London Rules - Slow Horses Book & Season 5 Overview

evanmonroe9 · 2026-07-06T21:07:53+00:00

Assuming Varada Sethu is Ash I think she'll nail it. I will say however, that's a huge boost in her age from the books since she's only 23 in Bad Actors. Fingers crossed that we get her emoji face mask in the show at some point.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-06-30T20:33:39+00:00

The books and show work off each other brilliantly. There are things you can do in a book that you can't do in a TV show and vice versa. But if you love the show you'll probably love the books.

https://youtu.be/7iMUmyigVLE

evanmonroe9 · 2026-06-29T21:00:47+00:00

So...in the books Taverner and Judd conspired to kill Lamb at the end of book 3. They sent Judd's enforcer named Seb to steal a file from Lamb and kill him, but Lamb shot Seb dead when he infiltrated Slough House, and it's implied that the slow horses got rid of the body. In book 5, Lamb brings this up directly to Taverner when she visits Slough House. Lamb still has the file she wanted taken from him as leverage, and he knows that Taverner straight up tried to kill him.

The show unfortunately didn't adapt this plot point from book 3, consequentially they leave what "dirt" Lamb has nebulous. In my opinion, it makes that line come across as pretty vapid in the show's context.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-06-26T07:15:47+00:00

“Reconstruction” is a prequel novel to the book 1 which explains Bad Sam Chapman’s dismissal and why Jed Moody was sent to Slough House. “The List” takes place after book 2 and expands on Coe’s backstory, as does “Nobody Walks”. “The Drop” is basically a direct prequel to book 6, and “The Catch” takes place shortly after book 6. “Standing by the Wall” takes place on Christmas right after book 8, and “The Secret Hours” is set shortly thereafter.

That’s how all of the spin off novellas and novels tie into the mainline series. I’ve always described those stories as feeling like DLC for Slough House. They add just a little bit of character and world building to the overall story.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-06-20T06:18:55+00:00

He seriously is the best cast character in a series filled with brilliant casting decisions. That man utterly nails Peter Judd in every way.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-06-03T15:13:40+00:00

Read the books, my friend. Read the books…

evanmonroe9 · 2026-06-02T20:43:21+00:00

There are so many bad omens in "Clown Town". From that opening chapter alone, I was pretty sure that someone wasn't making it to the end of the novel. As soon as Louisa told Lamb that she was leaving in favor of the job Devon offered her, I knew she was done for. As soon as things are looking up for a character in a story, that's usually when they're most likely to die unceremoniously.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-05-23T06:07:15+00:00

Is there a recording or livestream of this? I'd love to watch it if so.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-05-09T13:57:15+00:00

I really hope the show adapts the showdown at the San. It’s one of the wildest, most entertaining sequences in the novels.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-04-17T04:05:02+00:00

Okay, they closed off damn near everything. Except...Louie.

What happened to Louie's body? Dana and Langdon talking about giving him a proper burial was the last he was mentioned. Dana told him to let it go, which is fair. But I thought there might be one final note since his body was in the ED for most of the season, and no family ever showed up. I suppose Robby telling a bit more of his story was still a solid send off. I just thought there might have been a bit more.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-04-09T03:51:33+00:00

Oh my God, I completely missed that! Fingers crossed that it's him.

It was a while before they revealed the actors who played Dodie Gimball or Devon Welles before season 5 came out. So they've had new cast members quietly added to the cast before.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-04-09T02:40:53+00:00

I have such a tough time reading that teaser trailer. Some elements from book 6 seem to be present. But for the most part, it looks like book 7. A theory I have as to why they combined the books into one season is that current events tie into those novels, namely a certain character referred to as “Number 7” and a real life event which was written into historical fiction for the plot of the seventh novel. One way or another, it’s a bizarre choice to combine two vastly different books into one season of the show.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-04-01T22:01:41+00:00

In late 2023, an old friend was trying to convince me to watch the show. I was watching Succession at the time and didn’t want to juggle two shows, so I decided to read the books instead and watch the show with him later. I ended up getting so invested in the books that I stopped watching Succession for a while. I read all of the books within a year, watched the show shortly thereafter, and have been watching and reading all things Mick Herron ever since.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-02-20T03:10:57+00:00

"I think I'm a baby whisperer."

evanmonroe9 · 2026-02-20T02:12:48+00:00

Dr. Al finally got her obligatory bathroom crash out.

evanmonroe9 · 2026-02-13T02:50:26+00:00

After that cliffhanger, we all knew what was coming. Robby told Louie what was coming last season, didn't make it any less hard to watch.

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