As the fourth episode of The Day Of The Jackal begins, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Whitelock (Adam James) is asked about the events in Germany. He’s asked if he’s worried about his safety. Isabel Kirby (Lia Williams) tells Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch) that they have an update from Leckner and the BND. They learn that Elias Fest hired an assassin to kill his father. When he failed to pay, he was killed as well. Everyone stands by while Bianca asks all the questions. Bianca messages Alison (Kate Dickie) to say they need to meet.
Metz, France – The Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) drives and watches a bird before crashing into the back of a van. He tries to pay the man to let it go. However, the man flags down a police officer to report it. The Jackal gives the officer an ID that identifies him as Anthony Mallison. The cop asks what he was doing in Munich. The Jackal says he was just sightseeing. The police officer makes him open the boot of the car and the bag inside. He ends up fighting a gun. The Jackal ends up killing the cop and the man. The Jackal has all the time in the world to stage the scene to make it look like the cop and man shot each other.
London, England – Osita Halcrow (Chukwudi Iwuji) tells Bianca that they picked up some chatter, according to his American friend. “Rodin price point agreed. Commencement paid. Jackal en route.” They talk about what Robin could mean. Osita tells Bianca that they need a breakthrough soon.
Cadiz, Spain – Nuria (Ursula Corbero), Alvaro (Jon Arias), and Marisa (Puchi Lagarde) discuss what they found. The Jackal calls Nuria to speak to her. He admits it has been too much. The Jackal invites her to come with him to Paris. He says there’s a lot he needs to talk to her about but he’s been afraid to. Nuria eventually agrees to come.
London, England – Bianca asks Damian Richardson (Ben Hall) if he got anything from sniper school. He does not. However, it might be worth speaking to George Hands (Jay Simpson) who runs a sniper WhatsApp group. Bianca grabs the paper from him and rudely leaves to speak to Damian. Damian catches up with her to say he’s not the mole. Bianca is still rude and just tells him to keep an eye on Sparrow’s phone. The Jackal damages his vehicle and removes the license plates. He possibly steals another. Bianca visits George who goes on and on about shooting. He suspects her guy is good, but he’s also very lucky. George is convinced he came from the British Army. He also believes he could make that shot. George doesn’t think anyone in the photo could make the shot.
Bianca asks about the WhatsApp group. She asks if any members of the group could make the shot. George insists none of them would’ve done it. He tells her about one guy who was at Stirling Lines after his time. George eventually gives her a name, Alexander Duggan. He says she can find Duggan outside Lashkar Gah where he was killed by an IED. Bianca calls Damian and tells him to get everything they have on Alexander Duggan even though he’s supposedly dead. She scolds him once again.
Paris, France – The Jackal exercises in his motel room and puts items in his safe. Nuria eventually arrives and he lets her come in. She slaps him and demands the truth. He admits he’s been lying to her all along. The Jackal says he’s a troubleshooter. When big corporations have a problem, they send him in to deal with it. The Jackal insists he doesn’t kill people though. He claims it’s just industrial espionage. He explains that he works for billionaires and it’s always dangerous. He claims there isn’t any risk because he’s very good at what he does. He also says it’s going to be over in a few weeks. Nuria doesn’t know how she’s supposed to believe him. It appears he’s convinced her to give him a chance.
Timothy Winthorp (Charles Dance) asks Zina Jansone (Eleanor Matsuura) if she told the Jackal not to do anything to risk their project. Zina still thinks they need to stick with the Jackal. They learn that Elias hired the Jackal to kill Manfred. Leonora Boggs (Christy Meyer) tells them about Elias’s death. Doug Wojack (Corey Johnson) listens to them talk. He says they need to get away from this guy. Timothy thinks the Jackal’s actions speak of his character. He learns that the guy should be in Tallinn right now. Bianca tries to learn more about Rodin. Damian tells her there has been no moment from Sparrow’s phone. Larry Stoke (Patrick O’Kane) speaks to Alison who may be dead. He messages Bianca to arrange a meeting with her. Larry meets her moments later.
