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All six series of Slow Horses have received critical acclaim. For the first series, Rotten Tomatoes lists a 95% approval rating based on 60 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Slow Horses refreshes the espionage genre by letting its band of snoops be bumbling, with Gary Oldman giving a masterclass in frumpy authority." On Metacritic, the first series has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 22 critics. The second series received a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 25 reviews with an average rating of 8.5/10. The website's critical consensus says, "Slow Horses says nay to the sophomore jinx with a second series that…
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60 of 433 · most liked firstWild how Netflix will have a show every friend of mine talks about that gets canceled before it airs, and over on Apple I find shows there are six seasons in that I’ve never heard of. Anyhow, Slow Horses is good!
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses, Silo, Shrinking, and Severance are all good, so if it’s an Apple show that starts with S, I’m in.
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses has replaced The Blacklist as the show your gen x coworker has most likely "been getting into". the blacklist held onto the title from 2021 to today. it is the first time an apple tv show has held this honor, and joins ted lasso as the second apple tv show to earn broad coworker approval
neutral · AI labelView post →Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv Apple’s spy series isn’t just the platform’s finest — it’s one of the defining television dramas of the past decade #SlowHorses
positive · AI labelView post →Jackson Lamb doodle in honor of the new season of Slow Horses.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the latest episode of Slow Horses, which is a phenomenal show that I love, but holy SHIT are River and Sid terrible at their jobs. Just… the complete opposite of competent secret agents in an almost aggressively annoying way.
positive · AI labelView post →The #Emmys nominees for Outstanding Drama Series: • 'Andor' • 'Severance' • 'The Last of Us' • 'The Pitt' • 'The Diplomat' • Paradise' • 'Slow Horses' • 'The White Lotus'
neutral · AI labelView post →Was watching Slow Horses, a show about the corruptions of powerful actors in government. Time to take a big sip of coffee and open Bluesky to see what’s in the news
neutral · AI labelView post →#GoldenGlobes nominees for Best Television Male Actor – Drama Series: • Donald Glover – Mr. & Mrs. Smith • Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent • Gary Oldman – Slow Horses • Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal • Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun • Billy Bob Thornton – Landman
neutral · AI labelView post →"'Slow Horses' is a show about cowards, knaves, scoundrels, and drunks. And they’re the good guys. It’s also about karma. The unfortunate habit our past regrettable actions have of boomeranging onto our future selves." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/musing-on-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Having finished S2 of Reacher, it was time to move on to other series I have been meaning to get to. 1. Slow Horses: :watches one episode: Hmm. Yes. Okay, interesting. 2. Murderbot: :watches two episodes: I WOULD DIE FOR MURDERBOT
positive · AI labelView post →My son's have gifted me with the entire Slough House series. As a huge fan of the Slow Horses TV series I can't wait to get into these.
positive · AI labelView post →Enjoyed the latest series of Slow Horses. 6 episodes felt too short in terms of normal expectations, but I’d rather get regular dollops of shorter series than wait 2 years for for next big one
positive · AI labelView post →What is a TV series that had you hooked at the pilot? For me: Heroes and Slow Horses.
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses is best show on TV in which I don’t remember a single thing that has happened in a previous season
positive · AI labelView post →If you're a fan of Slow Horses, as I am, and you haven't checked this show out--best give it a look as it's based on a novel by the guy who wrote the books that inspired Slow Horses, has same producers, and is just generally a lot like it in tone and sensibility. Dark humor, twists, great acting.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching the brilliant Slow Horses with Mick Jagger’s sublime Strange Game instantly becoming one of my fave theme songs ever. 3 belting show openers: Strange Game Jagger Slow Horses Far From Any Road The Handsome Family True Detective Woke Up This Morning Alabama 3 The Sopranos Any more?
positive · AI labelView post →I am impressed Apple got anyone to watch Slow Horses outside of England. it's the driest show I've seen in years, I absolutely love it, I could watch Gary Oldman fart and complain all day. It's the anti-bond
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses shows how streaming should be done. A new series every year like clockwork.
positive · AI labelView post →‘SLOW HORSES’ has won the Emmy for Best Directing in a Drama Series. See the full winners list: bit.ly/EmmyWins25
neutral · AI labelView post →The panel is about Slow Horses, a show I don't think I've talked about much. Come by!
neutral · AI labelView post →‘SLOW HORSES’ has won Best Directing for a Drama Series at the Emmys. See the full winners list: bit.ly/EmmyWins26
neutral · AI labelView post →Emmy nominations for Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Sterling K. Brown - Paradise Gary Oldman - Slow Horses Pedro Pascal - The Last of Us Adam Scott - Severance Noah Wyle - The Pitt
neutral · AI labelView post →After watching the first episode of this season of Slow Horses, I'm dreaming of a show that actually does follow the daring adventures of transit authority operatives, fixing potholes and thinking about many kinds of vehicles. Rescuing pedestrians! Making protected bike lines! Reducing traffic!
