Family is not a word that comes up in conversation between the so-called slow horses. Apple TV+'s tatterdemalion group of MI5 rejects cooperate at the office and in the field to save Britain time and time again, but the buck stops once they leave the dingy walls of Slough House.
The stakes of the show have never been quite high enough for the characters to take much more than a passing concern for their peers (and any semblance of romance between the slow horses is certain to be a death sentence), but here the worry finally feels quite personal—all those hours in the field have ultimately amounted to some care and compassion.
Perhaps more surprising than this season's newfound heart is the competency of the slow horses. Whereas past seasons have homed in on the inevitable mistakes and blunders that doomed and continued to plague these agents, Season 4 focuses, instead, on what Slough House is really capable of when they put their minds to it and stop bickering for all of five seconds.
Under the helm of wayward boss Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), the group feels stronger, sharper, and more capable, suggesting a significant evolution in their dynamic and effectiveness.
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