Following an uneven third season (albeit one that saw the series get some long-overdue Emmy recognition), Slow Horses is back for a fourth season. And I’m happy to report that this one is much less bloody and violent and, on the whole, a much stronger story (even if some of the central mystery feels a […]
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Slow Horses Season Three Review
Slow Horses, the British spy series that has, calmly and quietly, becomes the best thing on AppleTV+ by a mile, is back for another round of intrigue and head-shaking screw-ups as the team of Slough House try to outsmart their latest adversaries and try not to take down all of MI5 with them. If you’ve […]
Slow Horses Season Two Review
One of the brighter surprises of the 2022 television year was the debut of the British counter-intelligence drama Slow Horses on AppleTV+. Smart, bracing, complex, and unafraid to kill its darlings, the first season of the series – an adaptation of Mick Herron’s novel of the same name – was a critical and commercial success. […]
Slow Horses Review
If you’re a fan of old-fashioned spy thrillers – especially if you love a good MI5/British Intelligence yarn – then have I got a show for you. The impressively plotted Slow Horses begins this Friday on AppleTV+ and, in addition to sporting a hell of a British cast (Kristen Scott Thomas, Gary Oldman, Jonathan Pryce), […]