Slow Horses Season 5 Trailer: Gary Oldman's spy drama takes a turn hinting a traitor within the team!

The much-needed trailer of the Slow Horses Season 5 finally dropped, and it reveals more thrills, actions, espionage, and drama, with the returns of some iconic characters.

Poster of Gary Oldman from Slow Horses

AppleTV's Slow Horses is back with its iconic espionage antics that are getting a fresh dose of thrills dark humour, and plenty of actions and drama with Season 5 this September 24. Based on Mick Herron's novel London Rules from his Slough House book series, this season finds the downtrodden MI5 crew, led by Jackson Lamb, getting entangled into more deadly discoveries of 11 dead bodies, a full lockdown in the city, and high-stakes troubles. The final episode of Season 5 to drop on October 29.

Slow Horses Season 5 trailer breakdown

The new season consists of 6 epsiodes that will showcase the grumpy spy master Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) once again leads his team Slow Horses that's full of misfit spies for a new threat. The 2-minute-14-second video exhibits Lamb's dialogue deliveries, his dark humours, and his intelligence. The trailer reveals that the team will be investigating a shocking case after discovering 11 dead bodies, making the city go under lockdown.

The video hints that as the team digs deeper, they realise these seemingly unrelated dead bodies might be connected in a surprising way to a new woman who has entered their espionage world as the alluring lover of one of the Slow Horses spies, Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung). The season follows Lamb and his team as they try to unravel this mystery.

One of the most common topics of espionage thrillers is a traitor inside the group, and that's the exact card Slow Horses Season 5 has pulled out hinting at Robby Ho. The show's writers clearly know that nothing amps up the suspense theme quite like a betrayal from within, proving that some classic spy games never go out of style!

About Slow Horses Season 6 and Season 7

According to Deadline, Slow Horses Season 6 filming has been wrapped up already, and the makers might begin shooting for Season 7 this September or early October 2025 in the UK. The portal also revealed in June that the spies will find themselves on the run in Season 6 as Diana Taverner pulls them in a lethal game of revenge. The next season is adapted from Mick Herron's novels Joe Country and Slough House, the sixth and seventh books in the series.

FAQs:

Q. Which book in the Slough House series is Season 5 of Slow Horses based on?

A. Season 5 of Slow Horses is based on London roles in the Slough House series by Mick Herron.

Q. Is Season 5 the last season of Slow Horses?

A. No. Slow Horses will have at least two more seasons, having been renewed for Season 6 and 7.

Q. When will Season 5 of Slow Horses stream?

A. Season 5 of Slow Horses will begin on September 24 and go on until October 29, with weekly episode drops.

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