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Slow Horses
A dumping ground for MI5 agents saving Britain
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| Creators | Mick Herron |
| Stars | Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas |
The show in 3 sentences
- Slow Horses is a British spy drama about Slough House, a dumping ground for MI5 agents who have screwed up their careers but haven’t quite been fired (does UK have a very strict labor law as well?). The team is led by Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), a brilliant former field agent who now looks—and behaves—like someone who has completely given up on life: rude, filthy, constantly insulting his staffs, but usually right all the time.
- “Moscow Rules: watch your back. London Rules: cover your arse.” Moscow Rules comes from Cold War spycraft — assume you are being watched, followed or betrayed by the enemy. London Rules — I guess it’s a joke but very relevant in bureaucracy: someone always pays; make sure it isn’t you.
- Well stylized Cold War spycraft in a modern setting — very satisfying to watch with indispensable building blocks of good story telling. Very satisfying.