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Hijack (2023): Baggage - Season 2 Episode 3 - RECAP@skiptvads139d
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  1. Hijack (2023): Control - Season 2 Episode 2 - RECAP@skiptvads147d

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    On Episode two of Hijack season two, Sam basically has the whole world thinking he is the bad guy now but we all know thats not whats going on here, theres no way he actually blew up Freddy with that briefcase bomb even tho they made it look that way when everything cut out at the end. That cliffhanger was insane but I am calling it right now its total bullshit, something is going on with that lighter he kept messing with and maybe that trash can full of paper in the security room, my guess is he set off the fire alarm or did something to cut the camera feeds to make it look like an explosion went off when really nothing happen at all, the whole point is Sam does not want to hurt anybody and you can see it written all over his face every single time he has to threaten someone or act violent. The John Bailey Brown situation is what this whole thing is about and I got to admit I do not remember that name being a big deal in season one either but apparently this is the guy who was behind the plane hijacking from last season, now Sam is tearing through Germany on a train trying to track him down which makes sense I guess but also why not just go to your scheduled meeting with the German authorities and tell them exactly where this guy is hiding instead of hijacking a entire train full of innocent people, there has got to be way more going on here that we dont know about yet and I think it all ties back to his family.

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    My big theory right now is that Marsha his ex wife is in some kind of danger and probably being held hostage at that cabin we saw her at and its almost like there is somebody else with her at the cabin that they havent shown yet, this could also ad another motive other than trying to just locate this man he is after because is entirely stupid to hostage a train to try to work with the authorities, just like when they were waiting for him at the meeting? why not showing up and try to do things the right way?, its all suspicious. The fact that we have not seen Kai their son at all this season makes me think something really bad happend to him, maybe he died and it has something to do with John Bailey Brown or the people who work for him, that would explain why Marsha is at this isolated cabin for some kind of anniversary and why Sam has gone to such extreme lengths to find this guy, its revenge but also justice in his mind. The flowers she received with her old married name Marsha Nelson on them is super suspicious too, someone is definitely watching her and I would not be surprised if its the same people who are forcing Sam to do all this, like maybe they grabbed Marsha or threatened her and told Sam if he wants to see her again he needs to hijack this train and bring them John Bailey Brown, that would make Sam a pawn in somebody elses game which fits with how desperate and stressed he looks the entire episode.

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    The train getting completely stuck because another train pulled up right in front of them blocking the tracks is such a Sam Nelson type of problem, like of course the universe would do that to him right when he needs things to go smoothly but its just Winter trying to gain some time while they somehow figure out who this man is, now he is trapped at this station with the GSG9 which is what they call SWAT in Germany right outside ready to storm the train and a big ass train sitting in front of him blocking any way forward, its going to be very interesting how he gets himself out of this mess because you know he is going to figure something out even if it looks completely impossible right now. Otto trying to bail on the whole operation was actually pretty funny, this dude was ready to just say fuck this I am going home and Sam had to remind him that he got paid a lot of money for this so they are seeing it through no matter what happens but I still dont buy it that Sam is the man in charge of the operation, poor Freddy tho getting himself into trouble just because he was too curious smart ass and could not leave things alone but again I really do not think he is dead. It just seems way too easy and not at all like Sams style to actually blow someone up, the show wants us to think he might have done it but I am not buying it for a second, they focused way too much on that lighter and the trash can for it to not mean something, my guess is he rigged up some kind of fake explosion using fire or smoke to disable the cameras and make everyone think the bomb went off when it didnt, the problem now is how does he move forward from here because the SWAT team is literally right there and they are going to figure out pretty quick that nothing actually explode. The passengers are starting to get restless too especially after being stuck at the station for so long with no real explanation, they dont fully understand yet that they are hostages but I think episode three is when that realization is going to hit them hard and things are going to get way more chaotic, you can only tell people there is a delay for so long before they start demanding answers or trying to get off the train themselves. The whole setup with Sam being forced to hijack this train to find John Bailey Brown while his wife is probably in danger feels like he is caught in the middle of something way bigger than just revenge, like maybe some crime organization or even the same group that did the plane hijacking is making him do this because they want Bailey Brown too and Sam is just trying to save his family while also not hurting innocent people which is a insane amount of presure for one person to deal with.

