Slow Horses
Slow Horses
A dysfunctional team of MI5 agents navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Kraine Opasen reviewedJune 20, 2025
“A sharp, savage, and darkly hilarious take on the spy game.”
Forget sleek suits and shaken martinis — Slow Horses throws you into the grimy back alleys of British intelligence, where washed-up spies, bad coffee, and worse tempers collide. And it's glorious.
Gary Oldman is phenomenal — a walking disaster of sarcasm, brilliance, and flatulence, leading MI5’s most dysfunctional rejects. But make no mistake: behind the humor and self-loathing lies serious bite. The show balances its razor-sharp wit with tense shootouts, corpses piling up, and good old Cold War paranoia — including KGB ghosts, Russian schemes, and political backstabbing.
It’s clever. It’s brutal. It’s weirdly heartwarming.
And the writing? Wickedly British. Every insult lands like a punch, every twist surprises, and every episode leaves you grinning — or gasping.
Spy thrillers rarely get this fun and this smart.
A hidden gem that deserves all the praise.