They end up fighting and Bianca gets away. A group of men walk by and give Bianca enough time to call for help. Vince Pyne (Nick Blood) receives the alert and learns where she is. Bianca says she needs to keep this guy alive. She looks back and notices that he’s stopped on the bridge. He disappeared. Bianca worries she’s lost her only lead. She sees him again and decides to go after him. Bianca beats him up until police arrive. Larry jumps onto a boat nearby and escapes. Moments later, Bianca and the others find Alison dead. Bianca is treated for a laceration. Vince talks to her about working for the PPU. He’s confident the police will catch Larry sooner or later. He gives Bianca a gun just in case. When Bianca goes home, Jasmine (Florisa Kamara) and Paul (Sule Rimi) want to know about her arm.
Bianca insists she’s fine. Paul tries to find out what happened when they’re alone, but Bianca won’t tell him anything. He threatens not to go to Glasgow for the conference. Paul eventually leaves. Next, Isabel asks Bianca if there are any new developments. She goes through all the bad things that have happened. Isabel admits it all comes back to Bianca. They need to make progress. Bianca mentions Vincent Pyne because she wants him reassigned to this operation. Isabel promises to do her best. Larry gets a new phone and contacts someone to tell them. Norman Stoke (Richard Dormer) receives the message while shooting his gold gun. When Larry says he needs an address, Norman says he’ll talk to his man.
Valmarin Island, Croatia – Ulle Dag Charles (Khalid Abdalla) goes for a swim. When he returns, he learns that a contract has been taken out on his life. Ulle tells Keith Canvey (Martin McDougall) that he already knows that. They don’t want him to leave until the matter is resolved. However, Ulle needs to be in Tallinn for the announcement. Keith tries to convince him not to go.
Tallinn, Estonia – The Jackal looks around the venue and assesses the security. He tests the metal detectors before going into the concert.
London, England – Bianca hangs out with Vince and tells him about the contracted hit on Rodin. They talk about what happened in Belarus and the fact that Bianca isn’t sure who she can trust. She isn’t sure how she can find Rodin when she can’t trust her organization. Vince tries to convince her to drink. They talk about Paul and Bianca’s marriage.
Tallinn, Estonia – The Jackal sneaks around the venue and checks out the door above the audience. He attempts to determine whether he can make the shot from above. The Jackal ends up dropping his phone when the door opens. He finds himself hanging from a cord. The Jackal climbs back up without anyone noticing. After the concert, he tries to find his phone. A worker at the venue asks for his number. They call it and try to find the phone. Rasmus (Andreas Jessen) manages to help him find the phone. The Jackal calls himself Peter.
London, England – Bianca returns home to find that Jasmine has left her a mess. When she goes into Jasmine’s room, she finds Larry holding her hostage. She shoots him in the leg. Bianca demands to know everything.
Tallinn, Estonia – The Jackal adds Rasmus’s number in his contacts.
London, England – Larry is arrested. Jasmine says Larry said his mom killed her daughter.
Tallinn, Estonia – The Jackal returns to his room and finds Zina waiting for him.
The Day Of The Jackal Review
The fourth episode of The Day Of The Jackal continued the overall deterioration of the series. It wasn’t great to begin with, but the excessive runtime is becoming an even bigger problem and the characters are becoming easier to hate. At this point, it’s hard to like any of the characters because they’re all written so badly.
Even the Jackal is an idiot when he should be a skilled, meticulous assassin. Instead, he’s constantly taking reckless actions and nearly getting himself caught. At this rate, someone already would’ve put a bullet in his head and spared viewers from the headache of six more episodes.
Bianca is equally unlikable because she’s written unevenly. At times, she has all the answers and asks all the questions. On the other, she’s also rude and constantly messing things up as well. The series is a mess with the need to regularly jump from one country to another on a whim and new episodes added by the minute.
Lots of the personal dramas should’ve been eliminated to shorten this down and make it a lot more tolerable. Nuria doesn’t really add anything to the story besides being another annoyance and turning the Jackal into a pansy. The series is also very predictable. It’d take someone with a very low IQ not to see how everything was going to play out with Larry and Alison.
Despite the potential here, there isn’t much to like about The Day Of The Jackal. It’ll take a lot of patience and acceptance to reach the end of this series since the quality has dropped from episode to episode. This one scores a 3.5 out of 10. Recaps of The Day Of The Jackal can be found here. Find out how to support our independent site at this link.
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