The anticipation for Slow Horses Season 6 is at an all-time high. The fifth season ended, setting the stage for some intense action. The plot for the fifth season was definitely tightly wound, with characters facing challenges, especially River.
River’s eagerness to finally be able to return to Park after taking on the task of rescuing Whelan. With the cliffhangers that the fifth season leaves us with, along with the teaser for the sixth season, these questions definitely need to be answered in Slow Horses Season 6.
Slow Horses Season 6 must address these 3 burning questions
1) Will River’s father be a crucial part in Slow Horses Season 6?
An intriguing question that comes to our minds right after the fifth season ends is whether River’s biological father, Frank Harkness, will bring in some intense complications in the next season.
At the end of the fifth season, we get a teaser for the sixth season of Slow Horses, where River stands right in front of his father. Their body language undeniably indicates a tense situation. Whether River’s father, who was already a crucial part of the fourth season of the series. Hence, if he is returning for the sixth season, his storyline definitely creates an intense eagerness amongst the viewers.
2) What challenges will Diana Taverner face in the new position in Slow Horses Season 6?
With Claude Whelan out of the way, Diana Taverner is finally going to get the coveted position that she wanted all along. However, the end of Slow Horses Season 6 depicts that her path is not going to be a smooth one. The teaser of the sixth season, which is present at the very end of the fifth season, shows Diana’s quarrels.
She definitely comes with a reputation for being extremely stern. So, how the next season will navigate through Diana Taverner in this position, especially regarding the choices she will make, is truly an intriguing question that the viewers are waiting to get answers to in Slow Horses Season 6.
3) What will be River’s career path in Slow Horses Season 6?
After saving Whelan at the end of the fifth season, River is almost sure that he will be getting his job back at Regent Park. However, instead of him getting the chance to get his old office back, which he had lost because of the wrong choice he made during the mock drill, things changed completely for him. Initially, Whelan wanted to completely remove Slough House.
However, now that he resigned from the job, River’s fate lies in the hands of Diana Taverner. Now it is revealed that Diana is not going to bring River back to Regent Park. However, unlike Whelan’s intention of getting rid of Slough House, Taverna keeps it intact. In Season 6, River’s path will be filled with a distinct level of challenge.
Whether he will descend into self-pity for not getting back his old office or move forward without any psychological fallout would definitely be an intriguing thing to watch in Slow Horses Season 6.
The last episode of Season 5 ends with a gruesome revelation of Jackson Lamb’s scars on his foot. It can be understood from Lamb that the scars come with a story. The story that Lamb told about the Stasi, who had held an agent hostage and used numerous torture methods, could actually be about Jackson Lamb himself. The fifth season definitely delivered a grueling story, creating a grim atmosphere for Season 6.
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