People are going absolutely wild for the ‘best episode of TV ever’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Slow Horses has been flooring viewers wth an action-packed episode (Picture: Jack English/Apple TV+ via AP)

*Warning: This contains spoilers for Slow Horses season 4 episode 5

Viewers have declared Slow Horses ’the best thing on TV right now’ after watching its latest exhilarating episode.

The critically acclaimed spy drama’s fans have declared the Apple TV Plus show’s latest instalment ‘crazy and incredible’ after being left on a nail-biting cliffhanger.

The show follows MI5 rejects exiled to the bleak Slough House to undertake the intelligence service’s least glamourous tasks under the stewardship of the filthy Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman).

This time, in its fourth season, attentions are turned to Slough House agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) who starts his own covert investigation after his grandfather David (Jonathan Pryce) shoots an intruder to death in his bathroom.

In Slow Horse’s penultimate episode, which was added to the streamer earlier this week, Cartwright is finally taken in by the intelligence service after going on the run.

But while he travels to MI5 HQ with head of security Emma Flyte (Ruth Bradley), they are ambushed and a brutal shoot-out erupts after which Cartwright is taken hostage by the enemy with his fate to be decided in the next episode.

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On X, viewers were floored by the action-packed episode, with@arifmahmood_ declaring: ‘Best episode EVER! #SlowHorses MUST WATCH SHOW!!! One episode more left.’

Echoing their sentiment, @Ruthselina raved: ‘That last couple of minutes of the latest #SlowHorses is just incredible.’

@ThaHustleMan330 commented: ‘SlowHorses… One of the best shows on Appletv. What a crazy episode.’

@Nonzzo also added: ‘Slow Horses is the best thing in TV right now and it’s not even close. #SlowHorses.’

River gets taken hostage at the end of Slow Horses season 4 episode 5 (Picture: AP)

#SlowHorses… One of the best shows on Appletv. What a crazy episode.— S.Carter (Blackanos) (@ThaHustleMan330) October 4, 2024

Best episode EVER! #SlowHorses MUST WATCH SHOW!!! One episode more left… 😢 pic.twitter.com/YytkPYtH7V— Arif Mahmood (@arifmahmood_) October 3, 2024

That last couple of minutes of the latest #SlowHorses is just incredible 🤯— 𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡 (@Ruthselina) October 3, 2024

Slow Horses is the best thing in TV right now and it’s not even close. #SlowHorses— Eze (@Nonzzo) October 3, 2024

Slow Horses season 4 was one of the big contenders at the Emmy Awards and was up for gongs including outstanding drama and outstanding lead actor in a drama series for Gary.

It took home the coveted award for outstanding writing in a drama series, collected by screenwriter Will Smith.

While there is just one more episode of Slow Horses season 4 to go, it’s not all over as Apple confirmed it has commissioned season 5.

Like previous seasons it will be based on a Mick Herron novel, this time his book London Rules.

Slow Horses is available to stream on Apple TV Plus.

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