Min Harper

**Min Harper** was a supporting character played by Dustin Demri-Burns in Season 1 and Season 2 of Apple TV+'s *Slow Horses*.

## History

Roddy calls River and Sid, telling them that there was a hostage that had been picked up yesterday and had popped up on a Middle East chat a while ago. The Slow Horses start watching the video, which makes Lamb wonder why. He tells them that whatever was happening would be assigned to real agents, not them since they are fuckups. They wonder what they should do, but Lamb says that nothing. River tells Sid that Hobden's old crew was the British Patriotic Party and one of them might have something to do with it. It is announced that the young man's head would be cut off the next day, but Lamb tells that that changes nothing. He asks where River is however, but he was already gone.

Louisa walks into a bar, where she sits down next to Min, who also avoided going out with Struan. They start talking and she says that she does not have friends she could talk to about work since everyone at the Park shunned her. He says that he was shamed by everyone after he left a top secret file on a train. He says that he remembers the day it happened and was called a fucking idiot by his ex-wife.

Louisa and Min watch the news at the bar, wondering if Lamb had any information on the kidnappers. Min tells Louisa that Lamb's password is "password", having heard it from him, so they could find out what information he was getting. Min offers her another drink, and she says that she could go for one or maybe go back to the office. They decide to get a shot since it would be quicker and afterwards have a hard time getting into the office.

Both Louisa and Min are drunk end up kissing in front of the stairs. However, Louisa hears a noise, and both of them go to investigate. After looking around for a while, they find nothing and Min offers to go back to his place. She laughs and says that they should look again when all of a sudden a man jumps out from a closet and hits Min. Louisa attacks him while Min gets up and throws the man down the stairs while going down there himself as well. Louisa grabs the man's gun and sees he has no pulse.

At the Slough House, Lamb and River see Min and Louisa, with Jed Moody on the floor - dead. Lamb says that he is not sure that the murder could be considered defense, but Min explains that he had a gun. Lamb says that is better for their case and adds that he had shot Sid earlier as well. River explains why Sid had been shot and asks why Moody was there. She says that they did not get the chance to ask, but tells Lamb that he had been in his office. Lamb asks if they could account for their movements and Louisa explains that they were in the pub across the road. Lamb wonders if it seemed like Moody was going to use the gun, saying that it would be better for their case to say that it did seem that way. Lamb sees that Moody had been cleaning up and sees that he had two phones, using the one that only had one call from it. He calls it and Diana picks up, telling her that they need to talk.

River, Louisa, and Min wait for Lamb, who asks what happened to the gun. River hands it to him and they all follow their boss, who tells them that they were going to Roupell Street, which was at the south of the river since they would be assisting in the rescue of Hassan Ahmed.

Lamb, River, Louisa, and Min make it to the house, where Lamb loads a gun, which River finds strange. Lamb says that the whole op is fucked, however, and walks towards there, stroking a cat as he makes his way towards the house. He walks to the front door, which opens and the three agents go after him. River follows Lamb to the kitchen, where they see blood everywhere and Moe's head on the table.

River pukes while Lamb asks Louisa for her phone. Min gives it to him, as Lamb tells them all that they need to disappear. Lamb orders them to get Ho and Loy, also telling Cartwright that he would see them later. Cartwright tells Min and Louisa that he recognized the head as Louisa says that he was one of them. As they leave, the Dogs make it to the house.

Min, Louisa, and River ride in Min's car, talking about Alan Black, who they all knew. They discuss how Lamb knew the address and know about both him and Taverner. River says that he does not believe Lamb would leave them and trusts he will have a play. River supports Lamb, so Louisa agrees to try it out. They remember Ho and Loy's addresses, so they split up in order to reach them.

Min and Louisa leave a car, but they see that Loy had already been approached by the Dogs. Min kisses Louisa in order to distract the Dogs, but they race to follow them after that.

Min wants to talk about his kiss with Louisa, but she wants to evade MI5 security. Min asks if they could still be a thing after escaping and Louisa says that it gets less likely the more he mentions it.

Min and Louisa climb over a fence and walk through a cemetery, while Catherine and Lamb walk in as well. Catherine asks about Charles' death, but Lamb tells her that it was not the best time to talk about it. Louisa tells Lamb that the Dogs got to Loy before they did. Ho reaches the group and tells them that Cartwright had tried to see Sid. Lamb tells them that they need to leave, since Taverner and Black had a plan and now that it had failed, she would try to play it as Slough House gone rogue. Louisa asks about Hassan, who Lamb says would be dead soon. River makes it to where the group is and tells Ho that he is a dickhead.

River tells Lamb that he remembers where he saw Black and Taverner together, saying that he had seen them talking at her gym café when he followed Taverner secretly. He says that he was following her for surveillance training, so he took a photograph. He says that he might have a copy, but Min says that that is hopeless. Lamb tells the group that he usually does not do speeches, but recognizes that it is a big moment and might not see them again. He tells them that they are useless and that working with them has been the lowest point in a disappointing career, telling River to follow him. Louisa says that they could try to save Hassan in the meantime, but Lamb says that that would be a sure way to get him killed, so he instructs them to hide in a toilet somewhere.

