That Big Death and What's Next for Jackal

Notice! This article contains spoilers for The Day of the Jackal season 1, episode 10.

The Day of the Jackal (2024)
Season 1's emotional finale wrapped up much of the season's plot, while also laying the groundwork for Season 2, already greenlit. The Day of the Jackal is a modern retelling of the 1973 film, which in turn is based on a book by Frederick Forsyth. The series stars Eddie Redmayne as the titular Jackal, and Lashana Lynch as the determined MI6 agent Bianca Pullman, who is hot on his trail. While the earlier versions are set in periods long before the TV series, the latest version offers a highly contemporary take.

And throughout Season 1, the show built incredible tension, with the cat and mouse game being played between the Jackal and MI6 constantly coming to an end. In episode 10, this happened, and the Jackal's fate has been decidedbut perhaps not in the way those familiar with previous versions of the story would imagine. In this case, Jackal has a considerably brighter ending, with room for the story to continue.

How the Jackal avoided capture at the end of Season 1

The Jackal ran away with strength

In The Day of the Jackal In the final episode of season 1, Jackal manages to avoid being captured. Despite Ulle Dag Charles' security team being right behind him in the previous moment of distress, Jackal's boat manages to outrun them alland he makes a clean escape. It's unclear how or why this happened, because episode 10 begins with the Jackal already back on dry ground after avoiding capture in the water.

Despite this, a superior of the head of MI6 arrives, giving orders to Bianca and orders the case to be reopened. With Bianca so close to capturing the Jackal, the powerful billionaires who hired the Jackal to kill the UDC are now pushing for the Jackal to be captured and killed to avoid paying the $100 million reward for a job well done. But when Jackal is faced at home, he has the home field advantage and is able to attack quickly and efficiently. kill your would-be captors.

Why did Jackal's wife run away with her son

Nuria and Charles Jr. made a clean break

However, the reason Jackal was returning home was to pick up his wife, Nuria, and his son. Jackal promised that after this work he would move away from the life of an assassin and take Nuria anywhere in the world. Nuria initially wanted to stay in her beautiful home in Spain, close to her mother and brother, but when Chacal calls, she hears the panic in his voice. They are you are no longer safe in your homewhich probably means everyone close to her is safe.

Nuria loves her husband, but after the bombshell news that Charles was never who he said he was, and that wasn't even his name, she decided to cut ties and protect his son. She withdrew emergency funds from his secret safe and rushed to the airport before her husband returned. Despite the affection, trust was gone and the child's safety had to come first.

Bianca Pullman's death explained

Bianca gave up everything to catch the Jackal

Bianca Pullman left her position after being instructed to drop the Jackal case. After dedicating his life to this mission, to the point where his family life was in ruins, he was told to simply stop. She was then threatened that if she continued, her position would be removed. However, being obstinate and stubborn, Bianca chose to give up before they could send her awayand try to fix your home life.

She got her husband and daughter to return home, but when her boss showed up at her door, telling her she was right and wanted to send her away, Bianca refused. Despite this, her husband realized the attraction the offer had on his wife and pressured her to go anyway. She headed off to Spain, trying to chase down her latest lead, and it led her straight to the Jackal's doorstep. After watching the house, seeing Nuria leave with her son and finally seeing the Jackal arriving, she enters the house to capture him and confront him. However, the Jackal had the upper hand in his safe house and quickly killed Bianca while she was in her house.

The true exposure of Jackal's identity explained

The Jackal's identity has been discovered

It's unclear how secure the Jackal's identity is after all these events. Bianca exposed her theory about him being in Spain to her boss, who then revealed that he was working under the billionaire's authority. But, when she sent Bianca to finish off the Jackal, she told her to do it outside of the books. This means the trail can get cold. However, there is a doubt about Bianca's body being left at her home. THE Jackal wasn't usually this sloppyand he may have burned the place down, but as the season neared its end, he took more risks and became reckless in an effort to act quickly.

While his name and face may still be a mystery, there are more connections to the Jackal than ever before, and billionaires or MI6 may have a very solid idea of ​​who he is. Additionally, MI6 interrogated people in the small community of Cádiz, Spain, where he lived. They knew him by a different name, and now death and trouble have come to their community. A possible leak of information is also Nuria's brother, who believes that Charles is the Jackal and has access to photos of the man.

How the Season 1 Finale Sets Up the Day of the Jackal Season 2 Story

The Day Of The Jackal Season 2 Has A Lot More Ground To Cover

The Day of the Jackal The first season wraps up a lot of details, with the true allegiance of MI6 superiors being revealed, the UDC being killed and the Jackal surviving, but there's a lot more story to be told. The Jackal is now looking for his wife and son and has recruited Zina, the woman who acted as an intermediary between him and the billionaires, to help find them. Zina is also being huntedand therefore the benefit of working together.

He also owes him a huge sum of money from the dishonest corporate elites who put him in extreme danger for their benefit and who now avoid paying the bill. And on top of all this, he is more exposed than ever, with his secret identity being revealed to several parties. There is a lots of loose ends to tie upand The Day of the Jackal the second season will certainly be as exciting as the first if they manage to handle these elements well.

How The Day Of The Jackal Season 1 Finale Compares To The Movie And The Book

The modern program has made big changes

However, The Day of the Jackal the series finale was actually a pretty significant departure from the book and the previous film. Although the story has been modernized, with contemporary weapons, forms of disguise, technology, and more, the Jackal also became more of an anti-hero. His methods don't necessarily justify the means, but there are reasons and he generally seems to have good intentions.

Here, the billionaires and their dealings with corrupt members of MI6 appear to be the real bad guys, while Bianca, whose morals were also gray, is caught in the middle. In the original stories, however, the Jackal is the one who ends up dead in the end. This notable change paved the way for Season 2 and asks whether the Jackal will end up being killed off in The Day of the Jackal 2nd season.