Slow Horses Quotes (Season 2)

This is Soho? But where’s all the prostitutes and the junkies?

There’s just a whole set of ethics there that you really need to catch up on.[River Cartwright]Yes. And the day they introduce ethics into what we do, they might as well shut us down.[Jackson Lamb]

Sometimes the only way to work out why a trap has been set is to walk into it.

You want me to go to a meeting with the man that had Min killed and the men who did it, and do nothing?[Louisa Guy]Look, right now, I am going out of my way to avenge the death of Dickie Bough, a man I didn’t even like. So, you can imagine what I’m gonna do to the person who murdered Min Harper, a man who I at least tolerated.[Jackson Lamb]

Is it really worth locking this place up? A burglary could improve it.[to Nikolai]

I was f***ing nervous, okay? Walking in as a defector. Knowing if I don’t give you enough, you throw me back out. What do you think my side would have done with a traitor?[Nikolai Katinsky]The ultimate torture, made you listen back to yourself.[Jackson Lamb]

I wanted the professional humiliation of you and your team.[Nikolai Katinsky]Well, that was a waste of effort. My team have already professionally humiliated themselves. That’s why they’re my team.[Jackson Lamb]