The next season of Apple TV’s darkly comic espionage drama is releasing tomorrow. Based on the Slough House book series by Mick Herron. Starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies.
Season 2 airs December 2, 2022 with the first two episodes. Then the next episodes will be releasing on Fridays.
Details of all the episodes in the series so far are included below as well as how to watch it for free. Produced by See-Saw Films and adapted for TV by Will Smith (“Veep”). For more top crime and thriller TV news, see my posts listed below.
Slow Horses series: This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb, they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces. [Source: Apple TV+]
Based on Mick Herron’s Slough House book series, see below for more details about this thriller book series.
Main cast: Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner, Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho, Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy, Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish, Jonathan Pryce as David Cartwright, Dustin Demri-Burns as Min Harper, Freddie Fox as James ‘Spider’ Webb, Chris Reilly as Nick Duffy.
Season 1 Episodes
Season one: This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents – and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb – as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces. Based on Mick Herron’s first Slough House book, Slow Horses, see below for the Lamb book series list in order. [Source: Apple TV+]
Failure’s Contagious
Released: April 1, 2022.
S1 E1 plot: River Cartwright is ousted from MI5 and finds himself in a place worse than purgatory: Slough House, dumping ground for failed spies.
Work Drinks
Released: April 1, 2022.
S1 E2 plot: River and Sid join forces. A misfired gun has dire consequences.
Bad Tradecraft
Released: April 8, 2022.
S1 E3 plot: Slough House is the unlikely venue for a secret romance, but events take a dark turn when a dangerous encounter becomes deadly.
*Watch Slow Horses on Apple TV Plus FREE with 7 day trial or monthly subscription.
Visiting Hours
Released: April 15, 2022.
S1 E4 plot: Taverner sends the Dogs to hunt down Lamb and the Slow Horses. River holds the secret to saving the gang.
Fiasco
Released: April 22, 2022.
S1 E5 plot: The Slow Horses must disappear to avoid capture by MI5. Lamb and River head to The Park to outwit Taverner.
Follies
Released: April 29, 2022.
S1 E6 plot: Taverner and the Slow Horses attempt different approaches to locate the kidnappers and Hassan. Ho makes a shocking discovery about Sid.
*Watch Slow Horses on Apple TV Plus FREE with 7 day trial or monthly subscription.
Season 2 Episodes
Season two: In season two, long-buried Cold War secrets emerge which threaten to bring carnage to the streets of London. When a liaison with Russian villains takes a fatal turn, our hapless heroes must overcome their individual failings and raise their spy game in a race to prevent a catastrophic incident. Based on Mick Herron’s second Slough House book, Dead Lions, see below for the Lamb book series list in order. [Source: Apple TV+]
Last Stop
Released: December 2, 2022.
S2 E1 plot: TBA
From Upshott with Love
Released: December 2, 2022.
S2 E2 plot: TBA
Drinking Games
Released: December 9, 2022.
S2 E3 plot: TBA
*Watch Slow Horses on Apple TV Plus FREE with 7 day trial or monthly subscription.
Cicada
Released: December 16, 2022.
S2 E4 plot: TBA
Boardroom Politics
Released: December 23, 2022.
S2 E5 plot: TBA
Old Scores
Released: December 30, 2022.
S2 E6 plot: TBA
*Watch Slow Horses on Apple TV Plus FREE with 7 day trial or monthly subscription.
Mick Herron’s Slough House Books in Order
- Slow Horses (2010)
- Dead Lions (2013)
- The List (2015 novella)
- Real Tigers (2016)
- Spook Street (2017)
- London Rules (2018)
- The Drop/The Marylebone Drop (2018 novella)
- Joe Country (2019)
- The Catch (2020 novella)
- Slough House (2021)
- Bad Actors (2022)
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