At a café, Catherine, Ho, Min, and Louisa sit as Ho eats. Min wonders how he even has an appetite, to which Ho responds that he should relax since the Dogs were nowhere near them, having hacked their comms. He tells them that the Dogs were outside their homes and waiting for them. Min realizes they are screwed, but Ho says that he is not because he is a digital ghost. Catherine tells them to remember Lamb, but Min tells her that Lamb does not care about them, and as soon as whatever he has planned goes south, he would forget about them. However, Catherine tells them that Charles always told her that if somebody hurt Lambs' joes he would never stop going for them and he would not want to lose against Taverner.

Catherine asks how they knew Alan Black, and Ho says that he was taken to Slough House for sleeping with the Venezuelan ambassador's wife while undercover. Min adds that Black always moaned a lot and never brought biscuits, Louisa says that he was lazy and Catherine says that he was undercover with the Sons of Albion so there would have been a birth certificate, passport and credit cards. Catherine says that he could have used an old ID, so they ask Ho to look information on what that could have been. After a few minutes, Ho finds Dermont Radcliffe, who was Alan Black's undercover name. He reads all the info available on him to his workmates.

Ho tells the group all the information he has on Black. Catherine leaves and goes to a telephone booth, while Min and Louisa ask him how long it would take to gather Black's registration number. Since Min keeps bothering Ho, he tells him that he could quickly tell him what porn he looks at. While he does that, however, Catherine comes back with the registration number. She tells them that they need to let the Park know that they need to focus on that specific vehicle. Min wants to know how they could do that without the Park knowing it was them, so Catherine wonders if they could track it themselves.

At the café, Ho tells Louisa, Min and Catherine that he cannot hack the satnav because one was not hired. He tells them that what he has done is hack into the van's theft recovery transmitter, but you only get signal of where the vehicle is every ten minutes. Catherine says that they should ring it in to the Park, but Min refuses, so she says that they should get it to someone else.

Catherine tells the group that the woman on the phone probably would not help much since she was not able to say who was calling. Min says that he is going to the A12, so Louisa says that she would go with him as Catherine says that she and Ho would go to Lamb's apartment However, Ho says that Lamb is not at his flat.

Louisa tells Min that the kidnappers had stopped at the gas station they are at twenty minutes prior to their arrival, so they drive east.

Ho tells Lamb and River that the van is twenty miles ahead of them and Min and Louisa are 10 miles ahead. River wants to know how Sid is, but Lamb grabs his phone and throws it to the back of the car, telling him that he needs to hear from him that Sid is gone. Lamb tells him to count himself lucky, which River does not agree with at first, but Lamb says that when he was River's age, he had lost many partners and would not forget Sid because she was the only one of them who was not complete shit. Lamb tells him to get used to death because he would see a lot more of it.

Min tells Louisa that he ran out of gas, which angers Louisa, who comes to the conclusion that Min had been thinking of having sex with her, which he denies.

Min and Louisa wait at the side of the road when the former tells Louisa that it had been a while since he had been with someone that did not completely hate him and both of them kissing had been great. He liked that they had had each other's back, but Louisa complains that without gas they could not catch the kidnappers. However, Min says that they were never going to actually catch them, since it just felt good being a part of something. Louisa says that it had been two years since somebody had her back. Lamb and River pass them on their car, but Lamb does not stop for them because he says that they have little time.

Lamb and River pick Min and Louisa up, telling them to get into the car quickly.

Lamb, River, Min, and Louisa reach the last place where the van had stopped, which Lamb confirms was the right spot after seeing a dead body near them. Lamb hands River a gun and all of them except for Lamb move through the woods.

Duffy and the Dogs reach Hassan's location, where River, Min, and Louisa were waiting. Ingrid asks who they are and Diana confirms they are the Slow Horses. Duffy confirms the kill order, which Hassan says is wrong because he should go on trial. Min runs over to Curly and gives Duffy the finger, saying that the murderer is now unarmed. Louisa asks him what he is doing because he would get himself killed. River also runs over to Curly and they drag him away from the helicopter, covering him. Duffy asks for orders, and Diana tells them to stand down.

Curly is put in an ambulance as Hassan is taken away in another one. River, Lamb, Min and Louisa drive away as news vans fill the location.

Back at Slough House, River, Lamb, Min and Louisa see Ho and Ingrid watching the news. Catherine congratulates the Slow Horses and herself as Min says that he has a bottle of wine if anyone wanted to celebrate. Lamb asks why they would celebrate if they were useless. However, Ho says that he tracked the van, while River says that he had actually saved him, but Lamb replies that the kid had saved himself with a rock. River sarcastically says that he loves their team talks and Lamb tells them to get back to work, only to tell them to piss off instead when he learns it is Saturday.

Min wants to pour both him and Louisa some wine, but she says that she needs to sleep. However, she tells him that she is free for drinks later.