com/article/slow-horses-s4-episode-2-character-ranking-stranger-comes-to-town-recap.html

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jessicaaldrich.bsky.social•210 days ago

This is the quality analysis that keeps me coming back

shelleyelwood.bsky.social•210 days ago

aka River Watch

emohn.net•210 days ago

1000% here for this.

ewdowney.bsky.social•210 days ago

Yesss! I wanted to keep a list during season 2 and couldn’t even watch past episode 3 of season 3. And my standards are set by LeCarre novels vs reality/experience!

lmplusg.bsky.social•210 days ago

I just discovered Slow Horses. So great!

walkingtaako.bsky.social•210 days ago

One thing I enjoy about Slow Horses is that while the Slow Horses are all very bad agents, it appears that pretty much everyone else is a pretty bad agent, too, and these are just the ones who fucked up at the wrong time or pissed off the wrong person.

brandonfig.bsky.social•210 days ago

Slow Foals? Genius. I'd watch that too.

iloveredrobot.bsky.social•210 days ago

Right, like Muppet Babies but with possible murders.

snowman882.bsky.social•210 days ago

Gotta say I'm not on board with your estimation of River's competence. He's more than competent, just also more than a little impetuous. He's possibly the second, no make that third, no make that fourth most competent person at Slough House. 😀

snowman882.bsky.social•210 days ago

...and if/when Catherine returns, he will be fifth. 1. Jackson (duh), 2. Louisa, 3. Roddy (intolerable but super good at computer stuff). Of course, when Sidonie (s1 lady who was shot in the head) was around, River ranked below her as well...

kalstone.bsky.social•210 days ago

Talk about damning with faint praise 😆

snowman882.bsky.social•209 days ago

Both that and reinforcing that about 50% of the people at SH aren't there because of their incompetence at their job. River, Jackson, Roddy and Catherine are there for reasons other than their job performance.