Who is Roddy Ho in Slow Horses?

The insufferable genius · Slough House

Roddy Ho (The insufferable genius) is a character in Slow Horses, part of Slough House. Roddy Ho is Slough House's IT department and its most baffling mystery: a genuinely brilliant hacker with the social instincts of a parking meter, exiled not for failure but because every team he ever joined begged to be rid of him. Convinced he is the Service's secret weapon and irresistible to women, Roddy narrates his own legend continuously. The terrible thing is that, behind a keyboard, the legend is half true.

When does Roddy Ho first appear?

Roddy Ho first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 of Slow Horses (2022–, Apple TV+).

Who is Roddy Ho connected to?

Relationships already established when Roddy Ho first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Jackson Lamb — Tolerated for the keyboard

Which group does Roddy Ho belong to?

By the time Roddy Ho appears, Slough House also includes Jackson Lamb, River Cartwright, Catherine Standish, Louisa Guy, Min Harper.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Jackson Lamb — The slob who was a legend
• River Cartwright — The crashed golden boy
• Catherine Standish — The keeper of the files
• Louisa Guy — Stalled and seething
• Min Harper — The one who left a disk on a train
• Diana Taverner — Second desk, first ambition
• James 'Spider' Webb — The smiling careerist
• David Cartwright — The grandfather, the legend

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