Come to think of it, did the villains really have to send assassins to menace Sam’s family? Couldn’t they have just, I don’t know, shot him or tied him up or something? Less elaborate, and a lot less entertaining on TV, but maybe more effective.ĩ. Oh, and while that cop wasn’t coming to Kai’s rescue, why did Kai wander out of his hiding spot and into the room where the other assassin was standing? Keep hiding! Call for help! Talk the cleaners out of killing you, like your dad would do!Ĩ. “Someone called for help from this apartment, and the guy who answered the door-who isn’t the owner-is acting suspicious, holding his hand behind his back, and wearing a Dexter Morgan–style slaughtering outfit … but he says the call didn’t come from here, so I guess I’ll go check the other apartments.” Is that proper policing procedure?ħ. Then again, I can see why he’d have an “If you want a job done right, do it yourself” attitude, what with the conduct of the cop who answers Kai’s distress call. Instead, he’s like, “ Now I’m switching on my siren.”Ħ. Was there no one already in the city he could have called? Even when Sam’s son confirms that he’s being held hostage, Detective Daniel doesn’t contact a colleague to help. Speaking of which, when Detective Daniel is worried that Sam’s son is in danger, he drives all the way to Sam’s flat from a place that looks like this: Remember, the hijackers were identified only because Zahra broke protocol to ask her ex for his input.) Is John so confident because he and Edgar easily evaded pursuit by switching to a car conveniently (and presciently!) left in a spot that they drove to only after running into a roadblock?ĥ. How will John Bailey-Brown-the surviving Cheapside Firm fugitive-get out of the country? Or does he think he can safely lie low in the area because Detective Daniel is one of the only police officers in England? (Or law enforcement officials, period. Does anyone work for the Cheapside Firm for a reason other than “If I don’t do this, they’ll kill my family”? Someone must do it for the pay and benefits, or the flexible hours, or because they believe in the firm’s mission, right? Or does the entire near-omniscient operation depend on threatening employees on pain of death? Are the fake-cleaner killers showing up at people’s houses because fake-cleaner killers are at their houses, holding their families hostage?Ĥ. Speaking of Amanda: Why did she shoot the pilot? I’m not crying for Captain Allen, whose infidelity and selfishness helped put the plane in its predicament, but what purpose did killing him on final approach serve, for either Amanda or the supposed criminal masterminds holding her family hostage?ģ. ‘Hijack’ Is Idris Elba at His TV Thriller BestĢ. I would’ve wanted Kovacs at the controls, and after the way Captain Allen did her dirty, it would’ve been nice for the first officer to have her hero moment. Granted, Amanda doesn’t want to let anyone except Sam into the cockpit, lest the other passengers punish her for taking control, but surely Sam could use his Jedi mind tricks to talk her and the mob into a détente to trade an “aviation consultant” who used to be in the Navy for someone who’s certified to fly an airliner. But she’s conspicuously absent from the climax, when her skills are sorely needed to land the plane. Did everyone on the plane forget about the first officer? Did Hijack’s creators hope we would too? Anna Kovacs appears early in the finale, holding a big bag of phones and still sporting the bruises and blood from being bashed in the head with a thermos by her philandering captain. So while we wait for news about a possible second season-and in honor of the fateful flight’s number-here are 29 questions about Hijack that have hijacked my mind.ġ. It also left a lot of loose ends, unexplored backstories, and perplexing plot twists to explain. The seven-part depiction of a seven-hour journey, drip-fed one episode per week following the two-part premiere, hit the summer sweet spot as a star-fronted thriller that was equal parts exciting and silly. The Apple TV+ series sticks the landing, too, albeit with some seat-belt-sign-worthy bumps in believability. Thanks to some snake charming by the cool, calm, and collected protagonist, Kingdom Airlines Flight KA29 touches down safely, if far from smoothly, in London after a fraught trip from Dubai. In “Brace Brace Brace,” Wednesday’s season finale of Hijack, Idris Elba’s ultra-persuasive Sam Nelson unsurprisingly saves the day.
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