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    Peter Faber that MI5 agent played by Toby Jones is interesting because he seems like he has his own agenda going on separate from what the German police are doing, in fact me says Im just an advisor here, he is not just there to observe he is definitely planning something and I would not be surprised if he is connected to whatever larger conspiracy is happening behind the scenes, guys like him always have secrets and the way he was acting around Ada Winter the police chief makes me think he knows more than he is letting on. Ada herself is trying her best to negotiate with Sam but she does not have all the information either, she thinks this is just a regular hijacking situation when really its so much more complicated than that, Sam is not a terrorist he is a desperate man trying to save people he loves and the authorities have no idea what they are really dealing with here. The apartment they found with all the bomb making materials is another piece of the puzzle, someone definitely made that briefcase bomb there but was it Sam and Otto or did someone else make it and give it to them as part of this whole plan, if Sam thinks its fake but its actually real then he just killed Freddy without meaning to which would be a horrible twist but I still dont think thats what happen.

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    The pacing of this episode felt better than the first one even tho we are still kind of stuck in one location for most of it, the tension really ramped up during that final scene with Freddy on the platform and everyone waiting to see if the bomb would go off, the fact that the cameras cut out right at that moment was brilliant because now nobody knows what actually happens and we have to wait a whole week to find out. I am giving this episode a solid seven out of ten because it kept me interested the whole time and that ending was wild even tho I dont believe Sam actually killed anybody, the show is doing a good job making us question what Sam is capable of while also reminding us that he is ultimatly a good person who got put in a impossible situation, I just hope they start giving us more answers soon because there are so many questions right now and only six episodes left to wrap everything up. The whole Germany setting is cool and I dont mind reading subtitles at all since that was part of season one too, anyone complaining about that is just being lazy because subtitles are not a big deal, the real issue is whether the show can maintain this level of tension for the rest of the season and actually deliver on all these mysteries they are setting up, so far I am optimistic but we will see where it goes from here.

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  2. Hijack (2023): Signal – Season 2 Episode 1 – RECAP@skiptvads153d

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    Hijack Season 2 Episode 1 came out and this thing really surprised me with how they flipped the whole setup on its head, like seriously after watching season one where Sam Nelson was the hero saving everyone on that plane I was not expecting him to be the one taking over the train this time but I bet there is something else considering that cliffhanger at the end. The episode drops us two years after the Kingdom Flight 29 situation and Sam is in Berlin which is kinda random but whatever, everyone speaking English even though they supposed to be German locals is hilarious but I can live with that for the sake of understanding whats going on, I appreciate there is not much subtitle action. What really got me thinking was how the show builds up this entire tension filled hour making you believe one thing is happening when really Sam had been planning something completely different the whole time, you got this conductor Otto who looks like he about to puke every five seconds and clearly does not want any part of whatever mess he got himself into, then theres Marco this other guy changing train tracks in the tunnels who seems very much involved in the hijacking plan. The twist at the very end when Sam straight up tells Otto he is hijacking the train was wild as hell, I kinda saw it coming the moment he pulled out those master keys to unlock the engine room door but it still hit different actually hearing him say it out loud like that. What I cannot wrap my head around yet is whether Sam turned into the actual bad guy this time or if he trying to stop something way worse from going down, because the show makes it look like he went rogue and became a criminal but I am not buying that at all based on everything we know about his character from the first season.

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    The opening scene sets up Berlin as this cold snowy place where Sam walks into the central station looking intense as hell, just carrying one small briefcase and waiting for the train to Hanover but you can tell something off about him from the start. He keeps ignoring calls from this woman named Olivia who works at the British embassy and she keeps leaving voicemails about some meeting he supposed to attend with a German officer from the Federal Office of Justice named Arnold Goth, apparently Sam been sending reports to the embassy about some guy he thinks was behind the plane hijacking from season one and this dude recently entered Germany through Hamburg. Meanwhile the Berlin police tactical unit raids an apartment after getting a tip about someone making bombs for a terrorist attack but when they break in the place is empty except for evidence that someone definitely was making explosives there, they find a fake ID card for a railway maintenance worker which connects to Marco who we see walking through subway tunnels messing with the tracks. Back on the train Sam notices this guy with a red backpack acting super suspicious and starts following him around thinking he involved in whatever about to happen, the guy keeps moving from coach to coach and getting off then back on the train right before the doors close which makes him look guilty as fck. Sam gets the two transit police officers involved and they end up dragging the backpack guy off at one of the stations to question him, turns out he just an asylum seeker who overstayed his visa and had his passport in the bag which is why he freaking out so hard about anyone checking it. The whole thing was basically a distraction that Sam used to get the cops off the train which I did not realize until the very end when everything clicks into place, pretty smart move if you ask me but also kinda messed up racially profiling the poor dude like that just to clear the train of police presence and how the hell did Sam knew? I mean does he wakes up in the morning and says, ok lets put things in hands of destiny!!.

