River Cartwright's Slough recruitment

Why River Cartwright ends up at Slough House.

River Cartwright is sent to Slough House after a training exercise goes publicly wrong. In the novel his mistake shuts down King's Cross station, which he blames on false information; in the series the exercise takes place at Stansted Airport.

Lore & Background

The series later reveals that James "Spider" Webb fed River the false information on Diana Taverner's instructions, so that River would fail and be moved to Slough House and could not uncover her scheme with Alan Black.

More in Story & Timeline

The Slough House as institutional setting MI5 internal politics and hierarchy Season 1 Pilot episode Jackson Lamb's Slough House leadership Slough House culture and motto Slow Horses Novel Season Two Arc

Elsewhere in Slow Horses

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