In an era when Hollywood is starting to suck, the fact that a series doesn't suck is the reason why viewers click on it.
As for the sequel to maintain the standard, I don’t even dare to dream.
But recently, there really is one.
was 
.6 in the first season, .0 in the second season, and in the third season, it was directly .2.
is not only bucking the trend.
And it did it. It is obviously a spy movie. People who have seen it say:
can relate to it. Isn't
our daily life?
What's going on?
"Flower" Season 3
slow horses season 3
Sir has recommendations for every season.
But I didn’t expect that in the third season, it would still be so strong.
In case anyone is not familiar with it, sir, let me briefly introduce the drama "Flower".
It is adapted from the "Slough House" series of novels by the British suspense novelist Mick Herron. It tells the story of how the most useless department of MI5 ("Slough Department", also called the Low Horse), under their orders The story of working under the annoying boss Jackson Lamb.
has 6 episodes per season, and only adapts one book in the series at a time. It will be broadcast from 2022 and has now filmed its fifth season. Each season of
is a separate story (so there is no problem if you haven’t watched the first two seasons), but every season has a high reputation.
Why?
Except that the cast led by Garyo German is good enough.
It subverts the traditional British spy genre.
In the eyes of the public, what do ordinary British spy movies look like?
Suit and leather shoes, agile, handsome and accompanied by beautiful women.
But this drama tells you that they may also be like this:
They have holes in their socks, athlete’s foot, bruises and swollen faces at every turn, are looked down upon by outsiders, and are treated like “trash” by their peers.
After peeling off that mysterious filter.
"Flower" tells you:
No matter how thrilling and exciting the outside world is.
Look in the mirror and see that we are all working hard as workers.
But in this world, we never feel sorry for workers.
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The appearance of the protagonists in the third season still makes people sigh:
Slough Department, you are worthy of it.
opens with an office full of messy file storage boxes:
represents the most common daily work of intelligence officers, sorting out various files.
And because of the special status of the Slough department (the bottom of the contempt chain of the entire MI5).
So the files sent to them are the most boring ones.
employees are organizing files.
What is the "respectable" boss Lamb doing?
Problems such as obesity and smoking are too serious.
Lamb had to go to the hospital for a physical examination.
had constant oral habits and was slovenly, and was regarded as a "tramp" by the hospital staff.
Do you want to quit smoking and drinking as required by the doctor?
is calculated by the minute for him.
focuses on one thing:
Leave it alone, it’s hopeless.
was lost to the end.
has the most boring job.
earns a salary that is better than nothing.
then consumes life and slowly waits for death.
This is the daily life of the entire Slough department.
But in the series, there are always surprises coming to you. The surprise of this season of
is that Catherine, the back-office housekeeper of the Slough department, was kidnapped and disappeared.
And it is not invisible.
Lamb noticed something was wrong on the front foot, and something happened to Catherine on the back foot.
So everyone can only start a new task.
"Searching for Catherine".
Following the investigation, a case in which an operation failed a year ago, an agent was killed, and diamonds were stolen was soon involved.
The purpose of kidnapping Catherine was also revealed step by step:
The murderer behind the scenes hoped to drive these "low-class horses" in the Slough department to do something that ordinary agents would not or would not dare to do.
went to the headquarters to steal high-level files.
And it must be within an hour, otherwise many people will die.
So in the third season.
In addition to dealing with the murderer behind the scenes, the protagonists need to find out the hostile forces.
also has to deal with his boss and colleagues.
Such as stealing intelligence from MI5 headquarters.
While "doing bad things", be careful and be so nervous that you break into a cold sweat.
You still have to bear the contempt of your colleagues at any time:
You, a stinky person from the Slough department, also come to the headquarters to beg for food?
Physical magic double attack belongs to.
Some people may say that this is not too difficult for this group of low-level horses.
But as the plot progresses, the layers of the mystery are revealed.
is the so-called hostile force behind the scenes.
and the boss and colleagues who are struggling in front of them. Not only are
possibly the same gang.
Even his classmates were even more ruthless when they started to attack.
is different from the classic spy war story about the desperate confrontation between different camps during the Cold War era.
When the perspective comes to modern times, when we look around us, at the organization, and at the department.
will find it.
Within the intelligence organization, which should clearly share the same hatred and enemy, the guns are pointed at itself everywhere.
Here, if a low-level agent is not careful, he may take the blame and be punished, and be relegated to an "exile", or he may become a victim of office politics.
even lost his life worthlessly.
Most of the stories in "Flower" begin with this kind of struggle in the quagmire.
This is a new interpretation of the spy movie:
mi5 version of the office.
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The important reason why most people like "Flower" and are looking forward to the sequel is besides the wonderful story.
is more importantly the role .
With his wonderful performance in the third season of "The Flow", Gary Oldman was nominated for the 81st Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama Series in 2024.
His role as Jackson Lamb unsurprisingly captures most of the character highlights in the show.
A veteran of the intelligence community.
MI5 old man.
is experienced and well-connected.
However, due to various reasons, he was assigned to manage the Slough department.
is unkempt and sloppy in appearance.
He is also lazy and greedy. He smokes and drinks a lot, and swears a lot.
"retaliates" to the useless agents in his department on a daily basis.
's "outstanding" eloquence has taken a new level in the third season.
calls them "trash" when the task fails, and calls them "trash" when the task succeeds.
What’s even more cruel is that the trash he talks about includes himself.
A character full of "self-destructive style" from his personality to his performance. The main focus of
is the contrast with the traditional 007s.
But this is the boss with a badass style, and he is also the most "protective"... at least in the MI5 competition.
He is more like a normal person.