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    Otto the train driver is where things get really interesting because this guy clearly under some kind of pressure or threat to go through with the hijacking plan, he supposed to be suspended from work so the fact he even driving the train raises red flags with his coworkers and the station authorities. During the ride he takes an emergency bathroom break and tries calling Marco to cancel everything because he cannot handle the stress anymore but Marco does not pick up since he down in the noisy tunnels working on the track switch, when Otto gets back in the engine room he told by the dispatcher that they replacing him at the next station with a different driver which sends him into full panic mode. Instead of stopping he just goes for it and starts driving the train at crazy high speeds while ignoring all communication from the control center, he blows past multiple stations without slowing down and eventually takes the train onto some abandoned branch track that not even on the railway network map anymore. The passengers start freaking out when they realize the doors not opening at stations and the train just keeps going faster and faster, some kid pulls the emergency brake but nothing happens which makes everyone lose their shit completely. Truth is that there is literally nothing happening so far other than speculation, at this point I know some people might find it boring and even drama and suspense lovers would find it just over extended but its when Sam tries getting into the engine room when things start making sense and its like the waiting was worth but it was just too little of the dopamine window, Sam uses his master key to force it open and physically pulls the brake lever to stop the train, this is when Otto finally admits something going on and asks for the transit police except Sam already got rid of them earlier.

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    The side plot with Sams wife Marsha is really depressing and gives me clues that something terrible happened between season one and now, she living alone in this cabin out in the middle of some forest looking absolutely miserable and a neighbor brings her flowers that got delivered to the wrong house, I suspect their son was murder and Sam got obsessed with the case that was not there for them, just the classic cliche story lines. Marsha mentions its an anniversary which makes you wonder what kind of anniversary but then again obvious their son death, Im sure its something dark like the death of their son Kai who completely missing from the cast list this season and does not appear at all in the episode. My theory is that Kai got killed by whoever was really behind the plane hijacking and thats what driving Sam to do all this crazy investigative work and take matters into his own hands, Marsha probably hiding out in the woods because Sam told her to stay away from the city while he deals with this dangerous situation. Her boyfriend from season one is nowhere to be seen either which adds to the mystery of whats really going on with her, she looks like shes been crying for weeks and the whole vibe of her scenes is just sad as hell. Back at the embassy Olivia hands over photos to Arnold Goth showing the suspect Sam been tracking and Goth looks shocked as fck at whatever he seeing in those pictures, this confirms that Sam definitely onto something real and not just being paranoid about the whole thing. The fact that the British government finally taking his claims seriously enough to set up a meeting means whatever Sam found out is probably a legit threat to national security, except Sam never shows up to the meeting because he already on the train executing his own plan instead.

    The annoying intern character May who keeps following Sam around the entire episode turns out she worked with him years ago on some deal in Singapore and now shes trying to network her way into a job, at first I thought she might be involved in the hijacking because she will not leave Sam alone no matter how many times he tries to ditch her but it seems like she just really desperate for employment. She follows him from one wagon to the other even when he clearly wants nothing to do with her and eventually he tells her to email him her resume just to shut her up, was fkn hilarious. The show puts alot of focus on May which makes me think she gonna play a bigger role later on even if shes not directly involved in the terrorist plot. Otto and Marco definitely connected somehow maybe even related because Otto keeps trying to call Marco when he panics in the bathroom and Marco the one who changed the tracks to divert the train onto that abandoned route where it dissapears from the control centers radar completely. The whole operation feels like it was planned by someone way smarter than just these two guys, theres gotta be a bigger organization behind this whole thing that connects back to the plane hijacking from season one. Sam using a master key throughout the episode to open the machine room proves he been preparing for this hijack for a long time, he knew exactly what he needed to do and when to do it which means he either working with the hijackers or trying to stop them by taking control of the situation himself. I am leaning towards the second option because Sam does not strike me as someone who would put innocent people in danger unless he trying to save them from something even worse, maybe theres a bomb on the train or maybe the person behind the plane hijacking is one of the passengers and Sam needs to trap them. The episode does a great job keeping you guessing about what Sam really up to and why he willing to throw away his reputation and probably go to jail just to hijack this random train in Berlin, whatever his reasons are they gotta be pretty damn important to risk everything like this. Overall I thought this was an OK premiere that sets up a lot of interesting questions for the rest of the season, the tension stays high from start but then drags a bit with May and the other students in the train and thats where the episode feels over extend, but Idris Elba kills it as always playing Sam with that nervous energy that makes you uncomfortable the whole time. The production looks really good too with all the close up shots of buttons and doors that make you feel claustrophobic just like the passengers, they definitely upped their game compared to season one visually. My only real complaint is that some of the setup feels a bit convenient like how easy it was for Sam to manipulate situations and get people off the train, but I am willing to overlook that because the payoff was worth it. I am giving this episode a solid 7 out of 10 because it hooked me right away and left me wanting to know what happens next, if they can keep this momentum going for the whole season it could end up being even better than the first one.

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