* Missed the Entire Joke: The leaked files were supposed to show a dark, funny mix-up where the Russians mistakenly think Slough House is a top-secret death squad. The show wasted it as a side bit for Diana ordering a hit when the two things were written as separate.
So the writing on season 6 of #SlowHorses was abysmal. Pacing, character arcs and believable plot flew out the window faster than a Jackson Lamb fart. Here’s my list of what went wrong. A thread 🧵
* The Poison Crowbar:
* An Empty Department: Wiping out every single functioning field agent leaves the next season completely hollowed out, forcing Gary Oldman to single-handedly carry a ghost town.
Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Just the same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to North Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out #Rosebank & Jackdaw now @fossilfreeLDN
@soigomaa I was doing a deep dive on Steinbeck and you can read East of Eden as his psychology writ large. The twinning shows he was a try hard mothers boy, his mum was a strict teacher and in no way a mother to him, and then there was this bad twin alcoholic who likely stole that work.