Slow Horses
"Drinker. Thinker. Rebel. Spy."
Overview
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Spy fiction usually leans into the clean aesthetic of sharp suits and high-stakes gadgets. This series takes a different route, centering on a group of intelligence officers relegated to a dumping ground for the career-ruined. Far from the suave archetypes of traditional espionage, these characters deal in incompetence, bureaucratic stagnation, and the grim reality of their own past mistakes.
The comedy here is as blunt as the violence. Gary Oldman depicts a supervisor who manages his team through insults and thick clouds of cigarette smoke rather than tactical brilliance. By grounding the threat of terrorism within an absurd office environment, the show makes British intelligence look less like a tactical machine and more like a decaying, cynical puzzle. It manages to feel both macabre and grounded, finding humor in the fact that the people defending England are the ones nobody else wants around.
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- First Aired
- April 01, 2022
- Status
- Returning Series
- Origin
- GB
- TMDB Votes
- 841