I Hate to Hijack 'Hijack', But I Have Some Questions
This story contains spoilers for Episodes 1-5 of Hijack.
Sorry to The Bear, but Apple TV+'s Hijack is my favorite show of the summer.The seven-episode limited series, follows Sam (Idris Elba), a top-notch negotiator who finds himself stuck in the middle of an airplane hijacking. Hijack's fifth episode, which hit Apple TV+ Wednesday, signals the beginning of the end—whatever the end is. Lewis bleeds out, the countdown until the plane reaches London is fully on. And Idris Elba? Still. Isn't. Having. Any. Of. This. Shit! In all seriousness: Elba's performance, combined with a genuinely thrilling, twist-turning plot, has me remembering the days when I'd lose hours to a ever-so-slightly campy thriller on network TV.
Like you, I'm holding my breath until next week. So, in advance of Hijack's penultimate episode, here are 21 questions I need to get off my chest. Thank you, reader, for humoring me.
21 Questions I Have For Hijack
Will the trio of girls in the back of the plane ever rejoin the story? Are they Yellowjackets cosplayers?
Related: Apple TV+, why not give us a Yellowjackets-Hijack shared-universe series, if only to see Idris Elba and Melanie Lynskey trade blows?
Tell me one more time what Idris Elb—Sam's job is? We're told that he's the dude that Big Important People bring in to close deals. Are we talking sales of GameStop stock? Is he trying to get James Harden out of Philly?
Not finished! Is Sam an independent contractor, or does he just make an ad on Facebook, then some college kid looking to get their underage expunged pays him on Venmo?
Can I get a Nintendo Switch port of the airplane pirates game? Looks fun!
I hate to ask this one—but why don't the hijackers just stick a piece of duct tape on Sam's mouth? They keep letting him chit-chat and do his thing!
Assuming Idris Elb—Sam! Assuming Sam sweet-talks his way into saving 200-plus innocent citizens, is there any possibility for a second season? Does Sam just find himself playing hero in a new mode of public transportation every season?
Scratch that—why can't Alice Sinclair star in Season Two? She's a badass.
Why aren't the passengers working together in peace? My airplane neighbor is the last person I'd beef with during a hijacking. (Unless they took their shoes off.)
There's no way someone can breathe through a gutted pen in their chest—right?
Is anyone getting Fast & Furious, campy-secret-global-terrorist-organization vibes from this terrorist crew? In 2042, will Hijack show Sam working against a group of hijackers who want to fly a SpaceX passenger ship into a black hole?
If you really had to eat something on this plane, would you strangle a hijacker for a single Biscoff cookie? I would.
This isn't a question, but Hijack is further proof that Idris Elba would've made a killer James Bond.
After learning that Jamie and Lewis dated, will we learn more (likely inconsequential?) things about the terrorists? What's the captain's favorite in-flight meal?
If you had to face Idris Elba's steely glare—and sheer charisma!—in this situation, wouldn't you just give up?
Why is the leader of the bad guys wearing one of those goofy NBA warm-up hoodies?
Is all of the airplane jargon, you know, how it is in real life? If you're a traffic controller, please email me.
If the passengers belted Taylor Swift's "Love Story" in unison, would that end it all?
Why does only one gun have bullets? Am I missing something?
Sam! Why can't you say nice things to Hugo? He's your neighbor! The man's afraid?
Remember those Timothée Chalamet Apple TV+ commercials? +300 odds that Timmy Tim is the leader of the evil organization.
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