TV Obsessive
This week, on The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 138, Caemeron and Ryan discuss Hijack S2E1, “Signal.” But first, in the news:
- Euphoria Season 3 has an April 12 release date and trailer
- A Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series?
- A Rockford Files reboot?
- Anne Hathaway to star in a true crime drama
- Thoughts on Fallout Season 2 ratings
On Hijack S2E1, “Signal”
Written by Guy Bolton, directed by Jim Field Smith
Two years after the events on Flight KA29, professional negotiator Sam Nelson is in Berlin, apparently for a meeting at the British Embassy regarding new leads on the person responsible for the Kingdom Airlines hijacking. British Intelligence officers begin to investigate Sam’s missed appointment when he doesn’t show.
A diverse group of commuters get on a Berlin train, including Sam Nelson, some locals, British high schoolers on a field trip, and someone who used to intern at Sam’s firm.
Sam notices the erratic behavior of the train’s driver, Otto, who is seen panicking in a restroom before resuming his route. A man disguised as a construction worker is also shown switching tracks to divert the train onto a closed line, heading toward the wrong location.
As the train misses several stops and ignores red signals, Sam realizes something is wrong and improvises a situation by racially profiling a passenger to draw the attention of the police, a move that gets the police off the train and allows him to gain access to the conductor’s booth. The premiere concludes with a plot twist: Sam is not there to stop a train hijacking, but is revealed to be the one behind it.
- What are Sam’s intentions?
- Who sent Marsha flowers?
- Speculation about what’s to come
Next Time on The TV Obsessive Podcast…
We continue our coverage of Hijack with a look at Season 2 Episode 2.
“Signal” sets up a lean, nerve‑tight Season 2 pivot: moving from a plane to the Berlin rail system without losing the show’s signature real‑time tension. The twist—that Sam isn’t averting the hijack but orchestrating it—reframes him from reactive negotiator to chess player, and it lands because the episode seeds it with Otto’s panic, the track diversion, and Sam’s morally gray police feint. I’m curious whether his endgame ties back to KA29’s mastermind or a larger intelligence ploy, and small mysteries like Marsha’s flowers suggest personal stakes will matter as much as logistics. If Guy Bolton and Jim Field Smith keep the pacing this tight while deepening the ethics, “Hijack” might top its first‑season high wire.