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.
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.
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.
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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