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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
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Disclaimer, the new AppleTV+ series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, wastes no time letting viewers know exactly what they are in for with well, a disclaimer. There’s the warning that precedes every episode: “This series contains strong, sexual content and depictions of sexual, physical, and emotional violence.” Then,
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Longing, survival, and the thin line between destructiveness and compassion course through Steve McQueen’s Blitz, a displaced family drama that compromises on the British filmmaker’s stark and arresting style for a film that’s too eager to win you over and lacking what makes his films unique. Set
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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
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The penultimate episode of any thriller series is always a great place to review the journey thus far. “Grave Danger,” the fifth episode of Slow Horses’ fourth season, mirrors the second-to-last episodes of the past seasons – the final chunks of crucial exposition are handed over, the stakes are
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After some mild complaints about the breathless, propulsive pacing of Slow Horses, “Returns” proves an apt title for a decisive episode in a season that felt unmoored as it crossed the halfway mark. The fourth episode did not give us all the answers we anticipated, but it gave us enough
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Even if your knowledge of World War II history is spotty, you've almost certainly heard of the Blitz. This sustained eight-month bombing campaign saw German fighters commit mass attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities throughout Britain. London was particularly hard hit, getting bombed for over 50
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For a spy thriller, Slow Horses is paced strangely. As a TV thriller, you can’t fault how it moves: each of Mick Harron’s books is split into the UK-standard six sub-hour episodes (often under 45 minutes), and they clip through plot turns and character beats like
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It once looked like Severance would become Apple TV+’s siren’s call to new subscribers, but by the time Season 2 premieres in January 2025, three years will have passed since its first season finale. By contrast, the streamer’s most reliable show, Slow Horses, has consistently delivered a
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Apple TV+'s adaptation of Mick Herron's Slough House series, Slow Horses, has become the streaming series biggest hit since Ted Lasso, growing audience year-on-year since Seasons 1 and 2 debuted practically back-to-back in 2021. To that end, the streaming service is doubling
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The only good thing about the television industry essentially throwing the entire concept of a "limited series" out the window is that sometimes, if we're lucky, a really, really good show gets a second lease on life. Such is the case with Apple TV+'s
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At long last, the Garvey sisters will officially return in the fall of 2024. It's been nearly two years since the buzzy first season of Apple TV+'s buzzy dark comedy/thriller Bad Sisters aired. Finally, its highly anticipated second outing is set to arrive in November.