Slow Horses
Failure's Contagious
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2022-04-01
Synopsis
River Cartwright is ousted from MI5 and finds himself in a place worse than purgatory: Slough House, dumping ground for failed spies.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Slow Horses opens its catalog run with “Failure's Contagious” (2022-04-01). Apple's stealth prestige winner; Oldman late-career heat. Book-accurate grime pride and quiet awards campaigning.
In the series
This episode is part of Slow Horses (2022–present) on Apple TV+.
Spy rejects with better dialogue than the glamorous services.
Key cast
- Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb
- Jack Lowden as River Cartwright
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner
- Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish
- Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy
- Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho