Slow Horses
Season 1
6 listed hours · 2022–present · Apple TV+
From the desk
How this season is filed
Weekly spy rejects, Gary Oldman as a budget-line with a death rattle, and the rare streaming title that got better by refusing to look like a launch.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Slow Horses (2022–present) on Apple TV+ as the first listed season of 6 — 6 listed hours, 2022-04-01–2022-04-29 from “Failure's Contagious” (S01E01) to “Follies” (S01E06). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Failure's Contagious
The anti-key-art sell: failure as workplace, Lamb as the product, no Bond sheen required.
- S01E06 Follies
First-season hold — a six-hour file that closes like a novel and still begs a renewal.
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S01E01 Failure's Contagious
River Cartwright is ousted from MI5 and finds himself in a place worse than purgatory: Slough House, dumping ground for failed spies.
Pilot 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.
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S01E02 Work Drinks
River and Sid join forces. A misfired gun has dire consequences.
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S01E03 Bad Tradecraft
Slough House is the unlikely venue for a secret romance, but events take a dark turn when a dangerous encounter becomes deadly.
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S01E04 Visiting Hours
Taverner sends the Dogs to hunt down Lamb and the Slow Horses. River holds the secret to saving the gang.
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S01E05 Fiasco
The Slow Horses must disappear to avoid capture by MI5. Lamb and River head to The Park to outwit Taverner.
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S01E06 Follies
Taverner and the Slow Horses attempt different approaches to locate the kidnappers and Hassan. Ho makes a shocking discovery about Sid.
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