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The fifth season of acclaimed espionage black comedy Slow Horses started airing yesterday on Apple TV+, with the first two of a six-episode run.
The series, based on Mick Herron’s Slough House novels, will continue with weekly releases until October 22.
This latest instalment adapts London Rules, the fifth novel in Mick’s series.
The plot centres on the misfit agents stationed at Slough House, led by the ever-cynical Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), as they confront a tangled series of events in London.
A key subplot involves Roddy Ho, the team’s tech specialist, whose appearance with a glamorous new girlfriend raises eyebrows among his colleagues.
A sequence of bizarre incidents across the city forces the Slow Horses to connect the dots before things spiral further out of control.
The cast returns strongly with Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christopher Chung, Rosalin Eleazar, Jonathan Pryce, and others all reprising their roles.
A new face joining this season is Nick Mohammed, best known from Ted Lasso, who plays Zafar Jaffrey, an ambitious politician.
Behind the scenes, showrunner Will Smith, not to be confused with the rapper and comedian who shares the name, will be stepping down after Season 5. He has stated that certain story arcs begun in Season 1 will conclude with this season, so this is a natural point to hand over responsibility.
From Season 6 onward, Slow Horses will be led by new writers Gaby Chiappe and Ben Vanstone.
Apple TV+ has already renewed the series up to Season 7, signalling confidence in its future.
