Failure's Contagious

Episode aired Apr 1, 2022
TV-MA
53m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

Paul Higgins, Steven Waddington, Christopher Chung, Jack Lowden, and Olivia Cooke in Failure's Contagious (2022)

Drama Thriller

River Cartwright is ousted from MI5 and finds himself in a place worse than purgatory: Slough House, dumping ground for failed spies.River Cartwright is ousted from MI5 and finds himself in a place worse than purgatory: Slough House, dumping ground for failed spies.River Cartwright is ousted from MI5 and finds himself in a place worse than purgatory: Slough House, dumping ground for failed spies.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

3.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
It says "In memory of Kal Biggins, a much loved friend and colleague" at the end. Kal Biggins worked in the camera department (although he's not credited for this production) and was killed in a car crash, only 31 years old.

Goofs
The inmates of Slough House are repeatedly described incorrectly as 'agents' when they are clearly 'officers'; this is how MI5 puts it: "Covert Human Intelligence Sources, also known as 'agents', are not formally employed by MI5. We refer to our staff as 'officers'".

Quotes
Jackson Lamb: Oh, you people are slow. Bringing you up to speed is like trying to explain Norway to a dog.

Soundtracks
Strange Game
Performed by Mick Jagger
Written by Mick Jagger and Daniel Pemberton

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Featured review

7/10

MI oh MI

New Tricks meets The Last Detective.

As someone else reviewed, it had a great slick opening but it did sort of go downhill from there.

There was little in the way of laughs but good on the detail of a mundane office.

Hopefully, this episode is just introducing us to characters and things will become more open and relaxed.

At this stage, I don't care for any of the characters with a holey pair of socks being the highlight.

Hopefully the name calling of spider won't be a relentless non-joke and the crew will actually get results even if it is only by chance.

Hopefully, Samuel West will be something more than a TV interviewee and the unfunny comedian will actually give the show a few laughs.