Who is James 'Spider' Webb in Slow Horses?

The smiling careerist · Regent's Park

James 'Spider' Webb (The smiling careerist) is a character in Slow Horses, part of Regent's Park. James Webb — 'Spider', though he'd thank you not to — was River Cartwright's training-course rival and is now everything River isn't: polished, promoted, and installed at Regent's Park with his loafers on a desk. Smooth in meetings, spineless under pressure, Webb treats the Service as a ladder and colleagues as rungs. His role in River's King's Cross disaster is a subject on which he is notably relaxed.

When does James 'Spider' Webb first appear?

James 'Spider' Webb first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 of Slow Horses (2022–, Apple TV+).

Who is James 'Spider' Webb connected to?

Relationships already established when James 'Spider' Webb first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• River Cartwright — King's Cross, never forgiven
• Diana Taverner — Useful, until he isn't

Which group does James 'Spider' Webb belong to?

By the time James 'Spider' Webb appears, Regent's Park also includes Diana Taverner, David Cartwright.

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
• Roddy Ho — The insufferable genius
• Louisa Guy — Stalled and seething
• Min Harper — The one who left a disk on a train
• Diana Taverner — Second desk, first ambition
• David Cartwright — The grandfather, the legend

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