Thursday, December 21, 2023

Slow Horses win the race





Slow Horses is a bit like if Alan Furst got together with David Simon and they combined forces to follow a modern day MI5 unit.

This is a very well-written show with unique characters and edge of your seat action and chase scenes and infinitely funnier than most other workplace dramas out there.

You can almost smell Gary Oldman's character - Jackson Lamb - who heads up an MI5 unit full of misfits that continually find themselves in fake situations with disastrous consequences.  Lamb leads the disgraced unit, but his backstory is Smiley/Bond worthy from the sounds of it, and his caring for the "Joes" under his command seems sincere.

The wife and I can't get enough.... on Apple TV