Apple TV+ quietly confirmed that *Slow Horses* has been renewed for a sixth season, which means we are getting even more episodes of Gary Oldman shuffling around a London office looking like he lost a bet with a dumpster.
Filming is reportedly underway across the pond, because apparently the British cannot stop making television about sad men in bad coats.
For the uninitiated, *Slow Horses* follows the "rejects" of MI5—spies who screwed up so badly they got exiled to Slough House, a building that sounds like a punishment and is, in fact, a punishment.
Their boss is Jackson Lamb, played by Oldman, a man who weaponizes flatulence and personal hygiene as psychological warfare.
It is deeply unserious and also maybe the best show on television, which says a lot about the state of things.
Season 5 hasn't even dropped yet, and Apple is already greasing the wheels for season 6.
That's either supreme confidence or a hostage situation.
Either way, fans of the Mick Herron novels know there's plenty of source material left, including plots involving Russian sleeper agents, corrupt politicians, and the general British vibe of "everything is slightly damp and doomed." What makes this show work is that it refuses to glamorize spycraft.
Nobody is scaling a skyscraper in a tuxedo.
Instead, you get people arguing about parking spots while a colleague gets kidnapped.
It's like *The Office* but if everyone had a security clearance and a drinking problem.
Oldman, who is somehow still not washed, has said he'll keep playing Lamb as long as they'll let him.
Honestly, at this point, the man has fully merged with the character.
He's won Oscars, played Churchill, and yet his legacy might end up being a guy who burps in a conference room and calls everyone "princess." Respect.
The supporting cast remains stacked—Kristin Scott Thomas as the terrifying Diana Taverner, Jack Lowden as the perpetually aggrieved River Cartwright, and a rotating door of British character actors who all look like they've been in at least one *Harry Potter* film.
The show has quietly become a training ground for "oh, THAT guy" actors, which is a compliment.
Season 6 details are scarcer than a clean bathroom in Slough House, but expect more double-crosses, more bureaucratic nonsense, and more scenes of people staring at computer screens while saying "this is bad." If you haven't started watching, you're late to a party that's been going on for years and shows no signs of ending.
That's rare in the streaming era, where shows get canceled after one season and a vague tweet.
Also, a small petition: someone please give Jackson Lamb a bar of soap.
The man has suffered enough, and so have the people sitting near him. **Closing take:** *Slow Horses* is proof that you don't need a hundred-million-dollar budget or a dragon to make great TV—just good writing, great actors, and a lead who commits to being genuinely unpleasant.
Final Thoughts
Watch it before Apple realizes they accidentally made something good and ruins it.