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses is the closest thing that we have to The Sopranos in 2026 (great show with a theme song that's total ass)
positive · AI labelView post →#GoldenGlobes nominees for Best Television Series – Drama: • Squid Game • The Day of the Jackal • The Diplomat • Mr. and Mrs. Smith • Shogun • Slow Horses
neutral · AI labelView post →How could you not watch a series (in this case, Slow Horses) that has lines like this
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv+ #SlowHorses Adam Randall and Christopher Chung celebrating the Emmy win!! Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series #Emmys #Emmys2025
neutral · AI labelView post →pleased to introduce the Slow Horses Incompetence Index, a new weekly feature where I rank the very bad spies on this very good show from least to most bumbling www.vulture.com/article/slow...
neutral · AI labelView post →Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series: Andor The Diplomat The Last of Us Paradise The Pitt Severance Slow Horses The White Lotus
neutral · AI labelView post →No bookshop updates today. I’m spending the day at home, writing and catching up with housework and the new series of Slow Horses.
neutral · AI labelView post →Golden Globe nominees - Best Drama Series: • The Day of the Jackal • The Diplomat • Mr. and Mrs. Smith • Shōgun • Slow Horses • Squid Game See the full nominees list: bit.ly/Globes2025
neutral · AI labelView post →Slow Horses is intense. Really savoring this series. We limit ourselves to one episode a night to stretch it out. Just finished season 1. Wow.
positive · AI labelView post →Really enjoyed the last Slow Horses series apart from wishing the director had told that one actor to tone down the Hugo Weaving impression a bit because it was getting distracting. OBVIOUSLY I've just found out that actually was Hugo Weaving.
positive · AI labelView post →I don’t think we talk enough about how good the Slow Horses theme is and if I owned a TV producing deal I would ask Jagger to do every song for every show on the schedule for one season
positive · AI labelView post →Loving Season 5 of Slow Horses Such a great show! RS
positive · AI labelView post →This week’s JAMBOROO topper is about Slow Horses, which is a perfect TV show. defector.com/how-slow-hor...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have to admit to my dad, Slow Horses might be an excellent TV show.
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv The most elite series on Apple Sharply written with great plot transitions, filled with characters you grow to love #SlowHorses
positive · AI labelView post →‘Slow Horses’ Renewed for Season 8 at Apple TV.
neutral · AI labelView post →🐌🐴 | tv+ #SlowHorses 2025 Emmy Winner — Slow Horses!!! Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Adam Randall #Emmys #Emmys2025
neutral · AI labelView post →i love Slow Horses, TV's most consistent show
positive · AI labelView post →I just binged four seasons of Slow Horses over the last few days and now I’m going through withdrawal. Great show.
positive · AI labelView post →Slow Horses has been nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards #SlowHorses BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA (SLOW HORSES) BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA (GARY OLDMAN) BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION (JACK LOWDEN)
neutral · AI labelView post →Slow Horses continues to be one of my all-time favourite series
positive · AI labelView post →Nominees for Best Drama Series at this year's #GoldenGlobes: The Diplomat The Pitt Pluribus Severance Slow Horses The White Lotus
neutral · AI labelView post →Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv+ #SlowHorses 2025 Emmy Win — Directing for a Drama Series Adam Randall 2024 Emmy Win — Writing for a Drama Series Will Smith #Emmys
neutral · AI labelView post →Season 5 of "Slow Horses" is coming Sept. 24. Here are five reasons you should start watching the show ⬇️
neutral · AI labelView post →The brilliant Slough House spy thriller series is 15 years old. I talk with author Mick Herron about his Slow Horses, and how the books, and all that followed, nearly failed to take off. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →Will Smith (creator of the Apple Original Series SLOW HORSES) has just slapped Chris Rock
neutral · AI labelView post →#SlowHorses Slow Horses creator wins crime writers award for reinventing spy thrillers www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
neutral · AI labelView post →This morning I realised why “Slow Horses” is a great name for a show / book. Because you’ve seen it before, but not in that context. So it catches in a ready made slot in your brain. Can’t believe I’d not clocked the reference before. Idiot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Since a new season is out it is my duty to remind you that Slow Horses is the best show you’re probably not watching
positive · AI labelView post →This latest series of "Slow Horses" has taken an unexpected turn.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Slow Horses," featuring our flatulent hero Jackson Lamb, will be back Sept. 4. www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
neutral · AI labelView post →honestly Slow Horses has the best casting of any book-to-show adaptation I've ever seen, to the degree of substantially improving on book characters in some cases.
positive · AI labelView post →The thing SLOW HORSES figured out is to make a show that is really really good and also, available constantly. My favorite TV feeling is getting to the end of a brand new SLOW HORSES season and then watching a full-ass promo for the next season that's ready to rip. variety.com/2025/tv/glob...
positive · AI labelView post →Mick Herron has written nine main novels and five novellas in his Slow Horses (Slough House) series. we are only half way through Season 6 of the TV adaptations:
neutral · AI labelView post →I know we all “hate” Apple, but Apple TV doesn’t miss: Mythic Quest Severance Foundation Silo Ted Lasso Slow Horses The Morning Show Loot The Gorge Argylle
positive · AI labelView post →I'm actually just completely unable to focus on a great book right now (Clown Town, the latest in the Slow Horses series by Mick Herron)
neutral · AI labelView post →
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