Season 2

**Season 2** of the Apple TV+ series *Slow Horses* premiered on December 2, 2022 with two episodes. It finished airing on December 30, 2022.

## Synopsis

*Long-buried Cold War secrets emerge which threaten to bring carnage to the streets of London. When a liaison with Russian villains takes a fatal turn, our hapless heroes must overcome their individual failings and raise their spy game in a race to prevent a catastrophic incident.*

## Cast and characters

### Main:

* Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb
* Jack Lowden as River Cartwright
* Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner

### Slough House:

* Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish
* Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy
* Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho
* Dustin Demri-Burns as Min Harper
* Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Shirley Dander
* Kadiff Kirwan as Marcus Longridge

### MI5 Headquarters:

* Freddie Fox as James “Spider” Webb
* Chris Reilly as Nick Duffy
* Sophie Okonedo as Ingrid Tearney
* Joey Ansah as Agent Pierce
* Bally Gill as Agent Singh

## Production

Initially the series was to consist of two seasons, but two additional seasons have since been ordered.

All episodes were directed by Jeremy Lovering.

Seasons 1 and 2 were filmed back-to-back.

Author of the source novels, Mick Herron, said that the adaptation process for the second season, which is based on *Dead Lions*, was slightly different than before. Herron stated that “[season one] was very faithful to the plot of the original book. That's probably less true in the next one [season two] for a variety of reasons,” he said. “All the big changes to plots have been made with either my happy agreement or, sometimes, at my suggestion.”

## Gallery

### Videos

Slow Horses — Season 2 Official Trailer - Apple TV+Slow Horses Season 2- Jack Lowden on His New Dynamic With Gary Oldman's Jackson LambSlow Horses- We Speak to Chris Chung, Rosalind Eleazar and Dustin Demri-BurnsSlow Horses 2.01- What's He Like? -EXCLUSIVE CLIP-Slow Horses S02 E03 Sneak Peek - 'Tell Me What You Know'Slow Horses S02 E04 Exclusive Sneak Peek - 'You're Watching Me'Slow Horses S02 E05 Sneak Peek - 'Checkmate'Slow Horses — A Conversation with Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden - Apple TV+SLOW HORSES Post-Finale Debrief with Jack Lowden & Rosalind Eleazar - Apple TV+ and ATX TVSLOW HORSES Season 2 EXCLUSIVE Clip "Break It" - Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott ThomasSlow Horses- Gary Oldman & Saskia Reeves on Blending Spycraft & Comedy
## Trivia

* The second season is based on Mick Herron's second book in the series, *Dead Lions*.
* On November 21,2022, Oldman hinted at possibly retiring after *Slow Horses* finishes its run stating that, “When you’re young, you think you’re going to get round to doing all of them – read that book – then the years go by. I’m 65 next year; 70 is around the corner. I don’t want to be active when I’m 80...I’d be very happy and honoured and privileged to go out as Jackson Lamb – and then hang it all up.”
* On November 30, 2022, Oldman said about his character that Lamb will continue to be as unpleasant to his underlings this time around as he was in season 1. He further added that those kind of scenes are fun to play because "Jackson is deliberately confrontational, he does it for sport, and he can be very cutting and very cruel, because he will publicly humiliate people. Now, to play that is just fun. You read those lines in the script and you go, I can't wait to see the expression on Jack Lowden's face when I give him this zinger!"
* On December 4, 2022, Oldman teased that "One killing leads to a second that hits close to home, and for Lamb, it becomes personal. “That’s the kerosene on the fire that motivates him”. His squad is equally committed, including Standish (Saskia Reeves), the quiet de facto office manager who shockingly faces down a Russian operative with a key to the mystery.
* On December 31, 2022, it was mentioned that this season currently has 100% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and an audience score of 96%.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Apple’s hit espionage drama “Slow Horses” debuts season two trailer - Apple TV+ Press
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ‘Slow Horses’ Adds ‘Peaky Blinders’ Star Aimee-Ffion Edwards, ‘This Is Going to Hurt’s’ Kadiff Kirwan to Season 2 - Variety
3. ↑ ‘Slow Horses’ Renewed Through Season 4 at Apple TV+ - Hollywood Reporter
4. ↑ Apple’s hit espionage drama “Slow Horses” debuts season two trailer - Apple.com
5. ↑ Gary Oldman on Slow Horses as series two comes to screens on Apple TV+ - Yorkshire Post
6. ↑ Slow Horses star teases new direction for season 2 - Digital Spy
7. ↑ Apple’s ‘Slow Horses’ Adds Olivia Cooke & Jonathan Pryce, As Producer See-Saw Shoots Two Stories Back-To-Back - Deadline
8. ↑ Gary Oldman hints he’ll retire from acting after ‘Slow Horses’ - NME
9. ↑ Gary Oldman says it's fun to humiliate people as Slow Horses spymaster Jackson Lamb - EW
10. ↑ ‘Slow Horses’ Star Gary Oldman Previews Season 2’s Cat-and-Mouse Case - TV Insider
11. ↑ S2 Ratings - Rotten Tomatoes