It seems things starting to pick up but most of my suspicious where true from Sam's son been dead and the flowers were for this anniversary although it still not so clear the why but I would assume its because the hijacked plain he help to safe. The series is starting to throw some curve balls while you start thinking one thing and then boom the show flips everything around and leaves you wondering what the hell is actually going on but then things clear out real quick. This episode called Baggage is were all the secrets start coming out, giving more and more context to the reason why Sam hijack the train, I really though the blew up Freddy but there was part of me thinking he didnt because how convenient it was that the video feed went out and he was at the cctv room of that station hhhmmmm, well turns out he did not kill that guy Freddy at the end of episode two like I assumed witch made me go back to my original theory that maybe Sam was the one planning all this to get the authorities attention but nope that got shut down real quick when we find out someone is controlling Sam too by sending him a picture of his wife Marsha. The whole setup looked like an explosion at first but it was just a fire that Sam started to make it look like a bomb went off, cutting the cameras at the same time so the cops would think Freddy blew up, but really Freddy was just wandering around outside the train yelling hello like an idiot instead of running far away from the danger witch seemed pretty stupid to me but I guess panic makes people do dumb shit, well what do I know, I have never been on that situation.
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I really like how Sam is much more different from the hijackers in season one, this dude is actually trying to save people and not just throwing bodies around to get what he wants, he cares about keeping these passengers alive even though his own life and his ex wife are on the line and that says a lot about who he is as a person and probably a weakness for the series since its almost guarantee he wont kill anyone because of desperation. The way he goes about trying to outsmart everyone while also making sure nobody dies is pretty impressive and you start rooting for him even more because you can see he gives a shit about doing the right thing, but the people pulling the strings are always one step ahead of him and that just adds more pressure to an already stressful situation. Now here is where things get really dark, we find out that this whole hijacking was planed for the one year anniversary of his son dying in a car accident and Sam straight up tells us it was not an accident at all, these people murdered Kai because of something that went down with the Kingdom Flight and now they are using that to control him witch is absolutely brutal. The authorities think Sam is just having some kind of breakdown on the anniversary and that makes him look guilty as hell even though he is the one trying to save everyone, so now he is stuck between trying to end this thing and also looking like the bad guy witch sucks for him but makes for good TV I gota admit.
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There is also another twist that Sam does not know about yet, there is someone else on the train and that person just killed Freddy who Sam was starting to trust and almost become friends with I think, there is this girl who gets into the drivers cabin and then screams when she finds the body and you can see the shock on Sams face so she should be able to put together that it was not him but we will see if she is smart enough to figure that out or if panic takes over first, I bet on panic and not reasoning. Turns out this guy Anders who works on the train is actually in on the whole thing, he went up to were Freddy was and stabbed him or shot him or whatever he did, either way Freddy is dead for real now and that complicates everything because now Sam has to act like he actually did kill him to keep the plan moving forward witch puts him in even more hot water with the police. The bomb under the train was another big surprise for Sam because just when he thought he could get a message out and end this whole thing if they save his ex wife, but honestly thi sis just common sense because who is going to trust Sam was going to do everything he was ask for just because, now he finds out everyone is stil in danger anyway and he can not let the engineer tell anyone or else they all die, one of the cops found evidence at the bomb makers house showing there was real explosives and even found powder on the ground where the train was parked the night before so they know for sure there is a real bomb somewhere on that train.
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Then there is this scene with Sam's ex wife Marsha who also confronts the guy watching her, its part of the crew that is using Sam, she lost it and grabs an axe to beat the shit out of his windshield witch was pretty badass weak at the same time because it was all the weight of the axe and not her strength, but now they are face to face and I do not think it ends well for her, she probably gets captured or worse and that just puts Sam in even more trouble down the line. I loved that scene though because she is not just sitting around being a victim, she doesn't care anymore, she then trying to fight back and protect herself witch shows she has the same kind of fire that Sam has, these two neighbors also show up and seem like good people who are trying to warn her about the strange car parked down the road but was very meh because even when she knew right away didnt ask for help, one of them even has a shotgun witch makes me think they might come in handy later if shit really goes down but nah the script just fly by. The whole Kai thing is really what drives this episode emotionally, finding out that Sam lost his son exactly one year ago today and that he thinks John Bailey Brown had him killed because of the hijaking from season one, that gives Sam a real reason to be doing all this crazy stuff even if he is not actually in charge of the plan like we all thought he was at first.
Peter Faber who is played by Toby Jones finaly shows up with a bigger role and this dude works for MI5 and knew exactly where John Bailey Brown was the entire time but did not want to give him up, he thought Sam was bluffing about killing people but Sam uses Freddys murder to make it look like he actually will cross that line witch forces Faber to finally take him seriously. I do not trust Faber at all though, something about him feels off and I would not be surprised if he ends up being dirty by the end of all this, maybe working for John Bailey Brown or maybe just covering his own ass because the government does not want to admit they been hiding a wanted criminal this whole time. The passengers on the train finally start to figure out that they are in real danger because they see social media posts about the train being hijacked and they drive past Freddys dead body surrounded by armed soldiers, so now everyone is going to freak out and that makes Sams job even harder because he has to keep them calm while also dealing with the bomb and the people controlling him and trying to get his wife back safely. Overall this episode was a real banger and if you are into suspense shows where every decision maters and the characters are constantly getting screwed over by people smarter than them then you need to watch Hijack because this season is living up to the first one and then some, I am hooked on where this is all going even though I have no clue how it ends, five episodes left and its starting to pick up the pace so who knows what kind of insane stuff they have planed for the finale.
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