Season 5
Slow Horses
Overview
In season five, everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho has a glamorous new girlfriend. When a series of increasingly bizarre events occur across the city, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how everything is connected. After all, Lamb knows that in the world of espionage, the London Rules — cover your back — always apply.
Episodes
1. Bad Dates
September 24, 2025
A mass shooting rocks London, intensifying a testy mayoral race. Shirley believes one of the Slow Horses was the target of an attempted hit.
Guest Stars: James Callis, Ruth Bradley, Tom Brooke
2. Incommunicado
October 1, 2025
Lamb intercepts an assassin. Taverner receives a key piece of intel about the Abbotsfield shooting.
Guest Stars: Ruth Bradley, Tom Brooke
3. Tall Tales
October 8, 2025
An act of sabotage grinds London to a halt. Taverner interrogates Roddy. Coe is convinced a destabilization strategy is at play.
4. Missiles
October 15, 2025
Flyte sets out to find Roddy's girlfriend. The gang is dispatched to two different campaign events to prevent another attack.
5. Circus
October 22, 2025
Lamb debriefs River and Coe. Roddy is pulled in to help decipher a piece of code as the destabilization strategy nears its final stage.
6. Scars
October 29, 2025
It's up to the Slow Horses to stop Farouk's team from completing its mission in a final act of mass carnage.
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