The Day of the Jackal: TV Series
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I didn't follow the bit with the unredacted file.
Was it a fake version? No reason why any of what they read would have been redacted, so was the implication that the boss man was on the take and had swapped it out?
Obviously what we saw from the flashbacks would warrant a large redacted file, but that would imply someone had lived to tell the tale. Just confused me a bit and i was a bit tired.
Was it a fake version? No reason why any of what they read would have been redacted, so was the implication that the boss man was on the take and had swapped it out?
Obviously what we saw from the flashbacks would warrant a large redacted file, but that would imply someone had lived to tell the tale. Just confused me a bit and i was a bit tired.
[quote=Crafty_]Some thoughts..
Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Good suggestions. How about
Mrs Woodenface and MI6 already know pretty much who he is, so the spotter is surplus to the plot, so he'll get whacked by the Jackal for turning up drunk to a job.
Agree the missus is going to join him. She's going to front up MI6 when they turn up at the farm and say she's kicked him out and he's gone to hide in Cambodia. Jackal needs to whack the brother but needs to keep the missus on side so he's just going to have an unfortunate accident. MiL might go down too.
He does get to techbro in the end but needs link woman's help so Dance refuses to pay the balance and that's series 2, Jackal goes after everybody in the corporation who is aware of him.
Woodenface reconciles with the family, but after she visits the missus in Spain and threatens her she gets an anonymous email with a photo of her house and kid and a 'I know where you live'.
Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Good suggestions. How about
Mrs Woodenface and MI6 already know pretty much who he is, so the spotter is surplus to the plot, so he'll get whacked by the Jackal for turning up drunk to a job.
Agree the missus is going to join him. She's going to front up MI6 when they turn up at the farm and say she's kicked him out and he's gone to hide in Cambodia. Jackal needs to whack the brother but needs to keep the missus on side so he's just going to have an unfortunate accident. MiL might go down too.
He does get to techbro in the end but needs link woman's help so Dance refuses to pay the balance and that's series 2, Jackal goes after everybody in the corporation who is aware of him.
Woodenface reconciles with the family, but after she visits the missus in Spain and threatens her she gets an anonymous email with a photo of her house and kid and a 'I know where you live'.
Jefferson Steelflex said:
I didn't follow the bit with the unredacted file.
Was it a fake version? No reason why any of what they read would have been redacted, so was the implication that the boss man was on the take and had swapped it out?
Obviously what we saw from the flashbacks would warrant a large redacted file, but that would imply someone had lived to tell the tale. Just confused me a bit and i was a bit tired.
I think just because they were an off-the-books special ops group doing assassinations and kidnappings, which never looks great on the official records.Was it a fake version? No reason why any of what they read would have been redacted, so was the implication that the boss man was on the take and had swapped it out?
Obviously what we saw from the flashbacks would warrant a large redacted file, but that would imply someone had lived to tell the tale. Just confused me a bit and i was a bit tired.
Newc]rafty_ said:
Some thoughts..
Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Good suggestions. How about
Mrs Woodenface and MI6 already know pretty much who he is, so the spotter is surplus to the plot, so he'll get whacked by the Jackal for turning up drunk to a job.
Agree the missus is going to join him. She's going to front up MI6 when they turn up at the farm and say she's kicked him out and he's gone to hide in Cambodia. Jackal needs to whack the brother but needs to keep the missus on side so he's just going to have an unfortunate accident. MiL might go down too.
He does get to techbro in the end but needs link woman's help so Dance refuses to pay the balance and that's series 2, Jackal goes after everybody in the corporation who is aware of him.
Woodenface reconciles with the family, but after she visits the missus in Spain and threatens her she gets an anonymous email with a photo of her house and kid and a 'I know where you live'.
Woodenface - exactly , really unimpressed with her casting in this, no character at all.Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Good suggestions. How about
Mrs Woodenface and MI6 already know pretty much who he is, so the spotter is surplus to the plot, so he'll get whacked by the Jackal for turning up drunk to a job.
Agree the missus is going to join him. She's going to front up MI6 when they turn up at the farm and say she's kicked him out and he's gone to hide in Cambodia. Jackal needs to whack the brother but needs to keep the missus on side so he's just going to have an unfortunate accident. MiL might go down too.
He does get to techbro in the end but needs link woman's help so Dance refuses to pay the balance and that's series 2, Jackal goes after everybody in the corporation who is aware of him.
Woodenface reconciles with the family, but after she visits the missus in Spain and threatens her she gets an anonymous email with a photo of her house and kid and a 'I know where you live'.
uk66fastback said:
Lotusgone said:
In the film, Edward Fox asks a Paris cabbie to take him to a Turkish bath, the implication (I wouldn't know) being that it's a typical gay pick-up joint. Having just killed a woman post-shag, this was to avoid the coppers. EF picks up Anton Rogers and goes back to his place; no physical contact is shown, not even when EF kills him in the kitchen.
It's not Anton Rogers he picks up, but David Kernan. Rogers played one of the coppers ...Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Friday 29th November 17:32
Newc]rafty_ said:
Some thoughts..
Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Good suggestions. How about
Mrs Woodenface and MI6 already know pretty much who he is, so the spotter is surplus to the plot, so he'll get whacked by the Jackal for turning up drunk to a job.
Agree the missus is going to join him. She's going to front up MI6 when they turn up at the farm and say she's kicked him out and he's gone to hide in Cambodia. Jackal needs to whack the brother but needs to keep the missus on side so he's just going to have an unfortunate accident. MiL might go down too.
He does get to techbro in the end but needs link woman's help so Dance refuses to pay the balance and that's series 2, Jackal goes after everybody in the corporation who is aware of him.
Woodenface reconciles with the family, but after she visits the missus in Spain and threatens her she gets an anonymous email with a photo of her house and kid and a 'I know where you live'.
Yep I like your series 2 idea.Did the spotter live long enough to get some sort of official history recorded of what Duggan did to his crew ?
Wifey knows, is she going to run with him ? brother in law is toast for sure, there's no way he's going to keep his mouth shut.
I don't see why the Dance character will be after him, other than to actually finish the job. It only gets sketchy if the link woman threatens to unmask either side of the transaction. The only way she might survive is to kill the target herself.
Or does it go down the revenge route ? link woman takes the wife hostage to flush him out, he attempts to rescue, wife is killed, series 2 is all about his revenge.
Bianca doesn't get her man but the whole conspiracy by the Dance character comes out and thats all she gets from it.
Good suggestions. How about
Mrs Woodenface and MI6 already know pretty much who he is, so the spotter is surplus to the plot, so he'll get whacked by the Jackal for turning up drunk to a job.
Agree the missus is going to join him. She's going to front up MI6 when they turn up at the farm and say she's kicked him out and he's gone to hide in Cambodia. Jackal needs to whack the brother but needs to keep the missus on side so he's just going to have an unfortunate accident. MiL might go down too.
He does get to techbro in the end but needs link woman's help so Dance refuses to pay the balance and that's series 2, Jackal goes after everybody in the corporation who is aware of him.
Woodenface reconciles with the family, but after she visits the missus in Spain and threatens her she gets an anonymous email with a photo of her house and kid and a 'I know where you live'.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
uk66fastback said:
Lotusgone said:
In the film, Edward Fox asks a Paris cabbie to take him to a Turkish bath, the implication (I wouldn't know) being that it's a typical gay pick-up joint. Having just killed a woman post-shag, this was to avoid the coppers. EF picks up Anton Rogers and goes back to his place; no physical contact is shown, not even when EF kills him in the kitchen.
It's not Anton Rogers he picks up, but David Kernan. Rogers played one of the coppers ...Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Friday 29th November 17:32
uk66fastback said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
uk66fastback said:
Lotusgone said:
In the film, Edward Fox asks a Paris cabbie to take him to a Turkish bath, the implication (I wouldn't know) being that it's a typical gay pick-up joint. Having just killed a woman post-shag, this was to avoid the coppers. EF picks up Anton Rogers and goes back to his place; no physical contact is shown, not even when EF kills him in the kitchen.
It's not Anton Rogers he picks up, but David Kernan. Rogers played one of the coppers ...Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Friday 29th November 17:32
I'm up to episode 9 mow with just one to go. Mrs. Hants and I have really enjoyed the show, despite some truly terrible acting (especially Bianca) and some laughably improbable stuff happening.
I feel that they should have made The Jackal more ethical. No spoilers, but some of the people he eliminates are just ordinary people who've done nothing wrong. They also could have made UDC a bad guy rather than some sort of saviour figure with his game changing River thingummy (whatever River is, it's pretty unclear to me anyway). It also would have been better if UDC was a threat to Britain, because otherwise why are MI6 bothered about him in the first place?
Anyway, for all its flaws, enjoyable and I'm looking forward to the finale.
I feel that they should have made The Jackal more ethical. No spoilers, but some of the people he eliminates are just ordinary people who've done nothing wrong. They also could have made UDC a bad guy rather than some sort of saviour figure with his game changing River thingummy (whatever River is, it's pretty unclear to me anyway). It also would have been better if UDC was a threat to Britain, because otherwise why are MI6 bothered about him in the first place?
Anyway, for all its flaws, enjoyable and I'm looking forward to the finale.
Hants PHer said:
I'm up to episode 9 mow with just one to go. Mrs. Hants and I have really enjoyed the show, despite some truly terrible acting (especially Bianca) and some laughably improbable stuff happening.
She has some compelling moments, but she's the least seamless presence by quite a way. And I don't like her trousers either.
Really enjoying it, but small tweaks in behaviour and events that leant more towards realism would've added an outsize amount and not detracted from it in any way.
blueg33 said:
Currently the worst trousers and nearly the worst acting on tv. Plus her character is thoroughly unlikeable.
My wife’s comment was “will her arse fit through the Range Rover door?”
In the other hand Mrs Jackal, some good acting really displaying that Mediterranean character.
I'm confident that Mrs Jackal wears pleasing trousers. My wife’s comment was “will her arse fit through the Range Rover door?”
In the other hand Mrs Jackal, some good acting really displaying that Mediterranean character.
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