The Best Episodes of Slow Horses Season 5

#1 Fan Favorite
7.7/10(2403 votes)
#1 - Bad Dates
S5:E19/24/2025
A mass shooting rocks London, intensifying a testy mayoral race. Shirley believes one of the Slow Horses was the target of an attempted hit.
Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith
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Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith
7.9/10(1997 votes)
#2 - Incommunicado
S5:E210/1/2025
Lamb intercepts an assassin. Taverner receives a key piece of intel about the Abbotsfield shooting.
Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith
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Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith
8.1/10(1996 votes)
#3 - Tall Tales
S5:E310/8/2025
An act of sabotage grinds London to a halt. Taverner interrogates Roddy. Coe is convinced a destabilization strategy is at play.
Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Sean Gray
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Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Sean Gray
8.2/10(2012 votes)
#4 - Missiles
S5:E410/15/2025
Flyte sets out to find Roddy's girlfriend. The gang is dispatched to two different campaign events to prevent another attack.
Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Edward Docx
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Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Edward Docx
8.4/10(2029 votes)
#5 - Circus
S5:E510/22/2025
Lamb debriefs River and Coe. Roddy is pulled in to help decipher a piece of code as the destabilization strategy nears its final stage.
Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith
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Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith
8.5/10(2257 votes)
#6 - Scars
S5:E610/29/2025
It's up to the Slow Horses to stop Farouk's team from completing its mission in a final act of mass carnage.
Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith
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Director:Saul Metzstein
Writer:Will Smith