Season 5 Plot
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.
Slow Horses Season 5 aired on September 24th, 2025.
Slow Horses Season 5 Review
‘Slow Horses’ Fifth Season is Easily Among the Espionage Series’ Best. The latest adaptation of Mick Herron’s bestsellers about a group of reject MI5 operatives is chock full of what makes the show work so well on screen. Proving itself to be something of a slow-burn sensation, ‘Slow Horses’ has been gaining in pop cultural awareness and adulation across the last couple of years, with awards coming its way and more promotion.
There are, naturally, more eyes on Season 5 than ever before (even if the running joke is that Apple has excellent shows precious few people watch or know about beyond the megahit ‘Severance’), and thankfully, it is more than deserving of the attention.
'Slow Horses' Season 5 Videos
Season 5 Episodes
1. Bad Dates
A mass shooting rocks London, intensifying a testy mayoral race. Shirley believes one of the Slow Horses was the target of an attempted hit.
2. Incommunicado
Lamb intercepts an assassin. Taverner receives a key piece of intel about the Abbotsfield shooting.
3. Tall Tales
An act of sabotage grinds London to a halt. Taverner interrogates Roddy. Coe is convinced a destabilization strategy is at play.
4. Missiles
Flyte sets out to find Roddy's girlfriend. The gang is dispatched to two different campaign events to prevent another attack.
5. Circus
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
It's up to the Slow Horses to stop Farouk's team from completing its mission in a final act of mass carnage.
