The wheels come off in Hijack's penultimate hour

What’s Happening

Okay so “Contact” has a higher body count but still struggles to maintain suspense.

C The wheels come off in Hijack ‘s penultimate hour “Contact” has a higher body count but still struggles to maintain suspense. Brian Tallerico — By Brian Tallerico | | 3:00am Photo: Apple TV TV Reviews Hijack Copy to clipboard × Copy Link Copy Link — Facebook X Reddit Bluesky Email — 0 “Let this hijack continue. (we’re not making this up)

Send this train to the end of the line.

The Details

” Of course, Idris Elba’s Sam Nelson is talking about an actual hijacking in the above quote, but it’s almost a meta recognition of where the second season of this Apple TV show is at the end of this episode. As much as I hope they “finish this properly,” this clunky season has given me little reason to hope they will.

One thing we know for sure is that, unless they have the nerve to end with a cliff-hanger and carry this into the third season, the train will reach “the end of the line. The wheels come off the train a bit in “Contact,” which has a higher body count than most episodes (Jess, the suspicious agent) but still struggles to maintain the suspense we should have for a show like this at this point.

Why This Matters

I hate to run the same tracks (sorry) over and over again, but this year has fr struggled with the lack of a villain. In this episode, we finally learn, at the end, that Stuart, the hijacker from season one, has likely been behind this whole thing. It’s just not that thrilling of a reveal, is it?

Entertainment industry insiders have been buzzing about this.

Key Takeaways

• Why not just play vengeance from the beginning, clueing us in that this is directly a plot to get back at Sam for the action of last season?
• The one thing that’s keeping Hijack together is the work , especially Elba.

The Bottom Line

Holding that for seven hours feels like such an inert way to tell this story, keeping us in the dark instead of revealing exactly what Sam is up against and why. The one thing that’s keeping Hijack together is the work , especially Elba.

What do you think about all this?