Slow Horses · Season 1 · Apple TV+
Slow Horses Season 1
Slow Horses Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.8/10. 6 episodes on Apple TV+ from 1 April 2022.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 1 launched Apple TV+'s best drama on the back of a character who should be unlovable. Jackson Lamb - unwashed, casually cruel, professionally indifferent to his team's survival - is Gary Oldman's most lived-in performance in years. The Mick Herron source novels gave the writing team a structural framework that allowed six tight episodes to tell a complete espionage story without sacrificing character complexity. Critics at 95% called it the spy drama that remembered what the genre was supposed to feel like before it became all action setpieces. Oldman's Golden Globe nomination arrived at the season's end.
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The Room
“Slow Horses is the spy drama for people who are tired of spy dramas - Gary Oldman is staggeringly good.”
Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1Failure's Contagious8.5
Slough House is established as MI5's most toxic working environment - a dumping ground for agents whose mistakes can't be forgiven or forgotten. Lamb is introduced with maximum contempt for everyone around him and yet the writing immediately suggests there is something operational under the performance.
The moment: Lamb's first appearance - a man who has made being impossible into a management strategy.
“Slow Horses' pilot episode is a masterclass in establishing atmosphere and character economy.” — Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)