Slow Horses
A gritty British spy thriller rated TV-MA, covering six seasons of released content (this report covers the full series). Violence, pervasive strong language, and substance use are the dominant concerns across all seasons.
Sexual violenceExplicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideHarm to childrenMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuseFlashing lights
Episodes to know about
The opening episode establishes the series' tone with physical confrontations, gun threat, and a training sequence involving a simulated suicide bomber.
A gun is misfired with serious consequences, and a bloodied corpse is shown in a bathtub.
A teenager is kidnapped throughout Season 1, held captive, and threatened with beheading by far-right extremists; the hostage situation is a sustained plot thread.