What is Slow Horses about?
Follow 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.
Dysfunctional MI5 agents navigate a darkly comic, suspenseful world of espionage with witty dry humor.
Dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Apple TV+ and Prime Video.
Slow Horses parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Slow Horses scary?
- Only a little. Slow Horses has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Slow Horses?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Slow Horses rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated TV-MA, with strong violence and frequent strong language.
Cast and crew
StarringGary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugo Weaving, Saskia Reeves, Christopher Chung
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