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Slow Horses Recap: That’s a Big Dog


David Cartwright probably knows more than he’s letting on. Or he’s completely lost in his own mind. Either way, he’s actually lost in London.

Not to a thumb on the scales of Brian Grubb’s delightful Slow Horses “ Incompetence Index,” but the case for Marcus as Slough House’s most inept Joe has been strengthened quite a bit this season, as his off-the-job gambling addiction and on-the-job lunk-headedness have coalesced. The timing of Marcus’s deal puts him in a great spot to assist Shirley and the team in helping Sam Chapman, an old MI5 agent with connections to David Cartwright and the bad guys in Lavande, to shake a tail. They also make him an embarrassment, which brings us back to the power struggle at the top of the Park, where Claude, the slowest horse in a premium stable, has opted to wage a covert battle with Taverner over the Winters identity issue.

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