The Best Episodes Written By Mick Herron

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(18 votes)

   #1 - 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.

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   8.6/10(16 votes)

   #2 - 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.

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   8.6/10(18 votes)

   #3 - 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.

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   8.2/10(21 votes)

   #4 - 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.

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   Writer:Mick Herron

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   8.0/10(19 votes)

   #5 - Incommunicado

   S5:E210/1/2025

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

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   8.0/10(17 votes)

   #6 - 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.

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   Writer:Mick Herron

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