The story begins with , a retired field agent who now runs a sex shop in Soho. During a downpour, he spots a man outside his shop who triggers a traumatic memory of being kidnapped and tortured decades ago.

"Cicadas" are legendary embedded in British society, meant to lie dormant for years before being "activated". While most at MI5 consider them a myth invented by a Russian spymaster, Lamb suspects Bough was telling the truth. The Slow Horses at Work The team begins a fragmented but urgent investigation: Slow Horses - Season 2 Episode 1 "Last Stop" Recap & Review

The second season of the acclaimed spy thriller Slow Horses kicks off with the episode titled (Italian: Ultima Fermata ). It plunges the "Slow Horses"—the disgraced MI5 agents of Slough House—into a Cold War mystery that proves the past is never truly buried. The Inciting Incident: A Ghost from the Past