This article contains spoilers For "slow horses" season 5, episode 1: "Bad dates".

There are two things that have the first four seasons of "slow horses" in common. One is a unique combination of Acksecson Lamb (Gary Oldman) of a strong but well -hidden understanding of Spycraft and very suspicious personal hygiene. The other is that the narratives of the seasons always explore the topics of the old guardian of the new one. Season 1 does this through the Jameses Bond Wannabe River Cartwright (Jackack Ludden) rash, and all the next three seasons see the slow horses moving in the blasts of the past that either become or soon become very personal. Repeating the masters of spying in the era of the Cold War, the results that need solving, and spy versus spy antiquity anger on the background of high-profile kidnappings and terrorist attacks, and the unforgettable characters of the show and their entertaining semi-hostile interactions. The most polluting moments of "slow horses" They are always personal, not national. That's why the series is so great.

Unfortunately, the premiere of the "Slow Horses" in the 5th "Bad Dates" season throws much of the aforementioned things out of the window, in favor of becoming timely as a spy show can move away from being. Instead of supervisors of intelligence communities and quiet moral puzzles, she sets the scene for conspiracy full of fever shoots, assassinations, a populist -inspired killers, And The political battle with high stakes between the ordinary politician and the type of "disrupt"- all before the episode is even halfway.

The "slow horses" have never moved away from modern threats and problems, but putting the usual, charming spy shenanigans on the back burner in favor of dealing with any socio -political problem there has a swinging mood swings. It can increase the stakes, but it also takes away the show of part of its charm.

"Slow Horses" is a spy thriller that benefits from many secret saucesincluding an ellevel team, great characters and plot twists that push the envelope Just Enough. However, an unusual timeless show is an ingredient that ties everything else together. While the world (and the intelligence community) around it has embraced modernity and fancy technology, Slau House exists in time uncertainty that, with the exception of the occasional mobile phone and computer, can exist at any time, say, the 1950s onwards. They can prevent terrorist attacks and move into the complexity of modern society, but slow horses are not over time. This is a series of physical files, largely timeless wardrobes (except for Christopher Jung), and a lead whose domestic base on the upper floor is an effective dirty version of the Noir Pi office. The best streaming spy show It has its own style that cannot work without one foot in the past.

This is why the underlined timeliness of the premiere of the season 5 is thrown to the viewer - "Look, here are 10 things that could happen in the real world right now!" - is so awkward. Yes, there is a chance that the series will bind all together with a neat (if it is a bit frytate) bow before long. Yes, it is worth remembering that the show is based on Mick Heron's novels - in the case of Season 5, "London Rules" - and can hardly be blamed for adjusting the source of the material. However, the point of "slow horses" suddenly becomes way More timely than usual stands as long as the 5th season is in such a hurry to throw all the modern threats that can think of the screen.

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