Slow Horses

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I’m here only on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. That’s why I’m here now.

Hell yeah.

I’ve never seen a tv show that zips along so fast. Compare it to another AppleTV + show - Severance - that began at about the same time. We have yet to see season 2 of Severance whereas Slow Horses had two seasons in its first year.

Almost done with season 3. Seems to get better each year.

This season was received very positively.

Great show, can't wait for more.

Everyone knows this show is great, but man. After watching season 1…

I don’t recall a show being this tight and engaging with an almost perfect tone. There is no filler.

A couple of the characters seem like they are just there to get killed off, but that’s not a bad thing.

If I was forced to make one critique, it’s hard to believe some of these people work for an intelligence agency. Even if you’ve been sent to the minor leagues, you had to be good enough to go pro in the first place.

Great TV Show. Love the soundtrack too.
Was surprised though that Sid Baker (Olivia Cooke) had to die so sudden after 3 episodes only.
She probably got summoned by King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) to become his beloved young wife - the Queen Alicent Hightower That was sad. I kinda liked her more as Sid Baker.

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Look at the people they have in the “major leagues”, as it were. They don’t seem exactly brains of the universe either. For example Spyder (Web).

That makes sense.

Maybe the MI-5 are more aggressive, cutthroat, etc. The intelligence may be the same, but a few of the SH posse don’t seem as ambitious.

Then again, I could see little episodes showing how each got there. Now they are broken, yadda ya and resigned to their fates.

Cartwright(?)(Mr. Hair) reaks of the “coach the best player” the hardest. If he makes it, he is an achiever. If not, it wasn’t meant to be. Who else but Lamb would be a choice to vet him? Plus, his family connection and the mistake he is being “punished” for, was not his fault.

His story arch seems ripe for tropes and possibly subverted.

Sure, some of the SHs have given up. Slough House doesn’t exactly inspire one. Dickensian offices with dusty old files all over the place.

Poor Cartwrong, none of his “attributes” have helped him at all. I see in a trailer that he has a new hairdo. Love it.

We started and finished s2 this weekend. Love the short eps and short seasons. It doesn’t even feel like an attention span deal, these episodes are just so tight. We debated changing our movie plans, but ended up watching 2 eps when we got home that night.

Really seems preposterous at times, especially Min. My experience with people trying to get into U.S. intelligence, they are top of their class, never smoked a joint, etc. This show also has a unique way in the way they do action scenes. Not a lot of 10 min fight scenes, action is quick and to the point.

She already wants to watch s3, while I want to save it, at least until season 4 comes out.

Nothing dragged out here like some shows. This show had two seasons in a single year & was already signed up for the next 3 I think it was.

Starting watching s3 and another
Gangs of London cameo 😹

For my taste, it doesn’t get much better than this. Wainwrong’s 😉 task! Spider! Dusting a Rolls! Please show me something better, because I don’t think it exists!!!

It really is so good. It walks such a cool line between Serious Drama Show You Need To Really Engage With and Fun Lighthearted Show You Can Just Enjoy.

My favorite thing, by far, is that it doesn't just do the usual "team of misfits" thing where they're all just a little odd or misunderstood and need the right person to utilize their talents and then they team up wonderfully. They are kind of actual screwups, with actual problems and flaws and tendencies that actually hinder them at key moments. It's such a wonderful subversion of the trope to have the premise be literally true, a subversion of the subversion.

I definitely like this show and find it to be entertaining, but it's probably the least realistic show within its genre that I've ever seen. There is no way that this team of actual screw ups, who are incompetent far too often, would ever be able to succeed in a career in intelligence.

September 4. It's back.

Apple+ is back, babeee!

Bad Monkey starts on Wednesday,
with Slough House right after!

By the time I finish Industry (shoutout Duffy!), I’ll be set for a while 🤩