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Hijack Season 2 Premieres Jan. 14 on Apple TV With Berlin Train Hostage Crisis

The story centers on a changed Sam Nelson shaped by trauma.

Overview

  • Apple TV launches Season 2 on January 14 with eight episodes rolling out weekly through March 4.
  • The new season relocates the action to a Berlin underground train where commuters are taken hostage and Sam Nelson is at the center of the standoff.
  • Idris Elba says Sam is psychologically and physically different this season, describing him as a broken man searching for answers.
  • Co-creator Jim Field Smith frames the underground setting as a literal and metaphorical maze and says additional trauma informs Sam’s riskier choices.
  • Trailers and early footage have prompted speculation that Sam could be implicated in the hijacking, though his motives remain unclear.