Notice! This article contains major spoilers for episode 5 of The Day of the Jackal.
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
is heating up mid-season, with a shocking cliffhanger at the end of episode 5. The exciting new limited series has been adapted by Sky Studios and Universal. Originally published as a book in 1971 and later adapted in 1973, the story has been updated for a contemporary audience.
The Day of the Jackal features a star-studded cast, including Eddie Redmayne as the titular assassin and Lashana Lynch as the MI6 agent who’s after him. The Jackal is an incredibly talented hitman who finds himself embroiled in an international investigation after taking down a high-profile target, and things get even more complicated when his next target is the richest man on the planet. However, when episode 5 ended, the Jackal found himself in an incredibly difficult situation.
The Jackal narrowly escapes MI6, only to be captured by a mysterious man
Jackal is in hot water after a narrow escape
Having recruited Norman Stoke to make a new custom weapon, the Jackal was forced to come help the injured man in the process of assembling the weapon. Unfortunately, Norman didn’t keep his circle of trust as tight as the Jackaland MI6 managed to track down the two men in Hungary. Almost as soon as construction of the weapon was complete, MI6 arrived at the secret location and captured Norman.
Fortunately for the Jackal, he had left shortly before to test the newly constructed weapon, but upon returning, he found MI6 interrogating Norman. To protect his identity, Jackal shot Norman and hurriedly but barely escaped. With a squad right behind him, Jackal was forced to jump into a nearby river and find a secluded spot to rest. However, your his luck didn’t last long when he woke up to a menacing figure with a gun standing over himwho quickly struck him with the tip of the gun and the Jackal was last seen unconscious at the feet of this mysterious man.
Who captured the Jackal in Day of the Jackal Episode 5?
The mysterious man who holds the Jackal’s fate in his hands
While it is quite a coincidence that the Jackal was found by a mysterious man while being hunted by MI6, the large, burly figure did not resemble any of the agents assigned to capture him. Instead, it makes more sense that this man is simply someone who owns the land where the Jackal tried to rest for the night. The Jackal was able to crawl into a barn, find a bale of hay, and store his gun under the haystack before taking a nap, so it’s most likely this man is the owner of the barnand does not like invaders on its lands.
However, there is the possibility that it is another agent from a competing agency. Or, potentially, an associate of a former victim, someone connected to the new employers who hired the Jackal’s services, or even some kind of rival hoping to get the lucrative contract for which the Jackal is currently employed. For the big reveal, The Day of the Jackal episode 6 will be the most enlightening featurebut as it stands, it seems more likely that he was a simple farmer.
Jackal’s plans took a big step in the wrong direction
A big setback for Jackal’s current contract
Currently, Jackal has been employed by a secret coalition of billionaires who oppose Ulle Dag Charles’ plan to launch a new computer program called River. Despite being the richest man in the world, the UDC wants money to become more transparent and for those less fortunate to understand where money is being gathered and held back by wealthy individuals, rather than distributed for the greater good of all.
As a result, Jackal was hired to kill UDC, also known as Rodin, to prevent this program from being distributed globally. However, thanks to Norman Stoke and shrewd MI6 agent Bianca Pullman, Jackal is now stranded in a foreign country, with some of his belongings abandoned, and now captured by a possible civilian. He may have the perfect weapon for the job, but he needs to escape, get transport to the location in Estonia and make sure MI6 loses track of him. Whatever happens, The Day of the Jackal episode 6 is sure to be as exciting and action-packed as the rest of the series so far.