8.552 minSeason 5 • Episode 6
LatestIt's up to the Slow Horses to stop Farouk's team from completing its mission in a final act of mass carnage.
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.
Acting
Oldman's physical transformation into greasy irredeemable genius.
Writing
Mick Herron's dialogue: venomous, literary, unexpectedly tender.
Production
Slough House: the most depressing office in spy fiction.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mick Herron wrote the novels during his commute; Lamb's flatulence was not in early drafts.
The series captures post-Brexit British anxiety: institutions rotting, competence undervalued, empire's ghost haunting Slough House.
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