Slow Horses

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 1, 2022
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 33
  3. Negative: 5 out of 33
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  1. OlivierPiel
    Apr 4, 2022
    0
    It's drab, it's shabby, it's verbose, it's overwrought, it's slow, it's dumb, it's a lazy paycheck for has-been actors mailing it in, and it's parading as a clichéd woke metaphore on English nationalism. And I, as a French, no, a Breton from Brittany, descendant of those thrown out by Anglo-saxons, yeah you dumb unwordly Americans wouldn't know, am defending English against thisIt's drab, it's shabby, it's verbose, it's overwrought, it's slow, it's dumb, it's a lazy paycheck for has-been actors mailing it in, and it's parading as a clichéd woke metaphore on English nationalism. And I, as a French, no, a Breton from Brittany, descendant of those thrown out by Anglo-saxons, yeah you dumb unwordly Americans wouldn't know, am defending English against this self-righteous nonsense.
    Brexit was dumb. Farage and BoJo are trash, but at least we can engage them. But leftist propaganda, such as this, has to be conspued and defeated.    … Expand
  2. UncleWillard
    Apr 4, 2022
    3
    Slow is apt, because this moves at a crawl for me. I was surprised by the opening sequence as it didn't appear slow at all. It looked like a typical, Brit action/techno thriller. But I get it, how the might have fallen and all, and prettier Simon Pegg (sorry Simon, you're very pretty, but this guy just comes off as a polished version of you) ends up in **** with Gary Oldman and others. ISlow is apt, because this moves at a crawl for me. I was surprised by the opening sequence as it didn't appear slow at all. It looked like a typical, Brit action/techno thriller. But I get it, how the might have fallen and all, and prettier Simon Pegg (sorry Simon, you're very pretty, but this guy just comes off as a polished version of you) ends up in **** with Gary Oldman and others. I found myself playing Candy Crush on my phone, tbh. I'm just not interested.… Expand

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#68 Best TV Season of 2022
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#62 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Apr 7, 2022
    80
    Slow Horses shifts into high gear with grisly twists aplenty. [11 - 24 Apr 2022, p.7]
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  2. Consequence
    Reviewed by: Clint Worthington
    Apr 5, 2022
    83
    Slow Horses hardly reinvents the wheel, mostly comfortable with recycling spy-story archetypes with a few minor twists here and there. But when it’s this entertaining, and you get to hear Gary Oldman curse people out with ridiculously-complex bon mots in between fish-and-chips toots, it’s hard to complain about the end product.
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  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Apr 1, 2022
    80
    It has action, tense kidnapping scenes, a politically resonant and timely subtext, and a compellingly sour lead character — Oldman’s MI5 agent Jackson Lamb — who is as cynical and weary as he is brilliant. At moments, the story gets a little tangled, but ultimately, by the end of six episodes, it holds up.
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