Apple TV+ has officially confirmed that "Slow Horses" will return for a sixth season, because apparently the only thing British intelligence produces faster than scandals is more television about them.
The show, which follows a band of MI5 rejects banished to a department where careers go to die, has somehow become one of the most reliably excellent things on streaming.
For the uninitiated, "Slow Horses" is what happens when you take the James Bond fantasy, strip out the martinis and the Aston Martins, and replace them with fluorescent lighting and a boss who weaponizes flatulence as a management style.
Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb is a walking biohazard with the moral compass of a lost wallet, and yet we would all take a bullet for him.
Actually, he'd probably let us take it and then complain about the paperwork.
Season 6 will pull from Mick Herron's novel "Joe Country," which means more dead bodies, more backstabbing, and presumably more scenes of Lamb eating takeout in a office that violates multiple Geneva Conventions.
The show has already been renewed through this point, so fans can stop refreshing Deadline every fifteen minutes like it's a Taylor Swift ticket drop.
Here's the thing about "Slow Horses" that keeps it from being just another spy thriller: every character is genuinely terrible at their job in a way that feels refreshingly honest.
In a world of hypercompetent TV protagonists who can hack a mainframe with a paperclip, watching River Cartwright fail upward with the grace of a drunk giraffe is weirdly comforting.
It's the anti-"24." Jack Bauer never had to argue with HR.
The show also has a secret weapon in Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner, a woman whose smile could curdle milk and who treats human lives like line items in a budget spreadsheet.
She's the kind of villain you root for just because she's so good at being awful.
Apple hasn't announced a premiere date yet, which is on brand for a company that treats information like it's classified at the highest level.
Based on previous seasons, we're probably looking at late 2025 or early 2026, which gives you plenty of time to finally watch the first five seasons and pretend you were a fan before it was cool.
In the meantime, you can rewatch the existing seasons and marvel at how a show about washed-up spies became prestige TV's most reliable hangout.
It's got the workplace comedy of "The Office," the body count of "Game of Thrones," and the personal hygiene of a frat house dumpster.
What more could you want? **The Take** "Slow Horses" works because it refuses to pretend that intelligence work is glamorous.
It's a show about people who peaked in the parking lot and kept showing up anyway, and honestly, that's the most American workplace sentiment we've ever heard from a British import.
Final Thoughts
Season 6 can't come soon enough — just maybe hold your breath when Lamb's on screen.