S01.E01: Episode 1

[Snazzy Daisy]

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When an elite assassin carries out his latest kill, it catches the attention of an intelligence officer, who starts to hunt him down.

Air Date: Nov 07, 2024 (UK)

Air Date: Nov 14, 2024 (US)

 

Edited November 9, 2024 by Snazzy Daisy

[Snazzy Daisy]

Who is the Jackal? | Extended First Look | The Day of the Jackal

 

[sugarbaker design]

The client is refusing to pay for the first hit?

The pinwheel helped indicate the direction of the wind?

Just two of my many questions!

[magdalene]

I have a big problem already with the series in that I have taken a big dislike to the police officer hunting him.  I don't take too well to to the law breaking the law and an innocent paying the ultimate price for that cows ambition in prison. Also, I am not too heart-broken about some disgusting nazi getting his head blown off.

So until the Jackal actually starts killing puppies and orphans I will be not actively rooting against the baddie in this.

My grandfather had the book and showed me the Edward Fox adaptation years ago - Redmayne reminds me a bit in looks of Fox. And Redmayne also has that particular cold precision and competence down very well. Fox's Jackal remained an enigma to the end. I bet this new version will be more fleshed out because this is a series.

[magdalene]

1 hour ago, sugarbaker design said:

The client is refusing to pay for the first hit?

The pinwheel helped indicate the direction of the wind?

He stiffed him for the entire payment which seems a death sentence for the client if the Jackal is half as skilled and ruthless as he comes across. I too thought the pinwheel was for the wind direction. I am not an expert though.

[Snazzy Daisy]

The “unboxing” of the Jackal (from Ralf - an old German guy) is actually quite fascinating.

The practice shots on the hospital concrete seem unrealistic. There would be sound of the impact/damage that will alert the security team. Is the Jackal using a magical silencer and bullets or something?

After killing Manfred, the Jackal stashed a bomb under his hotel bed and hits the fire alarm on his way out. Saving the innocents but killing the authorities?

Am not interested in the brash and outspoken Bianca Pullman and her family drama. Am not a fan of the actress either. Bianca lacks compassion and vulnerability. She treats her asset (Alison) and her daughter (Emma) like sh!t.

The “Fuck You” message from a client who refuses to pay for the Munich job will lead to something interesting…   
 

[sugarbaker design]

11 hours ago, magdalene said:

I have a big problem already with the series in that I have taken a big dislike to the police officer hunting him.  I don't take too well to to the law breaking the law and an innocent paying the ultimate price for that cows ambition in prison. Also, I am not too heart-broken about some disgusting nazi getting his head blown off.

Ditto, also her boring as shit domestic life should not be on camera, everything comes to a banal halt.

I find the music quite obtrusive.

[magdalene]

4 minutes ago, sugarbaker design said:

itto, also her boring as shit domestic life should not be on camera, everything comes to a banal halt.

Oh yes, her domestic life is tedious.

[dancingdreamer]

Just watched  the first episode,  we really  enjoyed  it. I always enjoy Redmayne. 

A  bullet  going that fast, wouldn't  make much sound, like a knife through  butter.

[Snazzy Daisy]

Inside Episode 1 of The Day of the Jackal: Crafting the Lone Wolf Assassin | Sky TV

 

[TV Anonymous]

Hey, Agent Pullman, the supposedly rifle expert of the MI6 had her facts wrong. She stated that the world record of sniper kill was 3 540m and it was recorded in Ukraine.

• The world record is indeed recorded in Ukraine by a member of Security Service of Ukraine. The distance however, is 3 800m.
• The 3 540m distance is the second longest sniper kill. It is recorded by a member of Canadian JTF-2 in Iraq.

[Colorado David]

On 11/15/2024 at 7:59 AM, sugarbaker design said:

 

I find the music quite obtrusive.

agreed too much music too often. 

[aghst]

On 11/15/2024 at 6:59 AM, sugarbaker design said:

Ditto, also her boring as shit domestic life should not be on camera, everything comes to a banal halt.

I find the music quite obtrusive.

 

On 11/15/2024 at 7:04 AM, magdalene said:

Oh yes, her domestic life is tedious.

I thought they showed the domestic lives of both Bianca and the Jackal to compare and contrast.

Their families are important to them in different ways.

Bianca genuinely loves them but she's also ambitious about her career and for now she's willing to put her career first.

The Jackal has an emotional need for his wife and kid.  It was interesting that he calls himself the Jackal and someone looked up the definition, about an animal which feels lonely fears abandonment.

Later on, he's willing to give Nuria a lot of rope for intruding on his business.

But he's dong this work to provide a very wealthy lifestyle, kind of hidden away.  Sure that house has incredible views but it's isolated somewhat.  It's distant from town and also distant from the airport and train stations, about 60-90 minutes away.

Yet it's an ostentatious lifestyle, sure to attract attention, with the expensive vintage cars and the fashions.  A ginger in expensive clothes with a Spanish wife is going to stand out in Andalusia.  Plus he has no professional cover for how he's able to afford that lifestyle and Nuria doesn't bother to ask until she thinks he's cheating on her.

Maybe the family doesn't give him the kind of cover he thinks it might, so he has an emotional need -- like everyone else but he seems to have specific abandonment issues.