Hijack
Created by George Kay, Jim Field Smith
Expert negotiator Sam Nelson is in for the ride of his life—and so is everyone on board with him—after a group of hijackers take control. Sam will try every move in his playbook to take them down...as the stakes grow higher by the second. From TMDB
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On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first series holds a 90% approval rating, with an average of 6.9/10, based on 69 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Largely devoid of storytelling turbulence and benefitting greatly from its real-time pacing, Hijack is a glossy but effective thriller that achieves genuine liftoff." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the show a score of 65 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave the first series four out of five stars and wrote, "All turbulence is intended and the landing – for I binged all seven episodes in one sitting, and I bet you will…
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60 of 116 · most liked firstApple TV is free for a couple days. Some to Watch: Foundation Silo Severance The morning show Loot Shrinking Dark Matter For All Mankind Ted Lasso Lessons in Chemistry Steph Curry: Underrated Hijack The Crowded Room Monarch Disclaimer Many others.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Hijack Season 2 day my friends. I didn’t get to run around with guns but I did get to hang out with m’colleague @jimfieldsmith.bsky.social who has created an INCREDIBLE show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hijack. If you ever thought "what if there was 7 episodes of a show that is just Idris Elba trying to outsmart hijackers on a plane" or if you heard that and thought "why hadn't I ever thought this before?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Hijack is such a good show, it’s basically about Idris Elba going around noticing stuff.
positive · AI labelView post →Six months of Apple TV for $36 for Black Friday, even for returning subscribers! This will take me through the new seasons of Shrinking, Hijack, and Monarch, and I can catch up on Platonic and Morning Show, and see what all the hype is about with Pluribus.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you think that Hijack is the worst mutant that bendis created then please show a little bit of respect for my man Gold Balls
neutral · AI labelView post →If he was the Idris Elba character in Hijack, the show would be over with the first episode.
neutral · AI labelView post →As a kid/teen I LOVED The Fast Show, so I was delighted when @charliehigson.bsky.social invited me on his fantastic history podcast. Episode "The Far Right History Hijack" is out now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Apple TV Shows: For mystery/thriller lovers, I recommend Presumed Innocent and Hijack For Sci-fi lovers, Silo For dark humor laughs, Bad Sisters. For innocent laughs, Ted Lasso. Drama lovers, The Morning Show
positive · AI labelView post →My mom texted me "have you watched the airplane show with your boyfriend in it?" and it took several rounds of questioning to figure out that she was referring to Hijack starring Idris Elba
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe they should’ve left “Hijack” as a one-season limited series.
negative · AI labelView post →Also Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Blackbird, Dark Matter, Presumed Innocent, Defending Jacob, The Morning Show, Hijack, Five Days at Memorial, The Essex Serpent - so much good stuff.
positive · AI labelView post →We’re having another go at the Idris Elba Hijack train series. I’m not sure if Schmitten can stand the tension.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching that Hijack tv series on Apple TV. I am peaking over so much of the aviation stuff. I know it’s a tv show but did they not consult a single pilot?
negative · AI labelView post →in the first series of #Hijack Idris Elba was on a hijacked PLANE, in the second series of Hijack Idris Elba is on a hijacked TRAIN, so in the third series of Hijack Idris Elba will be in a hijacked AUTOMOBILE
neutral · AI labelView post →Hijack was so good. A lot of ppl didn’t know it existed. What can Apple do to let ppl know the only good show on there wasn’t Ted Lasso? 😭😭 (and I LOVED that show)
positive · AI labelView post →The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History by Warren Throckmorton www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... via @goodreads
neutral · AI labelView post →Incoming broadcast... Public Access Vol. 1 The first in a new series of compilations parallel to our mainline series. Releasing November 10th. Unbeyond Hijack #9: Mixed by shimi violet, releases tomorrow. Pre-order / Pre-save: hypeddit.com/053publicacc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the second series of Hijack (against my better judgement) and there’s an annoying girl called Rebecca on a school trip. Lots of SHUT UP REBECCA and SIT DOWN REBECCA from the teachers. I feel strangely proud.
