Nine days in and there are still seven fugitives at large. This episode features all of the fugitives except for Majid whose whereabouts remain unknown.
Firstly, let's pick up from on old university friends and self-confessed city girls: Sandra and Mella.
Last episode saw them trying to hitchhike their way from Edinburgh to Kent. Suspecting they may try this, the Hunters sent ont of their ghost agents to pretend to be a Good Samaritan, who'll then deliver them into the Hunters' hands.
Ghost agents are agents who remain anonynmous and can conduct surveillance, but can't complete captures. They are a new addition for this series.
Last episode ended on the question of whether Sandra and Mella were picked up by the ghost agent. This question was quickly answered with a yes. The Ghost Agent delivered them to Gretna Green Services and into the hands of the Hunters. Sandra and Mella are out after eight days on the run. This now means that the winner, assuming somebody will win, will be male, as Sandra and Mella were the last women standing.
From here we o to father and son team: Robert and Alex Ayling. Alex has Asperger's and is the plar opposite of his father. Where Alex is reserved, shy and logical, Bob is loud, brash and impulsive. Bob wants to make up for his failings as a father, after he was initially unreceptive to Alex and his Asperger's syndrome. This makes him very likeable for me and dare I say, a favourite to win.
Last we saw them, they were in the Peak Distict, where the Hunters still thought they were, but it\'s revealled that they've hitch-hiked their way to Hampshire. While trekking through a forest, we see their different sides come out. Bob messes around on a rope swing, while Alex is afraid of getting caught. We also discover that Bob is a freemason and plans to use his freemason connections to help them around the country. From Hampshire, they go to Bath to do just that.
However, the Hunters quickly figured out Bob's plan too and dispatch a ground team to interview Bob's fremason friend, Graham. But the interview is really just a pretense for them to hack into Graha's computer and install spyware. It seemingly works, although I am curious why Graham wasn' more supsicious of two Hunters snooping around his house.
Anyway, Graham receives an email, which th Hunters assume is from Bob. The email identifies a caravan that Bob and Alex might be hiding in. The Hunters quickly investigate only to find this is a decoy set by Alex and Bob who are now fifty miles away in the New Forest.
Now we move nto best friends, Joe and Dan, whom we've seen very little off. The pair areboth milkmen,but moonlight as wedding and pub singers. Their plan is to seek help forom the people who own the venues that they've performed at in the past.
The Hunters are stumped at Joe and Dan's whereabouts, so they decide to question their friends at the Hunter HQ. They even go so far as to pay fo their train tickets, but this is a trap. The Hunters have planted a Ghost Agent who eavesdrop on the friends' conversation and reports back tha Joe and Dan are in the Lake District, pulling odd js in exchange for food and shelter.
The Hunters quickly figure out Joe and Dan's plan and also identify their next safe harbour: the Pheasant Inn. Meanwhile, Joe and Dan are pulling pints and serving dinner in exchange for money and sheltr. The Hunter dend a team to investigate, but Joe and Dan are already leaving.
Lastly, we come to former police officer and family man, Jamie Clark. he went on the run leaving his heavily pregnant wife home in Dorset, but he risks it all to see her again. The Hunters identify through CCTV that Jamie could be in Dorset. Meanwhile. he leaves a coded message for is wife's best friend, Sarah Clark.
However, the Hunters have aso seen Jamie on CCTV back in Manchester, and suspect he may have hitched a ride back down south. Using License Plate Recognition, they identify a delivery firm whom might have helped him and quickly they dispatch a ground team who obtain valuable information.
Jamie goes to meet Sarah in a secluded forest who tells him that Lesley is extremely paranoid, but she'll still try to help them meet. The Hunters suspect that Lesley will lead them to Jamie and so a ground team tracks Lesley's car. While they lose her at traffic lights, they identify Sarah Clark as Lesley's best friend and instead go to her house. They find Lesley's car there and determine that she has gone to meet Jamie, and quickly deduce, that they will meet in the secluded forest. They go to catch Jamie.
Jamie and Lesley have an emotional reunion, before Jamie realises he needs to escape. Borrowing a vehicle from Sarah, he drives away from the forest and straight past the ground team who was sent to intercept him. He gives them a cheeky wave, before driving off. The chase is on but we have to wait until next week to see if they catch Jamie.
Top tips for going on the run
1. Be wary of hitch-hiking. You never know who you can trust.
2. As agonising as it might be, do not return home. The Hunters will be waiting.
3. Don't become over-confident. Overconfidence leads to mistakes.
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