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It Starts On The Page (Drama): Read ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 Finale Script “Hello Goodbye” With Foreword By Will Smith
'Slow Horses' creator Will Smith talks about writing Season 4 finale "Hello Goodbye." Part of a franchise featuring scripts of top Emmy contenders.
Smith — the reigning Emmy winner in the drama writing category for Season 3 of Slow Horses, which landed nine noms overall, including Outstanding Drama Series — was nominated for a third consecutive USC Scripter Award this year for “Hello Goodbye.” The episode, directed by Adam Randall, includes the big reveal that the mercenary team wrecking havoc in London all season long is run by the father of River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) — a revelation that sets off the mad-dash sprint to the end that includes River’s estranged dad in question, Frank Harkness (Sam Neill), offering his son a job in the family business (before stuffing a grenade in his hoodie); a chase through the London subway tubes; Slough House being infiltrated by the most deadly of Frank’s men; and the eventual death of one of the Slow Horses ‘ own in Marcus (Kadiff Kirwan). Smith also explains why he ended the episode with River having a silent sit-down at the bar with another of his father figures, the curmudgeonly Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), which, in the world of Slow Horses, is what passes for a touching father-son moment both men need — and keeps the lights on for Season 5. The Season 4 cast of Slow Horses also includes Saskia Reeves, Joanna Scanlan, Christopher Chung and Tom Brooke as Slough House staffers Catherine Standish, Moira Tregorian, Roddy Ho and J.K. Coe, respectively.
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