When it comes to spy stories, it’s typically an all-or-nothing experience. The leads are either effortlessly efficient agents or thoroughly inept buffoons, played for high drama or laughs, respectively. But what about the spies who fall somewhere in the middle?
Slow Horses Trailer 1 Season Genre Drama, Crime Cast Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas Created by William Smith watch on Amazon watch on Amazon Read more Directed by James Hawes from a script penned by Veep co-writer Will Smith and adapted from Mick Herron’s novel of the same name, Slow Horses follows the agents of Slough House, an administrative offshoot of British intelligence agency MI5.
Sentenced to sift through public officials’ garbage and catalog decades-old parking tickets, the Slow Horses are sympathetic characters rather than court jesters, and rarely played for laughs. You find yourself wanting them to succeed, but the mix of personalities, limited skills, and conditions surrounding them makes any victory — no matter how small — feel like a surprising development.