Slow Horses is a spy thriller television series based on the “Slough House” series of novels by Mick Herron. Slough House is an administrative purgatory for MI5 service rejects who have bungled their job but somehow have not been outright fired. Those consigned there are known as “Slow Horses”. They are expected to endure dull, paper pushing tasks, along with occasional mental abuse from their miserable boss, Jackson Lamb, who expects them to quit out of boredom or frustration. Life in Slough House is defined by drudgery. And yet the Slow Horses somehow get involved investigating schemes endangering Britain
