‘Slow Horses' Season 5 Gets A Release Date And First-Look Images
Slow Horses Season 5
Apple's hit spy series Slow Horses is returning with a fifth season and not a moment too soon. One of the best shows on the streaming service, Slow Horses follows a ragtag group of reject spies as they solve cases that MI5 just can't crack, all while defying danger at every turn.
Gary Oldman plays the acerbic Jackson Lamb, the odoriferous chief of Slough House where MI5 agents who just can't cut it – or who are being punished for one reason or another – are sent. Under his wing are agents River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar), Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Shirley Dander (Almee-Ffion Edwards), and J.K. Coe (Tom Brooke). A number of former agents have died in the line of duty in previous seasons. Kristin Scott Thomas plays MI5 Deputy Director General, Diana Taverner. Jonathan Pryce plays River's grandfather, David Cartwright.
The series is as intense as it is hilarious. It's easily the best-written, most tightly-paced spy show on TV at the moment.
The good news is we don't have long to wait for Season 5 which comes out on September 24th. The first two episodes will air that Wednesday, with weekly releases following for the next four weeks. That's the bad news: As is the case with so many shows out of the UK – and all previous seasons of Slow Horses – Season 5 will have just six episodes. Despite every season being just about perfect, I always want more.
The series has already been renewed for a sixth season, and Oldman has said he's happy to keep making more in perpetuity.
Will Smith (not that Will Smith) created and produces the series. Saul Metztein returns to direct the fifth season. Here are some first-look images from Season 5:
Diana Taverner and Jackson Lamb
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Newcomer Nick Mohammed of Ted Lasso fame joins the cast as politician Zafar Jaffrey:
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The most intriguing images for Season 5 all involve Slough House's cockiest and most obnoxious agent, Ruddy Ho, who seems to have found a potential love interest.
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At least, he seems to be having a good time. This is raising quite a few red flags as far as I'm concerned.
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And here's Ruddy with a sword – or, more likely, a toy sword:
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Here's the Slough House gang with some healthy snacks:
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There's no new trailer at this time, but you can watch the original teaser for Season 5 below. It includes a mysterious kiss between River Cartwright and Louisa Guy, though we all know those two would never be a romantic item:
The fifth season's logline reads: 'In season five of 'Slow Horses,' everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho has a glamorous new girlfriend, but when a series of increasingly bizarre events occur across the city, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how everything is connected. After all, Lamb knows that in the world of espionage, the London Rules - cover your back - always apply.'
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