neutral · AI labelView post →We’ve been rewatching the Idris Elba series Hijack while the second series is coming. It’s absolutely ludicrous but very gripping.
neutral · AI labelView post →I loved The Capture (series 2 particularly), Paradise on Disney is a thrilling twisty drama with one of the best ever episodes of TV, Hijack on Apple TV is Idris being Idris on a plane .. and, not a mini series per se, but try to find Okkupert (Occupied) about a Russian invasion of Norway
positive · AI labelView post →If Die Hard is a Christmas movie than the first season of Hijack is an Easter show because there’s a scene where someone punches pilot
neutral · AI labelView post →I think in Hijack series 3 they should have Idris Elba's taxi get hijacked by terrorists, and like in series 1 and 2, on a plane and subway, respectively, he continues to use his corporate M&A powers to ingratiate himself alongside the terrorists to negotiate with the police for his own release
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, the Idris Elba show "Hijack" on Apple TV is really good. 3 episodes in.
positive · AI labelView post →*inhales like Jim Carrey in the 90s* Mythic Quest Severance Loot The Morning Show Invasion Foundation Slow Horses Silo Ted Lasso Hijack The Gorge Murderbot
neutral · AI labelView post →Back in Glasgow and can’t sleep. There are no sheep to count. Watching a Hijack series with Idris Elba on Apple. This isn’t lulling me to sleep.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hijack’s back, and it’s a blistering, confident, U-Bahn-storming opening episode. Hurrah! inews.co.uk/culture/hija...
neutral · AI labelView post →Incoming broadcast... Ojela - SOUL PLEASER EP Releasing July 28th. The first in our new complimentary mix series, Unbeyond Hijack #1: Mixed by Ojela, releases tomorrow. Pre-order / Pre-save: hypeddit.com/043soulpleaser
neutral · AI labelView post →Horns of Jericho was released OTD 35 years ago (well according to my copy of HHC). At the time of its release Hijack were UK hip-hop's most feted group, a series of seminal Britcore singles having ensured they were talked about in hushed tones. Yet shortly after the LPs release they had split.
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s a running joke in “Paradise” that references “Die Hard,” which inadvertently underscores the truism that if “Die Hard” were a series instead of a movie, it wouldn’t have worked half as well. Apple tried it anyway with “Hijack,” which is “Die Hard” in a plane … and didn’t need 7 episodes!
neutral · AI labelView post →Cheering myself up with Idris in the new Hijack series
positive · AI labelView post →The streaming series "Hijack" (starring Idris Elba) was widely criticized for building the villain's motive out of shorting airline stocks by destroying security & risking a plane crash. And, wow, it seems to be playing out in multiple ways as Elon single-handedly wrecks the FAA.
neutral · AI labelView post →24 hours into my leave and I’ve watched the whole series of Hijack. Very productive.
positive · AI labelView post →Hope they show North Sea Hijack and the Wild Geese.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you seen Pluribus yet? I liked the first series of the Idris Elba "Hijack" thing. Silly, but entertaining. The Studio is very good. First two (or three?) seasons of For All Mankind were pretty good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hijack season two could be the worst second season for a show I’ve ever seen. It’s a boring, convoluted, humorless, mess.
negative · AI labelView post →Hijack should have been a limited series, just like the first Trump administration.
neutral · AI labelView post →As a fan of the Apple TV+ Idris Elba series HIJACK (which returns next month), I've decided to name our fandom the HiJackmen (pronounced like "Hugh Jackman").
neutral · AI labelView post →Hugh Laurie has been cast in 'The Wanted Man,' a new eight-episode thriller from 'Hijack' creator George Kay. The series also stars Thandiwe Newton, Fionn Whitehead, Gina McKee, Hazel Doupe, Elliott Heffernan, and Stephen Dillane. Coming soon to Apple TV+. #TheWantedMan
neutral · AI labelView post →If you’re looking for a good thriller series, look no farther than HIJACK on Apple TV+. It’s seven episodes, six out now. Stars Idris Elba and plays out in near real-time. Suspenseful? You better believe it. My nerves are rattled after each episode. Can’t wait to see how it wraps up.
