How does the Idris Elba-led Apple TV+ show Hijack end? DT spills all the secrets to season one’s thrilling finale.
Hijack is a high-octane British thriller that ranks among the best shows on Apple TV+. It’s about a plane that takes off for a seven-hour journey from Dubai to London. But things take a turn for the worst when a group of hijackers wielding guns reveal themselves. No one needs to get hurt, but things are going to be hairy until they land. Sam (Idris Elba), a talented business negotiator aboard the flight, finds that he can use his boardroom skills to try and keep the peace. Or so he thinks.
The story is told in a similar real-time fashion to the popular series 24, with each of the seven episodes covering an hour, minute by minute. We see what’s going on in the plane while simultaneously following law enforcement and political officers on the ground trying to figure out what, if anything, is happening and how to stop it.How the story begins
Sam boards a plane from Dubai to London with hopes of reconciling with his ex Marsha (Christine Adams), a necklace in his bag as some kind of peace offering. She has clearly moved on with another man named Daniel (Max Beesley), but Sam is confident he can get her back.
Everything seems fine until hijackers declare themselves, terrifying passengers with threats of murder and mayhem if they don’t comply. The 200+ passengers, including men, women, children, and the elderly, don’t know what to do. The wheels are turning with Sam, however, and he puts a plan in motion. He tries to befriend the hijackers, playing nice and even agreeing to comply with their plans. The hijackers’ motives, however, are still unknown.
When the hijackers threaten the pilot Robin (Ben Miles) with murdering his flight attendant mistress Collette (Kate Phillips), he agrees to leave the cockpit. However, he switches the dial ever so slightly to indicate to air traffic controllers back home that there’s something wrong. Alice (Eve Myles), the controller assigned to monitor that flight, recognizes the signal as one that was implemented after 9-11 to suggest that there’s an issue on board. She gets to work trying to convince others that a distress call that came in earlier and was later canceled might be the sign of a legitimate terrorist threat after all.The situation takes a turn for the worse
Things escalate quickly when one particularly angered hijacker refuses to allow a young man to get his uncle’s diabetes medication.
