It Starts On The Page: Read ‘Slow Horses’ Season 5 Finale Script “Scars” With Foreword By Will Smith

Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page (Drama) features standout drama series scripts in 2026 Emmy contention.

The Season 5 finale of Apple TV‘s Slow Horses marks the final episode for creator and executive producer Will Smith who left the spy thriller after five seasons. Smith, who has earned two writing Emmy nominations and one win for his work on Slow Horses, penned the closer, “Scars,” which saw Jackson Lamb’s (Gary Oldman) gang get to the end of the season-long hunt for a cell of Libyan nationals attempting to destabilize MI5 by wrecking havoc on London and using Slough House to do it.

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