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Its baffling that more TV series have not adopted theSlow Horsesmodel of storytelling.

Even if one season wobbles, the next season offers enough of a fresh start.

But it still checks all the boxes of what aSlow Horsesseason should do.

There is one significant shift from previousseasons, to be fair.

!And Cartwright indulges in a few moments of the kind of perplexed introspection thatSlow Horsesrarely pauses to provide.

Some elements of this plotline are baldly absurd.

Even with those detractions, its stillSlow Horses it knows its job, and it does that job well.

The Slough House spies are too prickly and vulnerableto be written off so easily.

And yet, theSlow Horsesmodel has become an exception rather than the rule.

Its not rocket science, but it is whySlow Horses, four seasons in, is more than solid.

For TV in 2024, consistency like that feels miraculous.

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