When the parents of the waiting horses were waiting, they were worried and guarding the newcomers like old hens.
Whenever the people under his command are in danger, Lamb, who is calm and calm, never disappoints.
And he ridiculed those high-sounding high-level officials and complained quickly.
kept him out of the bureaucratic fray.
But it also hinted at why he was exiled:
This is a person who is incompatible with today's environment.
His indulgence is more like some kind of passive resistance.
If you understand Lamb, you can understand the core of the "Slough Department".
human touch.
is here.
Although everyone complains about boring daily work, it is a waste of their life and youth.
But on the other side, in such a "non-volume" department.
has a better chance to see the side of these agents as ordinary people.
At the beginning of the story, Cartwright hated being sent to organize files and objected to Catherine's supervision as the logistics eldest sister. He said to Catherine:
But he soon regretted it.
Because Catherine is indeed a very nice person, very responsible, and takes good care of newcomers. She has devoted a lot to her work.
Even because of this wrong sentence, he came early the next day to work overtime to help Catherine share the burden.
Therefore, after Catherine was kidnapped, he was also the one who rushed to the front and wanted to save her most.
I believe anyone who has worked there will understand the relationship between colleagues.
Others in the Slough department are similar.
Take Louisa as an example. In the second season, her colleague and lover were killed in action.
She endured the pain silently and continued to work.
But whether it is her choice to heal herself and not disturb others, or everyone's concern for her, chatting and communicating with her, I hope she can come out.
are full of human touch.
It is no wonder that some netizens commented:
Slough department is a penal colony in name;
it is actually a paradise.
is so beautiful that it makes people a little envious.
So let’s look back at Lamb’s Protector, and even look back at the plot mode of the entire “Flower” series.
If we talk about traditional spy wars, they are all personal heroic chapters that save the world and protect peace.
"Flower" goes in the opposite direction.
As an old hen, what Lamb did time and time again was to save his group of chickens from big conspiracies and whirlpools.
They don't want to change the world.
They just want to be themselves.
It's a pity that in such an era, even this is just a small wish.
is also very difficult to get what you want.
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The most popular sentence in 2023.
is called " world is a grass-roots team ". The general meaning of
is that I hope everyone can eliminate those pursuits and filters of those in power, superior departments, professional organizations, and grand imaginary aggregates, look at problems more realistically, and resist useless internal friction.
as a British drama.
"Flower" maintains the unique black humor of British dramas.
ridicules the upper class, satirizes those in power, and complains about the workplace. It just fits the phrase "grassroots team", which may be the reason why the audience gave it high marks.
In the play, compared with the Slough department's desperate efforts to save people, it is the professional agents of MI5, senior cabinet officials in charge of internal affairs. How ridiculous is
?
For example, in the play, the murderer dumped the victim's body in front of a luxury restaurant.
is so arrogant, it can be said to be a direct provocation to the government.
However, as the direct superior of MI5 and one of the most powerful people in the UK, the Home Secretary had to intervene.
What he was thinking about was not catching the murderer.
Instead, the impact on the restaurant's business and reputation should be eliminated first.
Why?
Because, this restaurant has his shares.
Starting from the Catherine kidnapping case, the entire case was a room-mate fight with an inward edge.
you will see in the play.
Within the framework of the system of power operation, everyone is tied to the assembly line, fueling ambitions and desires in batches.
also produces scandals and bad debts.
Perhaps only the "Slough Department", a paradise for exiles, can avoid this influence.
Therefore, the most ironic episode is also considered to be the best shot, which makes people extremely sad to watch.
The senior executives in the office are wearing suits, drinking whiskey, chatting and laughing.
And the workers on the front line are working extremely hard and killing each other to death.
Even if an extra drop of wine is spilled in the wine glass, the people working outside may have a few more wounds on their bodies.
can be used when things are over.
When the traces have been erased, the evidence has been destroyed, and when the top management has wiped their butts clean, they can continue to dress up like a human being and yell in front of the camera.
continues to pretend to be invincible.
The bullet holes and scars left on the frontline workers, whose names can be withheld, will ache on rainy days, constantly reminding them of the true appearance of the world.
Meaning is disappearing.
may be a former intelligence ace like Lamb.The real reason why
has become so decadent and annoying now.
An era that does not need heroes.
Any idealism and hard work spirit will slowly be wasted in the trivial daily life, the stubborn system, and the day-to-day infighting, and finally become numb in the powerless and ridiculous resistance.
returns to reality.
I believe that migrant workers can see themselves in "Flowers":
Even if they have weapons, even if they can use violence legally, or even transform into 007, they can't escape from the grassroots team.
With a bruised nose and swollen face, a broken head and bleeding, and exhausted, he just wants to escape from the whirlpool and not take the blame.
I believe everyone can understand this kind of embarrassment.
Fortunately, there is also Lamb in the play.
But in reality, where can I hide?
Return to the grass-roots team at the beginning.
sir believes that when most people mock the world’s “grassroots”, they are not self-proclaiming. More likely, they just don’t want the world to remain like this.
But most people can only find their place after getting tired of heroic stories.
And this road looks quite long.
But it is not hopeless.
This year’s Lunar New Year, "The annual meeting cannot be stopped!" "A movie like this that satirizes the workplace has been a hit in terms of reputation. The creators of
used comedy to ridicule the absurdity and injustice in the real workplace, and the audience also recognized their identity as social animals.
completed a rare conspiracy.
But "Annual Meeting" is still too gentle.
It raised the question, but gave the golden finger to the chairman.
sir hopes even more.
After reading, laughing and crying about a work like this, don’t forget it easily.
Because in the present moment.
Only by not forgetting can we fight against the mediocrity of life.
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