Why It Ranks
The anti-Bond spy thriller.
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The Review
Slow Horses is the best spy drama since The Americans. Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb — a flatulent, slovenly MI5 reject running a department of disgraced agents — is one of the great television characters. The show strips espionage of its glamour and replaces it with bureaucratic infighting, moral compromise, and genuine danger. Apple TV+'s quiet masterpiece.
Fun Fact
Gary Oldman based Jackson Lamb's physicality on 'the worst boss you've ever had' and wore a fat suit padded with real weight to achieve Lamb's slovenly posture.
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