Slow Horses
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Apple TVFollow 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.
Apple TVFollow 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.
Slow Horses pivots between acknowledging the deadly stakes of its capers and depicting those capers with a patented slapstick joy. Every character in Slough House is a lovable ragamuffin with killer instincts and a fatal flaw. Ninety percent of the time, those flaws contribute to a show about top-level espionage carried out in amusingly ramshackle form. But for some small, but not insignificant, amount of time, those flaws are indeed fatal to their bearers.
Slow Horses lives not on plot but on character and relationships. The series shines brightly in both respects.For my money, Foyle’s War is the best of the lot. But there is now a credible challenger, Slow Horses. This show was recommended by my niece, in her 30’s, very woke (and equally wonderful). This makes me think that the appeal of Slow Horses crosses both political and generational lines.
