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Apple TV’s Most Colossal Sci-Fi Series Gets Beaten By Tense 2-Part Idris Elba Thriller
On Apple TV, competition is always strong as the streaming service releases new TV shows and episodes. The streaming platform has built a robust library of thrillers and sci-fi dramas, with each week bringing new installments of their hit shows. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters returned for Season 2 last week on Friday, and the Monsterverse series immediately shot to the top of Apple TV’s top TV shows. The much-awaited season returned with an explosive season premiere that cements Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as the most ambitious sci-fi drama on the streamer. The series is set in the Monsterverse, which has been successful on the big screen but has never quite been attempted on the small screen.
At the same time, the second season of the hit crime thriller Hijack was wrapping up, with the season finale released this Wednesday. The new episode has helped Hijack dethrone Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, claiming the top spot this week according to FlixPatrol. The ranking could change when Episode 2 of the Anna Sawai-led drama debuts on the service this Friday. In the March 6 episode titled “Resonance,” Lee (Wyatt Russell) and Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) investigate a secretive village with a cult devoted to a mysterious creature while Cate (Sawai) crosses paths with a deadly stowaway. Hijack Season 2 was largely well-received by critics but did not receive the same acclaim among viewers. The show was initially conceptualized as a limited series but was renewed after it became a hit. With Season 2 behind the rearview mirror, Season 3 might also be in the running, according to writer Jim Field Smith.
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Will ‘Hijack’ Return for Season 3?
Apple TV has not renewed the show for Season 3, but Field Smith hinted in an interview with Variety that Hijack could return if the right idea materialized. “I think more like, is there more story for Sam? It’s not so much like, ‘Oh, could we do it again?’ Because, of course, you can do it again. Do I want to do it again, that’s a different conversation. Right now, I’ve literally just delivered this season,” Field Smith said. He added:
“If Apple decides they want another bite of the Hijack cherry, the question I will always ask is, what story is there for Sam? Not, where can we do it, but why? Of course, yeah, it could be on a boat. It could be on an e-bike, it could be in the back of a limo, it could be, you know, a submarine. Or it could transcend the Hijack format and it could move into a different arena. But that’s what I mean. The precinct is kind of irrelevant. It’s more about ‘Where could Sam go?’”
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and Hijack are streaming on Apple TV. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
- Release Date
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November 16, 2023
- Network
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Apple TV
- Showrunner
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Chris Black, Matt Fraction
- Directors
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Julian Holmes, Matt Shakman, Mairzee Almas, Andy Goddard, Hiromi Kamata
- Writers
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Al Letson, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Chris Black, Mariko Tamaki, Amanda Overton, Andrew Colville, Matt Fraction, Milla Bell-Hart