The brilliant spy series, which far too few people know, is getting season 5

When you think of current spy series, the first things that probably come to mind are Amazon’s Reacher or Netflix’s The Night Agent. But a fantastic secret service series, which not everyone in this country has heard of, is outdoing the action and thriller collection – because it has now had its 5th season. We’re talking about Slow Horses – A case for Jackson Lamb.

Secret agent tip outside of James Bond: Slow Horses celebrates 5 seasons

Slow Horses is a thriller series based on the award-winning Slough House spy novels * by British author Mick Herron. The focus is on different cases of dilapidated secret service agent Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who heads a questionable department.

This is where undesirable loser agents are deported if they are guilty of something wrong with the British secret service. After an embarrassing faux pas, River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), who would like to be a real James Bond, ends up here but is quickly cut down to half his size by his new superior. According to Deadline, he is also allowed in the now ordered 5th season continue to be made to a snail.

See the trailer for Season 1 of Slow Horses

Slow Horses impresses as an agent series with its Mixture of bitterly evil sayings, tension and the beating heart of its characters. Gary Oldman plays department head Jackson Lamb with relish as a heavyweight, shower-shy boss who is often mistaken for a homeless person. His employees fear him not only for his insults, but also for the dubious pleasure of constantly having to watch him eat unpleasant food.

As a discarded man who doesn’t care about recognition, but… secretly has a lot on his plate as an agent The chronically underestimated Lamb is still an asset to MI5 and boss Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas). And with him also his Outsider Field Office “Slough House” – which sounds like “Slow Horses” and gives the series its title.

The reason why the series Slow Horses is still unknown to many in Germany as a successful anti-James Bond, even after three seasons have been published, is probably due to its streaming service: AppleTV+ is nowhere near as widespread as Netflix in this country. And this despite the fact that the constant publication of real quality series regularly makes series fans happy. Guest stars such as Jonathan Pryce, Olivia Cooke, Hugo Weaving and Katherine Waterston also show that the spy gem has long had celebrity fans.

Season 5 does not have to be the end for the spy series Slow Horses

Slow Horses produces its 6-episode seasons at record speed: Seasons 1 and 2 both came in 2022. Season 3 premiered at the end of 2023 and Season 4 has also long since been filmed. If things continue at this rate, season 5 won’t be far away. And with 8 novels and 3 novellas, which are currently part of the literary source, the material will certainly not run out any time soon. In any case, Gary Oldman revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he would like to continue with the series forever.

In season 5, the novel Spook Street * is being adapted into a film, in which the Slow Horses’ technology nerd Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung) gets a suspiciously glamorous new girlfriend, whereupon bizarre events begin to occur throughout the city.

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