Should you watch Slow Horses?
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Slow Horses
Series · 2022
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
The sides of Slow Horses
- A dumping ground for failed MI5 agents
- Jackson Lamb, rude and brilliant
- Plots that reach the top of British intelligence
Slow Horses is good for you if…
- you laugh at a boss who insults everyone.
- you like Gary Oldman as the slovenly Jackson Lamb.
- you like a plot that turns into a race against the clock each season.
Slow Horses is bad for you if…
- six seasons is too much for you.
- you want glamorous spy missions, and this is a shabby London office.
About: failure · loyalty · redemption
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