HIJACK with Idris Elba Has Intrigue

Looking for a limited series that will keep you interested?  HIJACK airing on Apple might foot the bill.  So far, there's plenty of intrigue and tension on board to keep you guessing as to how this seven segments of an airline hijacking on a flight destined between Dubai and Heathrow in the first two episodes.  There's the supposed thrill of how will it be resolved and who may prove heroic.  Idris Elba as Sam Nelson is slated as the irrepressibly calm and calculating passenger.  Sam, however, is not a sky marshal, or an a officer, but a civilian who works as shrewd mega-business negotiator.  Does this make him equipped to handle gun-wielding terrorists in flight?  It's not clear but if cool charisma could solve for anything then put your trust in Sam.  The plot is convoluted and punctured with problematic holes.  But, there's plenty of passengers to plug some holes who are apt to play into over powering the English/Arabic hijackers.  The action switches from the air to the ground where it flounders.  There's an ex-wife with still unresolved issues despite a new man in the picture and a teenage son not happy with the current beau, who favors dear old dad.  And there's an extra-marital affair between flight captain and flight attendant that makes things messy for everyone.  A grizzly multi-murder involving a TSA scanner complicit in letting a passenger through with arms and an air traffic controller who smelled something fishy that didn't quite adding up.  Several signs bear following-up which would alert authorities to the hijacking.  This begs the question of what would happen next should it be determined a hijacking is occurring.  You should be scratching your head for what the hijackers hope to accomplish as they've yet to make their demands known.   All in all,  a lot is riding on Sam's shoulders as he assumes negotiations with the leader of the hijackers.  So far, there's more to be curious about than and edge of your seat thrill ride.  This may serve to keep the series airborne or it may just sputter out in a ridiculous flight of incredulous shenanigans.   Can the sexiest man alive manage to help the passengers survive against all odds or will this turn into a predictable crash and burn?  It remains uncertain whether to return or escape now by parachute.