Gary Oldman stars in Apple TV's adaptation of the Mick Herron spy novels.
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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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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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It's no secret in the industry that Apple TV+ is the most lavish spender of the technology companies who jumped into the streaming service game, even more than Amazon. After an unfortunate launch in 2019, where the service only offered a paltry four series, all of which felt
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Just when Apple TV+ seemed to have gotten into a groove, the little streaming service that no one watches other than critics decided to shake things up. The streaming service has a small group of reliable hits among its offerings (hits being an extremely relative term), with Slow Horses being
Actors and Actresses
Olivia Cooke, born in 1993 in Manchester, was the sort of child who liked to put on performances in the front garden with her friends. At the age of eight, she joined the Oldham Theatre Workshop, an after-school drama program in her hometown, whose alumni included Anna Friel and
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Even before the BBC bought out BritBox International to make it the new streaming home of the British Broadcast Corporation, the service had gone all in on BAFTA, signing on to become the exclusive streaming home of both the annual Film and Television Awards, along with picking up the Oliviers
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For the loyal viewers who’ve watched three seasons of Slow Horses secretly pining for all our characters to get embroiled in a life-or-death gun battle, Season 3’s finale, “Footprints,” certainly delivers. For everyone else who’s enjoyed the back alley, rough-around-the-edges spy work,
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It’s Siege Week on Slow Horses. “Cleaning Up” dials up the pressure on Slough House, who have once again found themselves unanimously at the center of a clandestine MI5 coverup, leaving only one episode left for MI5’s most productive screw-ups to do their classic maneuver of a)