They made contact with one of my team, who’s just flashed up at the Park. I’m guessing they told him to do as they say or Standish turns up in bits. I’m keen not to accelerate that process.

What can you give me?

They’re ex-military.

You can tell that by looking?

Oh, yeah, they walk around like they got a bayonet stuck up their arse, and spend three hours a day in the gym, which means their clothes don’t fit.

So mercs?

No. Mercs are fucking lunatics. No, these guys, uh, they’re organized, controlled.

Private security then?

Who’s big enough to try and penetrate the Park?

There are three firms that can mount that kind of op. Stormbreak and Strike Force–

Jesus Christ. Fucking names. Why don’t they just go for Rock Hard Cocks?

— Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) to his contact in the laundromat, in Season 3 of Slow Horses