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Hijack Season 2 Premieres on Apple TV, Moving Idris Elba’s Thriller Underground

The Berlin-set return begins an eight-episode weekly rollout as early reviews commend the cast and question the story’s plausibility.

Overview

  • Apple TV launched season 2 on January 14 with new episodes every Wednesday through the March 4 finale, expanding to eight parts.
  • Idris Elba reprises Sam Nelson in a Berlin U-Bahn hostage crisis, shifting the show’s real-time transport thriller from plane to train.
  • Co-creators George Kay and Jim Field Smith return, with Field Smith directing, and Elba again serving as an executive producer.
  • The cast mixes familiar faces Christine Adams, Max Beesley and Archie Panjabi with newcomers including Toby Jones, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Christian Näthe and Lisa Vicari.
  • Interviews highlight a darker focus on trauma, revenge and surveillance, and Elba and producers have floated future possibilities without confirming a continuation.