Hijack [Apple]

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120927931#Comment_120927931

Yes they should have based it on a plane from Australia or New Zealand to the UK that way they might have at least got 3 maybe even 4 seasons out of it.

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120928534#Comment_120928534

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2368619/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

fritzelly

Bit of an anti-climatic final episode

Agent Coulson

Very anti climatic indeed.

A fun show over all that’s best left there now.

Ah I enjoyed it for what it was!

ejmaztec

Next - Hijack-The Aftermath Part One. 😛

moby2101

As others have pointed out, disappointing ending to a decent show.

Elba has star quality, amazed that he hasn’t landed a Jack Ryan stylised show on one of the big streaming platforms.

Great to see Archie Panjabi on TV again , she rocked it a long time ago now as Kalinda on The Good Wife .

squonk

Definitely the weakest episode of the lot but I suppose it had to come down sometime (pun intended). 😀. Lots of plot holes, like they really should have shot it down. It was only the most sensible thing to do. Plane had obviously just enough fuel to get it on the ground. Good thing the plane got hijacker’s and could land when it liked instead of getting caught in a holding pattern for Heathrow. They’d really have been in trouble then.😀. It remained on course largely the entire flight. There should have been an extra hour at least of reserve. It would have been crap without Idris really. Great summer show though.

JoeA3

Awful silly ending tbh. The notion that the woman at the controls at the end would get any favourable treatment, never mind escape punishment, is beyond credible. The crash landing sequence looked cheap and not believable, I’ve seen better effects on Air Crash investigations.

It did feel like they were setting up Elba’s character for a potential sequel of sorts, and not doing a very good job of it either imo, as the whole airplane evac sequence was silly. An every-man hero ala John McClane.

The Beasley character again was really weak. That side of the story very much reminded me of the “Taken” movies where Neeson’s wife had shacked up with a very limp individual while her ex is off saving the world.

I wonder would they have been better to end it ambiguously… E.g. passengers storming the cockpit and then fade to black. Would have been more believable anyway.

Slydice

4: Ah I like how clever they have Idris Elba. Could kinda read that note handed to the politician by pausing.

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Sam working around the folks on the plane in the smallest ways. Guessing that the gang on the ground might have his son though.

Looks like the airplane is the only thing at risk from what I could make out. That they'd either crash it or blow it up or something. No other specific target mentioned just that they want two people released from prison.

The Black Oil

I was ok with the ending. It kept the human aspect pulsing along. This was both the show's strength and weakness. Weakness because in better hands it would have hit us more.

gmisk

That was a pretty poor last episode I thought, but hey at least it was an ending it tied everyone's ending pretty much.

The Max Beasley character (who was a total clown throughout!) At least managed to redeem himself in the last episode.

Archie Panjabi underused.

I am guessing there won't be a second season, and it would seem stupid...but then again it seemed to be a hit...so who knows.

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They could I am guess focus on one of the two guys they released.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120927835#Comment_120927835

I wouldn't rule it out...as you say seemed to be a big hit for Apple+

Archie Panjabi has another series called Departure, season one focussed on a plane crash...season two a train...and errr season three a boat....lol

AMKC

That was good I enjoyed that ending but ye some plot holes like if the

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plane is out of fuel how come when it crashes the engines are still spinning lol and explosions even do there is no fuel lol. There would be no explosions but otherwise it was good and I am glad the two fake cleaners got caught too.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058297939/hijack-apple

I think it was more of a Neil meskall led movie , absolute legend

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120949495#Comment_120949495

Just started watching that. It's so bad. Windsor aeronatics lol. As if the Chinese or the Saudis for that matter would buy airlines from on unknown company made in the UK when there is proven and reliable makes like Airbus and Boeing who have being doing it for decades and the Chinese even have there own airline manufacturer. Sure wasn't there talk a while back of Ryanair buying planes from them.

Anyway ye the show is so bad it's funny. Does it get any better? I knew straight away the Captain was not to be trusted.

bren2001

Nothing in the finale really made sense to me at all. I would have preferred if they just flew the plane into the Shard or something and season 2 was dealing with the aftermath.

Fun season. I enjoyed it. I'll leave it there tho.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120951270#Comment_120951270

It is watchable ha. I preferred season 2 over season 1, season 3 only watched the first one but has potential.

awec

Just finished this tonight.

Entertainment wise it's decent, but it's really a leave-your-brain-at-the-door type thriller as there are a lot of plot conveniences that are totally unrealistic. The hijackers drift from being criminal masterminds to genuine dopes from scene to scene.

Bacchus

Looks like the opinion on the finale was unanimous. Came to say that we finished this last week and thouroughly enjoyed the first 6 episodes. Really good, well acted, tense show.... that all became a bit silly at the final hurdle. So many wtf moments in the finale it felt like the makers just sort of stopped trying and had characters do things or make decisions to get to the end. Still satisfying enough end to an otherwise very well put together show. I have to admit though, I think they overplayed Sam's career as a "negotiator" as some sort of vital skill that makes him the only person to save the day. It does leave me wondering though if "negotiator" is some sort of cover or if he's a different kind of negotiator. There were a couple of flashes of being able to handle himself with a gun in his face. Could be a line they go down if it gets a second season.

stanley1

Started well but went downhill fast.

Basq

Have had the last episode hanging around for a few weeks, and haven't felt the need to finish it. Shame!

Sugarlumps

Gave up on this quickly, Elba is at the level of an Eastenders/Corrie actor. Stick to the Sky ads.

JP Liz V1

Renewed

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121701794#Comment_121701794

Haha WTF? This time it's on a train?

fritzelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121701868#Comment_121701868

Season 3 is planned to be on a cruise ship

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121701794#Comment_121701794

lol! They really should have just left it as a one season wonder. I hope they release season 2 as a summer show. I don’t mind fact like this in the sinner months but I’d be much more critical during the winter months

RurtBeynolds

Must be the return flight.