The new star of Slow Horses Season 4 has confirmed that the character will be back for Season 6.

It has been confirmed that Hugo Weaving will be returning to Slow Horses for the sixth season, in which he will play the character of the nefarious Frank Harkness. Based on Mick Herron’s Slough House novels, the espionage drama that has become a hit on Apple TV+ follows the escapades of pariah operatives who have been sent to Slough House and are led by the abrasive Jackson Lamb, played by Gary Oldman. The fourth season included Frank Harkness, played by Weaving, who had previously worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. His child army program and relationship to River Cartwright, played by Jack Lowden, added even another complicated issue to the already tight narrative of the show. Although the fifth season of Slow Horses has not yet been shown, the sixth season has already been confirmed.

It was reported by Variety that Weaving has confirmed that his character will be returning for the sixth season of Slow Horses, which reveals some interesting prospects for the following seasons. In the final episode of the fourth season, it is revealed that River is one of Frank’s sons. This child was spared from Frank’s efforts to raise young boys into obedient killing machines while he was growing up. The following is what Weaving had to say about the upcoming chapter of the series, which he will begin filming in London in the month of January:

The most of the time, each season is a book; yet, each season also deviates slightly from the books that it is based on. When it comes to Slow Horses, we are coming to the stage where the seasons are beginning to catch up to the number of volumes that [Mick] Herron has written.