Episode 4 of Slow Horses Season 2 starts with Lamb learning more about Rebecca's story. She received a call to head over to a parking lot, where she noticed Min from afar. She saw one of the Russians holding him up, another choking him out before a third run him over, crushing him against the wall. Miraculously, Min was still alive but in a rough way after all this, until one merciful jab to the neck, spiking him with something from the guy's ring. The same ring that could have been used against Dickie. As we soon find out, this guy was Andrei Chernitsky. When Jackson leaves, he drops off a number for Rebecca to call, imploring her to ring and ask for a number 7. Of course, this is his takeaway and when Lamb walks down the street, he grins knowingly before heading back to see Nikolai. So River walks right into that trap, which is revealed to be Alex and not Duncan after all! That part was certainly unexpected and it leads to a tense ending where anything could happen. The drama continues to intrigue with Louisa serving as a real loose cannon and Lamb working to try and figure out what's really happening here. Quite why Nevsky and his goons were killed remains a mystery but it seems that he and Pashkin have fallen out about something. And what was in that package? Either way, Slow Horses is really starting to heat up and these final two episodes should be an explosive affair. Once there, he receives a call from his old friend, who happens to be outside in a car. It turns out Nikolai has been working with the cicadas all this time, having received a call to make sure his gaze is turned away from the real crux of the issue. Lamb hurries back to Slough House, where he feeds back to the others about Min's death, and how Pashkin's security detail were the ones who killed him. River finds himself staring into the jaws of death, with "Leo" and Duncan together at the dinner table. Things are awkward but River does manage to survive, despite a bit of a scare with Chernitsky, who claims River is undercover and bringing up the bus situation. River heads out and rushes through the village, hightailing it away when the opportunity presents itself. Lamb arrives at the Import/Export business - the same one Min passed on his bike - and immediately questions the receptionist about the package taken by the Russians. He rattles the poor guy and has him search the records for the parcel. It appears there's no record of exactly what was inside this box, but it could be the key to what's going on.
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