The first two episodes of Hijack set the tone for the series, and we learn how Sam Nelson found himself amidst a considerable crisis. The plane he had boarded was hijacked, and nobody knew about it until a woman named Alice from the U.K. air traffic control center found that the aircraft was not running on its ordinary course.
Nobody knew who these hijackers were or what their demands were. The English law enforcement authorities and the air traffic control center needed to find a lot of information to be fully aware of the situation before the plane landed in their country.
The third episode of Apple TV+’s thriller series ‘Hijack,’ titled ‘Draw a Blank,’ follows the aftermath of Sam Nelson and pilot Captain Robin Allen’s efforts to inform the authorities that Flight KA29 is under threat.
Stuart and other hijackers continue to control the passengers and crew members of the flight, only for an Egyptian man to reveal a significant detail concerning the group. Sam sets out to find the truth about the same, which paves the way for engaging consequences.
Since the episode ends with a cliffhanger, the viewers must be eager to know more about the same.
Do the Hijackers Use Bullets or Blanks?
Hugo gets excited after the Egyptian man’s revelation that the hijackers are using blanks instead of bullets. He starts to consider outnumbering and overpowering the hijackers, who couldn’t stand against the passengers without shots.
Although he asks Sam to get involved, the corporate negotiator waits for outright confirmation that no bullets are involved. He doesn’t want to walk into danger and end up like the two older men, who try to attack the hijackers, only to get tied up at the end of the flight. Hugo, however, risks his own life and sends a note to search for a bullet in a different section of the plane.
Hugo eventually receives the answer that no bullet is on the floor. Sam gets convinced that the Egyptian man’s revelation is significant, which leads him to send a note to the girl who found “something” on the toilet floor.
He makes the Egyptian man draw a bullet and a blank for the girl to choose. The girl chooses the blank drawing, which makes Sam and others believe that the hijackers are indeed using blanks.
However, it doesn’t mean the hijackers cannot access real bullets. Towards the end of the episode, Stuart is seen retrieving a bag and seemingly replacing blanks with bullets in his gun, which indicates that the hijackers have been treating bullets as a last resort.
If the hijackers have bullets in their possession and still choose to use blanks, they want the passengers to be safe. Even though the motive behind the hijacking is unrevealed, the passengers’ safety may play an integral part in their potential negotiations with authorities as they may use it to get what they want. If that’s the case, the hijackers must intentionally use blanks to ensure the passengers’ safety and avoid mistakes from their side.
Did Zahra Believe Alice?
In the previous episode, Robin Allen, the captain of KA29, had deviated the plane from the original route by 3 degrees. Such a shift made Alice Sinclair suspicious, as she believed that something was wrong with the plane. Alice didn’t waste a moment revealing the information to Detective Zahra Gahfoor, a member of the counter-terrorism command.
Zahra alerted the higher-ups but needed concrete proof to think of a course of action.
On the plane, the Istanbul Command informed Allen about the three-degree deviation, and he quickly made the switch. However, the angle of the return was too acute, which would make a zigzag sign. According to Alice, such a deviation couldn’t be a coincidence, and Robin Allen was trying to communicate something that he couldn’t vocally reveal.
The authorities wanted to contact the plane to confirm, but the hijackers had turned off the wifi. As a precaution, they alerted the foreign secretary and decided to prepare for the worst.
Who is the shooter? Is it Stuart?
After getting convinced that the hijackers are using blanks, Sam goes on to confront and conquer the older man among the hijackers. He physically attacks the older man, but the fight ends with the man pointing his gun at the negotiator.
Sam lets him know that he is aware that they are using blanks, making the gun a non-threat if he is correct about the blanks. Considering that even Stuart didn’t initially fill his gun with actual bullets, it is unlikely that the older man, the weakest member of the hijacking team, has access to the same to fire at Sam. Therefore, the person who shot the gun may not be the older man.
The person behind the gunshot can be Stuart. While Sam tries to conquer the older man, one of the other members of the hijacking team fights with one of the passengers, who wants access to medicines to save his relative. The particular hijacker stops the young man from retrieving the treatment, only for a brawl to kickstart.
More people are involved, making a young girl curious about the predicament. As the fight ends, the young girl runs away, making the passengers search for her frantically. The search paves the way for chaos in the flight, likely forcing Stuart to fire his gun to scare the passengers and end the chaotic search. Therefore, Stuart must have fired the gun, not at anyone in particular but to restore order inside the flight.
About Hijack
Hijack (stylized as H/JACK) is an upcoming British thriller miniseries created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith. It will premiere on 28 June 2023 on Apple TV+.
The story revolves around Sam, a talented business negotiator, who must use his skills to broker a peaceful end to a hijacking of a flight from Dubai to London. The series stars Idris Elba in the lead.
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