I have to confess: I’m already tired of the overblown melodrama this season of Hijack is leaning on. Sam is being forcefully pushed into the role of scapegoat, innocent people are acting under threat everywhere, and the sense of déjà vu is constant. Bailey Brown is dangerous, yes, but above all, he is an exhausting character.

In the isolated forest, Marsha hides from the murderous neighbors hunting her down. Her foot is injured, and now a dog has been set on her trail. Even so, Marsha is clever enough to survive — it feels as though she will escape, if only through sheer stubbornness.

Back in the tunnel, and with no surprise whatsoever, Sam survives the police shot. The problem with a series that repeats the same formula is that there is never any real suspense about the protagonist’s fate. Meanwhile, Robert Lang, who is manipulating everything behind the scenes to free Bailey Brown, wants to know where the subway train is and who was hit. Without the train, there is no exchange — and that deeply frustrates him.

At command, Ada and Clara want to help Sam, but official orders are to execute him. The one who was shot is Jess, who is puzzled to have been targeted when Sam should have been. Even so, he keeps trying to save the passengers and buy time, avoiding contact with command for now.

The confusion grows because Jess has been identified as the killer — there are images on the pen drive — while the police still believe the doctor is Sam’s accomplice. Peter Faber tries to defend him, insisting he is innocent, but no one believes him. If Sam is not in control, then who is?

The answer is Robert Lang. Bailey Brown, insufferable as ever, demands the “exchange,” which in reality is simply his escape from justice. Even he did not initially know the entire operation was designed to free him. Lang tries to call Jess, but she is too furious to answer. The plan shifts to reaching the surface. In a rare lapse, Lang’s arrogance betrays him: another officer overhears his conversation and uncovers everything.

Peter and Olivia attempt to gather the evidence Sam left at the hotel, but even their subway ride becomes an obstacle-filled journey with technical failures. It is a subplot that only intensifies the exhausting tension surrounding the train. Still, the command finally identifies the destination and sends police after Sam.

Inside the subway, agents keep Bailey Brown dangerously loose. Lang pressures the German officer, but Linger reveals he has already uncovered the entire conspiracy — and, as expected, he ends up dead.

In the woods, the neighbors keep closing in on Marsha. Injured and exhausted, she at least finds a spot with cell reception. She calls Daniel for help, but the battery is nearly dead, and there is no guarantee the helicopter will arrive in time. She then tries to reach Sam; Olivia answers instead. Marsha asks her to pass along a message to her ex-husband: she is alive, and he must not fall into the trap of obeying the kidnappers’ demands. Time is running out, because her pursuers are getting closer.

Peter Faber realizes Bailey Brown can only operate this way because he has someone infiltrated within the system.

Daniel confronts Stuart, who continues to feign ignorance.

Jess, wounded and resigned, no longer wants to help anyone — after all, she has already been branded a killer and condemned by public opinion. Sam insists, trying to persuade her to cooperate while freeing some passengers. Her wound worsens, and she begins to collapse, furious at realizing Sam is still acting on his own terms.

The train stops, leaving Sam alone against the clock. Jess refuses to cooperate, and the police are closing in. On the surface, Olivia presents Marsha’s recording as proof that Sam is innocent and acting under coercion, but the police show no interest. Jess, for her part, believes she is already dead anyway — so why save anyone?

Just as everything seems about to explode, the lights go out. The police have launched their assault.

Officers enter through the section destroyed by the bomb, allowing the hostages to be freed. They reach Sam, but Jess pretends to grab a weapon and is immediately shot dead. Sam calls out to Clara and warns them: if they kill him, all the passengers will die. Surprisingly, he manages to convince them — and the journey continues.

On a plane preparing to depart from Berlin to Warsaw, Zoran Beck arrests Marko, the man responsible for the bomb.

Lang tries to call Jess, unaware that she is dead. Otto believes everything is over, but Sam insists: nothing is finished, no one is safe.

In prison, Stuart is taken back to his cell, which was searched during his absence. It looks like the end of the line — until an infiltrated police officer appears to help him.

In other words, the true mastermind of the operation never stopped being in control.