What to say? So many ridiculous add ons (Idris son scuttling about the house in the final episode being a classic guff storyline), too many factual errors in terms of aviation (the Romanian fighter jets breaking off completely after aborting the deployment of missiles). That simply wouldn't happen. They would stay astern of the aircraft until it left Romanian air space), and the Kingdom flight would then be picked up by the next nation's fighter jets.
So many details that once you spot them, they affect everything the already wafer thin credibility of everything else. For whatever reason, the Doctor's wife is more loathsome than all of the hijackers combined. The escape of the two "Mr Bigs" is worthy of a guffaw of laughter.
The female 1st officer seems to disappear into the ether. She is the only one certified to land an Airbus, but heyho, the script sees handing this task on to two rank amateurs somehow elevates tension......it doesn't.....it simply lowers credibility even further.
Apple has given us some incredibly high class drama of late......I am thinking Black Bird and Under The Banner of Heaven as particular high points. Hijack falls a million miles short of those shows despite Idris Elba and the Welsh lass Eva Myles(?) putting in excellent performances. Bizarrely the characters of the British Home and Foreign Secretaries coming across as a pair of wooden tops who would both be out of their depth in a car park puddle is the only thing that rings as factually accurate.....you could be looking at a Matt Hancock and Nadine Dorris double act.
In summary, a good cast let down by a ropey script and a plot with more holes than your average fishing net that results in a drama littered with unresolved story lines and character developments. Ultimately disappointing and forgettable.
So many details that once you spot them, they affect everything the already wafer thin credibility of everything else. For whatever reason, the Doctor's wife is more loathsome than all of the hijackers combined. The escape of the two "Mr Bigs" is worthy of a guffaw of laughter.
The female 1st officer seems to disappear into the ether. She is the only one certified to land an Airbus, but heyho, the script sees handing this task on to two rank amateurs somehow elevates tension......it doesn't.....it simply lowers credibility even further.
Apple has given us some incredibly high class drama of late......I am thinking Black Bird and Under The Banner of Heaven as particular high points. Hijack falls a million miles short of those shows despite Idris Elba and the Welsh lass Eva Myles(?) putting in excellent performances. Bizarrely the characters of the British Home and Foreign Secretaries coming across as a pair of wooden tops who would both be out of their depth in a car park puddle is the only thing that rings as factually accurate.....you could be looking at a Matt Hancock and Nadine Dorris double act.
In summary, a good cast let down by a ropey script and a plot with more holes than your average fishing net that results in a drama littered with unresolved story lines and character developments. Ultimately disappointing and forgettable.