Gary Oldman stars in Apple TV's adaptation of the Mick Herron spy novels.
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To say that Slow Horses has an uneasy relationship with authority is an understatement worthy of an eyeroll and withering insult from Slough House commander-in-chief Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). Outside of the well-meaning but often hapless spies, Season 5 is brimming with pompous, ambitious men in suits – including returning MI5
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Each season of Slow Horses is a serial, one unfolding story divided into serialized chapters, with very few time jumps and surprising plot turns that lead us straight from one episode into another. When the dramatic inciting incident kicks in – in Season 5’s case, a mass shooting that left
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Slow Horses is back – one year after its superlative fourth season, the down-and-dirty modern London spy saga returns for another messy adventure with MI5’s least loved and, by this point, criminally undervalued department. In Season 4, we lost agents, confronted harsh truths, and uncovered long-buried secrets – Marcus (Kadiff Kirwan)
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In a landscape where multiple streaming services currently in existence are probably not going to be around much longer, Apple TV+ stands alone as a singular, yet improbable success story. As a content provider with zero experience making its own original series, its launch in 2019 was heavily overshadowed by
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When perusing Kristin Scott Thomas’ impressive C.V. of film, television, and theater roles, it’s very clear that she’s the rare performer who’s been able to maintain a certain je ne sais quoi through the entirety of her career. She exudes a worldliness while being vulnerable, yet
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One of the inevitable consequences of the streaming wars and the initial decimation of cable and broadcast networks in service thereof was the reteat of representation during awards season. PBS fans were accustomed to it, since Downton Abbey left the airwaves, public broadcasting has been all but invisible to the
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Not all Americans understand precisely how actors become Sirs and Dames. It's a multiple-step process, starting with being awarded Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), or Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British
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It took a good five years, but Apple TV+ is finally coming into its own. The streaming service that launched in 2019 with a laughable four shows on offer (and zero library of past hits to support it) really didn't know what it was doing when it started.
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Fans of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, based on the Mick Herron thrillers The Slough House Series, prepare to ride out in the fall. The series, which has slowly built itself into one of Apple TV+'s most reliable and solid performers over four seasons, has set a
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The 2024-2025 TV season is quickly wrapping up, as the next few weeks will be the debuts of all sorts of shows looking for a little awards love, at least here in the States. The Emmy Awards, the U.S.' official national television honors, are one of the few
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Apple TV+ continues to ride the success of Slow Horses, which has been commissioned to trot out to a six-episode Season 6 less than a week after the Season 4 finale. (Season 5 was greenlit in January 2024, a few days after the conclusion of Season 3.) Based on the
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Season 4's finale, “Hello Goodbye,” would be more aptly titled “The Many Dads of River Cartwright,” as no fewer than three Slow Horses older men are positioned as father figures to River (Jack Lowden) in the Season 4 finale. This paternal trifecta is the key to understanding what