It's sleek, but not stylish; it's grimy, but in a cool, clean way. And though it's a show that relishes banter and verbal sparring, the action set-pieces are what truly draw you in...

Full Review | Sep 18, 2024

... Despite the whole thing being an "anti-spy" thriller, this isn't Le Carré — it's a whole lot funnier.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 17, 2024

Slow Horses” remains one of the most entertaining and well-put-together shows around. The motions through which it goes are good ones.

Full Review | Sep 16, 2024

After four seasons Slow Horses finally gets some Emmy recognition. This truly epic espionage thriller with Gary Oldman is everything a great series should be and more. With flawless source material and an epic ensemble, Slow Horses is storming stuff.

Full Review | Sep 14, 2024

This remains Oldman’s show first and last, but everyone has a chance to shine.

Full Review | Sep 12, 2024

It’s still utterly brilliant.

Full Review | Sep 11, 2024

Much like the veteran leader of the titular team of washed-up MI5 agents (played by Gary Oldman), the show hasn’t lost any of its edge into its fourth season. If anything, the latest offering is the finest it has ever been.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 10, 2024

Slow Horses continues to be ludicrously implausible, and I wish Lamb and Diana would verbally spar more often (it’s so rare it feels like script rationing), but it’s still got the touch.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 10, 2024

Slow Horses is thrilling, often improbably so. But it's also keenly attuned to the dynamics and psychology of the trade -- what it means to understand people as expendable pieces in an unwinnable game.

Full Review | Sep 9, 2024

And among car chases worthy of Hollywood blockbusters and several edge-on-your-seat shoot-outs, what makes Slow Horses season 4 essential viewing is that it’s all about relationships.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 6, 2024

Slow Horses is exciting and suspenseful TV and one of the great under-appreciated gems of our current streaming era.

Full Review | Sep 6, 2024

“Slow Horses’” complex characters continue to hash out their issues this season, and while everyone is exceptional, this is Lowden’s finest hour.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 5, 2024

Still, such moments of earnestness are never overplayed in a show that, perhaps more than any other right now, celebrates that distinctly British penchant for caustic wit and withering cynicism.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2024

“Slow Horses” never rushes and also never feels like a grueling slow burner. Like any good thriller, it doesn’t waste time and pays meticulous attention to how the plot should weave together by the end of the season.

Full Review | Sep 5, 2024

With this level of output, you’d be forgiven for assuming the quality would vary wildly, and yet Slow Horses has become that most wondrous of things: a truly reliable televisual crowd-pleaser.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2024

The depiction of the power-game shenanigans going on overhead, across town at the service’s Regents Park nerve centre, is another of its many joys.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2024

Slow Horses may still be a safe bet, but it’s not entirely the same old same old.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2024

If anything, each series improves slightly on the last. Watching it is pure pleasure. There isn’t a wasted scene or a duff piece of dialogue. Every performance is perfectly calibrated...

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 5, 2024

Slow Horses continues to be entertaining because of the show’s quirky characters, not the least of which is Oldman’s character Jackson Lamb.

Full Review | Sep 5, 2024

[Director] Randall’s biggest achievement here is in not messing about with what came before. As with the directors of the previous seasons, Randall strictly adheres to Smith’s vision of what the latter has described as the “anti-Bond.”

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 4, 2024