OW GOOD IS (Apple TV+)? This good: the plot of the hit spy show’s third series—torn from Mick Herron’s “Real Tigers”—is almost as dishevelled as Gary Oldman’s dissolute spymaster Jackson Lamb, writer, not the disgraced Oscar-winner) sustains the cherishably, often pricelessly tetchy interactions between series regulars; indeed, this may now be the most characterful show around: funny in a dry, distinctively British way (on being ambushed, one agent moans, “I wish we’d stayed in the pub.”) First among equals: Oldman himself, having visible fun not just with the role, but with each fart and cigarette and every withering insult. Joyous.
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Dec 12, 2023
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