Slow Horses: Seasons 1 & 2 - Friday 31st January 2025

I got a free trial for Apple TV, and Slow Horses is one of their highest rated shows, so I gave it a go.

It does enough to keep you engaged, especially because of Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas, but I felt like I was forcing myself to watch it.

Being a born 'n bred Londoner, I found the London depicted in the show to be a complete fabrication, as is ALWAYS the case when London is shown on screen. London is the most Asian city in the world (outside of Asia); the general population is South Asian, and the student population is predominantly Chinese. Yet, looking at this (and every other show), you'd think London was made up of a 50/50 population of white people and black people; it's the obvious contrivance that makes the whole thing unconvincing.

It's a glossy show, with high production values and poor writing. The bad guys are made to be stupid, doing dumb, illogical things, just to make the good guys look clever.
Similarly, every female character is infallible, whereas as every male character is some kind of buffoon that constantly needs to be bailed out by his female counterpart. It's a symptom of the modern era, which just makes the whole show seem fake, and thus unbelievable.

In a show about the Secret Service, believability should be the main focus. By the end of the second season, I'd had enough.
Been struggling to find anything else on Apple TV worth watching. I tried ‘Silo’ and ‘Shrinking’ and neither did it for me either...