A mass shooting in an open shopping square. A divisive election that’s roiling London. An attempted hit on a Slough House MI5 agent. And Gary Oldman ‘s ever-arch Jackson Lamb telling one of his underlings to give him information about it all quickly, “so I can tell you to f**k off and finish my breakfast in peace.”

Season 5 of the richly layered Slow Horses begins with a bang indeed. “With every season, it’s a level up,” says series costar Christopher Chung . “There’s more suspense, more thrills, and this season there’s a bit more of a comedic tone. But really, what we’ve given the audience is something they’ve been asking for the past four seasons — more Roddy Ho.”

Chung’s laugh line has a ring of truth since his Roddy, the team’s lovelorn and agonizingly naïve computer expert,

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