Will there be a Hijack season 3? Latest news and speculation

*Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Hijack season 2.*

Sam (Idris Elba) was in the thick of it even more so in Hijack season 2, with our season 1 hero supposedly orchestrating the dangerous situation we were thrown into in the first episode. Of course, nothing was quite as it seemed and it turned out that Sam was merely a pawn in Stuart's (Neil Maskell) convoluted game of revenge.

The finale revealed that there was a lot more to Stuart than it first appeared, with the criminal pulling plenty of strings from behind bars. Thankfully, Sam got out of the whole hijacking situation relatively unscathed, with the glaring question remaining about whether or not Sam will face any consequences in upending the Berlin underground system.

Speaking about where we leave Sam at the end of season 2, series co-creator Jim Field Smith told TV Insider: "So what I like about that is it makes Sam more morally questionable. He’s not just a perfect guy who only does things because he has no other choice. Sam is an active participant in what’s going on. He’s choosing to get involved."

Things may leave on a slightly open-ended note, but will there be a third season? Read on for everything we know about the future of Apple TV's Hijack thus far.

Will there be a Hijack season 3?

As of now, it has not been confirmed if Apple TV are renewing Hijack for season 3.

When chatting to Radio Times ahead of the season 2 finale, Elba did admit that he wasn't "sure how you could", saying: "People ask me about ‘would you do another season?’ and I say I’m not sure how you could. But actually, I do think that there is another layer of storytelling that it wouldn’t necessarily involve hijacking. At this junction, if you like this series and this story, the hijacks, the hijacking is part of something else, isn’t it?"

He added: "I don’t think we’ll ever come back – we’ll have to drag [co-creator Jim Field Smith] from Barbados – but there’s definitely the man Sam Nelson and what trauma looks like post-something like that and what the residue is. I would be interested in exploring that because it’s another thing but it wouldn’t necessarily be hijacking."

So, that's a pretty definitive answer if ever there was one! Elba saying that he doesn't think they'll ever come back for more pretty much puts water on that growing fire of a season 3 possibility. But as is often the case in TV, if there's a greater force at play (fan reaction or an Apple TV renewal deal), then that may all change. Seeing as season 2 garnered very mixed reviews, it may be a case of a two-season arc for Hijack after all.

What could a potential Hijack season 3 be about?

Seeing as MI5 agent Robert Lang (Arsher Ali) seemed to indicate that Stuart would only keep continuing on with his revenge mission, it does seem likely that Stuart and Sam's conflict will continue to rear its head if a season 3 were to go ahead.

Stuart thought that the explosion had killed both Sam and John Bailey-Brown (Ian Burfield), with viewers assuming that John had been killed in the explosion after being handcuffed to a pole on the train. However, we don't know for certain so it could be plausible that managed to escape. In that case, with both of his targets potentially still living, we're sure Stuart will be far from pleased and will continue to pursue them. Without his MI5 informant though, how will he go about killing them?

As for Sam, he obviously did hijack a train and while it can all be explained away, we're sure he has to face some kind of consequences. Field Smith said of the possibility of Sam's fate to TV Insider: "We were talking about this the other day, actually. He finishes talking to Marsha, as we roll the credits, it’s like, does he just walk off and then gets a little tap on the shoulder like, “Oh, by the way, you’re definitely under arrest”?

"I think Sam obviously was pushed into doing a lot of bad things and having to make a lot of tough choices, some of which was inevitable because he wants to save Marsha and he wants to get answers, but he could have said no when he was recruited by Lang the night before."

He went on: "I haven’t spoken to a lawyer about what his actual charges would be against him, but aiding and abetting a known criminal would probably be one of them, I suppose, and accessory to murder potentially. But you’ve got to imagine that he would presumably be treated with a reasonable amount of leniency, but if there’s a Season 3, does it open with Sam in prison, is that your next question?"

Field Smith continued: "Of course, everything isn’t fine. His son is still dead. He has still got very severe PTSD from what he has been through. Marsha will have very severe PTSD from what she’s been through. He will have to deal with the consequences of his actions. He will probably face prosecution. There’s all these things that are unanswered questions that are sort of left dangling in the ether at the end of the season, and that’s more interesting to me than just wrapping it up."

Who could star in a potential Hijack season 3?

It wouldn't quite be a season of Hijack without our frontman Sam Nelson so we'd expect Idris Elba to reprise his leading role. As for other characters, now that she's safe and sound, we'd expect a return of Christine Adams as Marsha Smith-Nelson, as well as her partner DI Daniel O'Farrel, played by Max Beesley.

Archie Panjabi's DCI Zahra Gahfoor has also starred in both seasons but seeing as she played a bit more of a reduced role with Beesley in season 2, their fate may be less certain.

We'd also expect Neil Maskell to reprise his role as villainous Stuart, especially seeing as his hatred of Sam was really the driving force for season 2's plot.

Is there a trailer for a potential Hijack season 3?

As Hijack season 3 hasn't been confirmed, there's no trailer yet. But you can relive the action of season 2 below.

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