I loved this and decided to binge watch it. There are a number of gaping holes in the story and it has its implausable elements but this is drama not real life so I was happy to suspend belief.
I think I counted ten deaths, six of them of completely innocent souls so this is certainly action packed. I felt the people who would turn out to be untrustworthy were fairly obvious but not being certain was enough to keep me engaged. I liked the final table-turning moment in the garden courtyard. Satisfying.
Firstly I want to mention how mesmerising was Lesley Sharp as the head of a branch of the UK secret service. I think I have under-rated her before. Additionally I have enjoyed watching Richard Armitage since he was Robin Hood. Great to follow the stories of people aged over 50.
The things that don't stack up include: No back story for Matt. He's a very handsome, fit, well-educated and well heeled medic and yet there's no mention of wife, girlfriend, ex. These men with no strings just don't exist. Ask any single woman aged 50+.
Hana is selected for the mission to accompany Matt just hours before the flight is to set off - so how do the baddies put together a suitcase with passports from different nations in her name together in time?
Can you really take a dog on a plane out of the UK on your lap? I've never seen this happen.
I've been a journalist so have issues with the sister Jess and her approach to getting a job on a paper but, again, it is just a thriller for our entertainment and it certainly did entertain me.
I felt some other passengers on the plane would have chosen a spokesperson and demanded more from the crew given people were dying all around them. Drinks were being liberally served and only one man was getting drunk and belligerant.
No one was getting tired (Matt had already flown 11 hours, had hours of questionning and a search and then back on the plane with a nasty wound to his side and he could still function at a very high level!)
So I am joining in with the quibbles over some silliness and I very nearly didn't watch owing to fearing for the dog - justified concerns as it turns out - but nevertheless I just loved it.
I think I counted ten deaths, six of them of completely innocent souls so this is certainly action packed. I felt the people who would turn out to be untrustworthy were fairly obvious but not being certain was enough to keep me engaged. I liked the final table-turning moment in the garden courtyard. Satisfying.
Firstly I want to mention how mesmerising was Lesley Sharp as the head of a branch of the UK secret service. I think I have under-rated her before. Additionally I have enjoyed watching Richard Armitage since he was Robin Hood. Great to follow the stories of people aged over 50.
The things that don't stack up include: No back story for Matt. He's a very handsome, fit, well-educated and well heeled medic and yet there's no mention of wife, girlfriend, ex. These men with no strings just don't exist. Ask any single woman aged 50+.
Hana is selected for the mission to accompany Matt just hours before the flight is to set off - so how do the baddies put together a suitcase with passports from different nations in her name together in time?
Can you really take a dog on a plane out of the UK on your lap? I've never seen this happen.
I've been a journalist so have issues with the sister Jess and her approach to getting a job on a paper but, again, it is just a thriller for our entertainment and it certainly did entertain me.
I felt some other passengers on the plane would have chosen a spokesperson and demanded more from the crew given people were dying all around them. Drinks were being liberally served and only one man was getting drunk and belligerant.
No one was getting tired (Matt had already flown 11 hours, had hours of questionning and a search and then back on the plane with a nasty wound to his side and he could still function at a very high level!)
So I am joining in with the quibbles over some silliness and I very nearly didn't watch owing to fearing for the dog - justified concerns as it turns out - but nevertheless I just loved it.