'Slow Horses' Season 3 Review: Brilliantly Dysfunctional and Grim

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21 points·walterbell··8 comments

The entire Slow Horses series has been great so far. Not many shows have clever writing that makes me laugh, enough suspense to keep me hooked, and has enough plausibility to make it a worthwhile watch. Gary Oldman combines slovenly, cunning and comedic in a character that is at times lovable(?) but also equally objectionable. Personally, I like the entire cast and hope we get a couple more seasons.

A lot of the humour is from the books, I’m glad that they’ve managed to translate it so well into the TV series

Gary Oldman is just _fantastic_ as Jackson Lamb. He’s got to be one of the best drawn and realised characters I’ve seen in a tv series for some time.

He's very good but the whole "you're all useless" is a bit over done. That's on the writers I guess (I've only finished season 2) )

Same here. The first season was fine, but literally every character is a spiteful grating moron. Couldn't really finish the second season. Tried the first episode of Season 3 to see if it had changed, but nope, they've just dialed it upto 11 now :/

OTOH if anyone is looking for a watchable thriller/detective show set in UK, I would recommend Endeavour.

To be fair, when ISN’T Gary Oldman fantastic? He’s got to be one of the most talented actors Hollywood has ever had.

He's pretty bad in The Scarlet Letter, a schmaltzy romance. His performance as Beethoven in Immortal Beloved is quite an acquired taste.

He's also done a long list of terrible B-movies like The Courier, out of necessity (he's been open in interviews about difficulties getting roles), and it often shows in his performances that he's not passionate about them.

Damn, I thought a surprisingly early new season was up. Turns out the article is from last November…

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