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Slow Horses: Season 5

6 episodes Premiered Sep 24, 2025 Updated Sep 22, 2026

Slow Horses Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 6 episodes.

Previously on Slow Horses

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Slow Horses Season 4.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Slow Horses Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 6 episodes.

Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Bad Dates

Sep 24, 2025

A mass shooting rocks London, intensifying a testy mayoral race. Shirley believes one of the Slow Horses was the target of an attempted hit.

S5·E2 Core

Incommunicado

Oct 1, 2025

Lamb intercepts an assassin. Taverner receives a key piece of intel about the Abbotsfield shooting.

S5·E3 Core

Tall Tales

Oct 8, 2025

An act of sabotage grinds London to a halt. Taverner interrogates Roddy. Coe is convinced a destabilization strategy is at play.

S5·E4 Core

Missiles

Oct 15, 2025

Flyte sets out to find Roddy's girlfriend. The gang is dispatched to two different campaign events to prevent another attack.

S5·E5 Mytharc

Circus

Oct 22, 2025

Lamb debriefs River and Coe. Roddy is pulled in to help decipher a piece of code as the destabilization strategy nears its final stage.

S5·E6 Mytharc

Scars

Oct 29, 2025

It's up to the Slow Horses to stop Farouk's team from completing its mission in a final act of mass carnage.