The jet of the radio galaxy M87 is misaligned, resulting in a Doppler factor δ ∼ 1 for emission of plasma moving parallel to the jet. This makes the observed fast TeV flares on timescales of tv ∼ 5Rg/c harder to understand as emission from the jet. In previous work, we have proposed a jets-in-a-jet model for the ultra-fast TeV flares with tv ≪ Rg/c seen in Mrk 501 and PKS 2155-304. Here, we sho...