SummaryA group of MI5 agents demoted to desk duty led by Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) seek redemption in the espionage drama based on Mick Herron's novels.
SummaryA group of MI5 agents demoted to desk duty led by Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) seek redemption in the espionage drama based on Mick Herron's novels.
Season 3 of Slow Horses presents a main story that escalates and derails in the best way possible. Not only does it engagingly involve all characters in the story, but we can also understand and appreciate the personal stakes for everyone, which makes it extremely compelling from beginning to end.
"Slow Horses" has thus far found its success doling out memorable characters and tightly coiled plotlines in equal proportions. It is much the same in season 3, save for an overture that rivals a James Bond movie in its length and convolutions, and an ending that, well, rivals a James Bond movie in its amount of firepower and death by gunplay.
“Slow Horses” is back for season 3 on Apple TV+, and it’s a joy. The story line is fine — it’s less twisty and cerebral than those of the previous two seasons, perhaps, which is fine. .... But the characters, and particularly Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb, are more entertaining than ever.
The show’s strengths remain, if somewhat downplayed. Gary Oldman is the walking embodiment of body odor and mental acuity as Jackson Lamb. .... The other slow horses remain too underdeveloped to really build out the show’s world in unexpectedly compelling ways.