positive · AI labelView post →Hijack - Solid 7/10, stretched too thin by Apple's overlong series but a lot of it works. Red Eye - 5/10, saved from being worse by having fairly competent leads, the central challenge is that they get off the plane too early. Nightsleeper - 3/10, unwatchable, honestly, never finished it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe I'm preempting their plans for series 4 of Hijack, which will take place in a black cab, and series 3 of Hijack will be on a double decker bus, wherein Idris Elba uses his corporate and M&A powers to temporarily ally himself with the terrorist hijackers on a bus to negotiate with the police
neutral · AI labelView post →#AFC | LIVE 8am UK Time! The Arsenal Transfer Show EP607 - Nwaneri Agrees New Deal, Gyokeres Wait, Will Wright Hijack & More www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLxR...
neutral · AI labelView post →First post! 👋 Excited to share my new video series, “How to Hijack Capitalism”: hijackcapitalism.com Catch up there and follow @hijackcapitalism.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Shrinking, Severance, Slow Horses, Ted Lasso, Bad Sisters, Servant, The Shrink Next Door, Hijack, The Changeling (all of these are series); that should get you going 😉
neutral · AI labelView post →If Idris Elba is getting nominated for "Hijack" (I like Idris Elba! He is pretty good in what is a fairly average TV series!) then imo Alan Ritchson shoulda been nominated for "Reacher" over ... really, Dominic West in "The Crown"??
neutral · AI labelView post →You know what I hate most about prageru? Other than it being Epstein class propaganda shit, the fuckers literally HIJACK videos. Granted they're not the only ones that do this shit but they are so fucking prominent and will show up on shit that has absolutely nothing to do with politics.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the second series of Hijack, it's crying out for an appearance from this jacket
negative · AI labelView post →@mrlockyer.bsky.social @kerankaur77.bsky.social watched all of series 1 of Slow Horses. A day well spent, thank you. Hijack tomorrow - can’t beat a bit of Idris.
positive · AI labelView post →You can watch that Idris Elba show, Hijack, in the air, to complete your day.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thoroughly enjoyed the show Hijack on Apple+, but I need good shows to be longer, y’all I can destroy a limited series so fast lol
positive · AI labelView post →Peaky Blinders, The Queen’s Gambit, 3 Body Problem, Better Call Saul, Ozarks, The Devil Judge, The Amazing Digital Circus, Fallout, Dark Matter, Locke and Key, The Umbrella Academy, Invasion, Lucky, Sugar, Slow Horses, Last Seen, Cape Fear, Silo, Greyhound, Pluribus, See, Black Mirror, The Man in the High Castle, Pachinko, all the Dexter series’, Cells at Work!, Widow’s Bay, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Last Thing He Told Me, Hijack Hopefully there’s something there you can work with
neutral · AI labelView post →Move over, Idris Elba’s character Sam Nelson from the Apple TV+ British drama-thriller tv series Hijack, there’s a new negotiation specialist in twon
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished watching Hijack……….IMO series 2 is better than the first. Idris is the postman #alwaysdelivers
positive · AI labelView post →I am persevering with Hijack series two, but it’s pretty terrible compared with series one. Just so ludicrous, and also a bit boring.
negative · AI labelView post →Watching #Hijack series one on #AppleTV. Just finished ep 6 - boy that was a twist I never saw coming!!!!
positive · AI labelView post →Hijack season 2 with Idris Elba is out on Apple TV today and it’s a better. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
positive · AI labelView post →The last two minutes of the series also offer some of the most surprising casting since Simon McBurney’s turn as a ferocious gangland boss in Hijack.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can recommend Slow Horses (Gary Oldman - all three series), Hijack (Idris Elba), Dark Matter, Severance and Sugar (Colin Farrell.) Great for binge watching!! For what it's worth, I'm enjoying Presumed Innocent.
positive · AI labelView post →It’s the one on Uranus that you have to defend the points and run to the next one at the end of each wave aye. It’s now an open cave system rather than a series of tunnels, but what they showed was still in development so some things may change, also the clip I saw was edited. Hijack next plz!
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