Roddy Ho

**Roddy Ho** is a supporting character played by Christopher Chung in Season 1 and Season 2 of Apple TV+'s *Slow Horses*.

## History

River makes it to the Slough House, wanting Roddy to check something for him. He hands Roddy a flashdrive and wants to know what he is looking at. Roddy says that he is looking at the number Pi, which makes Sid realize he had copied the files and Hobden had been expecting a snatch. Sid sees his injured hand and slaps it, but River tells her that if Park was looking into Hobden, they should be making an effort as well, but Sid wants to stay out of their way.

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.

Catherine goes and sees River with Roddy, telling him that Lamb wants everybody back at their desks. River wants Roddy to help him get into Hobden's emails, but Roddy says there is little point to that because the Park would not give them bonuses or medals for helping out, so River tries bribing him. River tells Roddy that he knows why he is in MI5, which scares him. Roddy says that he could not get into his emails because Hobden has no email presence.

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.

Cartwright looks for Ho, who is listening to music while looking at pictures of him with a lot of photoshopped muscles. A Dog starts ringing his bell, so he approaches the door. The Dog sees a man open the door for him, but punches him when he sees he is not Ho. Cartwright tells Ho that they need to leave.

River tells Ho that they need to move fast because the Dogs are after them, which confuses him. River walks into a restaurant and grabs keys. Ho says he does not want to be involved in whatever is happening, but River says he already is.

River tells Ho to get him Alan Black's service record as he tells him that he is confused as to how he even knew where he lived. River says that he had overlooked a massive weak spot in his defenses and Lamb had followed him home. Ho says that he did not know why Black had captured Ahmed as River tries to remember how he knew Alan Black.

River takes them to the hospital, which confuses Ho since it was not Blake's grave. However, River says that he needs to make sure Sid is okay.

Ho sees the Dogs arrive at the hospital and decides to leave Cartwright there.

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.

Ho and Catherine reach Lamb and River, saying that they must have the photographs, which River confirms. Catherine tells them that Ho had worked out a way to track the kidnappers, so Min and Louisa had gone to look for them, which Lamb does not agree with, saying that he hopes they only get themselves killed and do not set an orphanage on fire. When Diana leaves Peter's house, Lamb tells her that they are headed to Harwich, knowing this thanks to Ho. He tells Diana that he would be going to bed and leaves Ho and Catherine behind. Ho hands Diana the van's plate number and the theft locator's ID. Catherine refuses to work with Diana unless she tells him about Partner's death, but she tells her that the ship had sailed when she pulled a gun on the Dogs.

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.

Ho calls River, telling him that the Dogs had shredded a kidnapper, adding that Taverner was not taking any prisoners. River asks about Hassan, but Ho says that there was no sign of him. When Lamb asks where the van had last stopped, Roddy tells him that that had happened five miles behind him.

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.

Ho shows River that there is no record of Sid having ever been at the hospital or in MI5, which means there would be no funeral or memorial service for Sid because she never existed. Ho asks for something in return after letting River know that Sid might still be alive somewhere and River tells him that the reason he is in Slough House because he is too good after having made everybody look bad, which Ho says make sense because you cannot cage a dragon.