Slow Horses Season 5: How Many Episodes and Exactly When They Drop
Slow Horses is back for Season 5, and fans want the intel: how many episodes and when they drop. Adapted from Mick Herron’s Slough House novels, the hit spy thriller throws its disgraced MI5 misfits into another high-stakes op—here’s the release plan.
Slow Horses is back for Season 5, so here is the stuff you actually want: how many episodes, when they drop, and what kind of trouble Jackson Lamb is dragging the Slough House misfits into this time.
How many episodes are in Season 5?
Six. Apple is doing a two-episode premiere, then it settles into the usual weekly rhythm.
Release schedule (Tuesdays on Apple TV+)
- Episode 1 'Bad Dates' - September 23, 2025
- Episode 2 'Incommunicado' - September 23, 2025
- Episode 3 'Tall Tales' - September 30, 2025
- Episode 4 'Missiles' - October 7, 2025
- Episode 5 'Circus' - October 14, 2025
- Episode 6 'Scars' - October 21, 2025
What Season 5 is about
The new run pulls Jackson Lamb and River Cartwright into another high-stakes mess that hits close to home: it ropes in resident tech gremlin Roddy Ho and his new girlfriend. Yes, Roddy has a girlfriend. No, that is not a typo. Expect secrets, screwups, and a body count.
If you are new here: the show is based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels and follows a team of disgraced MI5 agents stuck doing busywork until a crisis drags them back into the real spy game.
Who is back
Gary Oldman returns as the magnificently unpleasant Jackson Lamb, alongside Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Rosalind Eleazar, among others.
Where to watch
Season 5 streams on Apple TV+. The service offers a free trial before you pick a plan, and it also hosts titles like Chief of War, Severance, The Buccaneers, and Shrinking if you are looking for more to queue up.
Official series synopsis
'Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents - and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb - as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.'