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blargerer t1_j1uxic4 wrote

There is a glaring plot hole that I don't see a possible resolution for, but they do still have 1 episode left.

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The_Milk_man t1_j1v5o1h wrote

What's the glaring plot hole you see?

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blargerer t1_j1v7o83 wrote

Why was River left alive.

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xfinityhomeboy t1_j1vceol wrote

Left alive, told the entire plan of the sleeper agent, plenty of leeway in the rope. He’s definitely a pawn and she’s flying that plane somewhere else

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ET__ OP t1_j1wdo8a wrote

Yea. I haven’t read the books but there is no way river got all that correct. This doesn’t seem like a show with clean happy endings

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Jay_Sondr t1_j1yp813 wrote

Apparently Dead Lions is an extremely complicated novel.

Also apparently, the first two episodes covered about half the book. People over at r/SlowHorses are shocked at how fast they're going through the material and how they're managed to do it/untangle it.

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blargerer t1_j1vja91 wrote

I think that explanation also fails(for me). They had to have some original plan before he showed up. Counting on him showing up would be insane. Changing their plan at the last minute to one where they know incorrect information instead of wrong information just seems overly risky.

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Lambchops_Legion t1_j1wqlxt wrote

The Estonian knew Slough House was following him the entire time (since he used the taxi driver. Remember, when River came down from the plane joyride his phone had been gone through, he just assumed it was the dad.) so maybe the exact moment wasn’t designed to be at that point, but it was always a trap for him at some point imo.

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The_Milk_man t1_j1v7xfw wrote

Yeah, considering their end game, that was a suspect choice

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immaownyou t1_j1vh4yz wrote

There's an entire episode left, it's definitely going to be explained lol

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blargerer t1_j1vizzd wrote

In my first comment I literally said that they have an episode left, I just can't imagine how they will explain it in a way that satisfies me. They are presumably better writer than I am though, so hopefully I'm proven wrong.

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stringrandom t1_j1x7zeo wrote

Having just finished Dead Lions, the book S2 is based on, it’s >!going to be really obvious in the finale why they left him alive.!<

Also, I wish they had gone more in line with the book then River being an idiot and getting taken out.

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GDawnHackSign t1_j1w3bjo wrote

One could imagine that this is part of the baddies plan. It seems River is so green that he has played right into it.

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TheFemale72 t1_j20rp2b wrote

I think his grandfather is the cicada. Just a theory, but I keep wondering why he seems “protected “

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