Slow Horses

Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, a flatulent, whisky-soaked MI5 reject running a department of disgraced spies who keep stumbling into real conspiracies. Based on Mick Herron's novels, the Apple TV+ series is the sharpest spy thriller on television — lean six-episode seasons with no filler, razor-dry British humor, and Oldman delivering his best work since Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.