Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3 picks up where episode 4 leaves off. Having tracked down nurses Emma and Jess, the Hunters send teams to catch them. After a short pursuit, they do just that. After ten days on the run, Emma and Jess have been caught,
This was a pity, as I liked the two. I like how they were able to make up after their fight. But just like Paul and Nick, they became overconfident. And for that, they paid the ultimate price.
From here we move onto Essex brothers Harry and Frank Savage. This episode explored their relationship very closely. The brothers have recently lost their parents - Harry being the younger brother, has been hit the hardest. And Frank served as his rock. We also learn that despite being brothers and best friends, they are complete polar opposites. Harry is very flamboyant and outgoing with a great love of social media. Frank doesn't even have a social media account.
The last we saw of the boys, they were South-East of Chester. But they have since hiked into rural Derbyshire, camping at night. This comes second nature to Frank who is a campsite owner, but for Harry, it isn't so easy. A longing for creature comforts sees the boys taking refuge at a shooting range in Doveridge.
Here we see Harry's more sensitive side emerge, as he breaks down in tears. The ever-reliable Frank is there to support him. Sensing his brother's low morale, Frank devises a plan to return home to Essex. To help them, they enlist the owner of the shooting range, Jo Gilligan. They film a taunting video of themselves at the range, complete with cheesy one-liner and post it on Facebook. The Hunters see it, but by that time Jo has driven them to safety. The Hunters interrogate Jo who despite letting a few things slip doesn't give up Harry and Frank. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.
From here, we move onto Matt Mason. As a Royal Marine Commando, the smart money is on him to win, but only time will tell. To help catch him, the Hunters dig into his life where they find he is a husband and has a baby boy. They suspect his family are his weakness.
And they're right. Having finished hiking through Wales, he has reached Montmountshire in Gloucester. There he makes contact with his sister and his brother-in-law. However, the Hunters have access to his internet search history and have determined his plan of action and already know about Gloucester. They send ground teams to investigate.
Meanwhile, Matt is sheltering in a barn owned by his brother-in-law. As it is father's day, he is determined to see his wife and son. And his brother-in-law brokers the meet for him. They arrange to meet at a local monument. But the Hunters suspect he is planning to meet his wife and send up a remote-controlled drone. While waiting at the monument, Matt hears the drone and wisely walks into a nearby forest. The drone cannot spot him and is forced to return when it loses battery. Although, in previous series, the drones have been armed with thermal imaging cameras. I'm not sure why this wasn't used here.
But Matt is still able to reunite him with his family before once again going on the run. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
Finally, we have friends Ismail and Nathaniel. The Hunters identify they are recent university graduates and have thus accrued a good amount of debt. The Hunters exploit that by freezing their bank accounts.
Meanwhile, the boys are wild camping in the Peak District. But miserable weather conditions forces them to see shelter at a local pub. Here it would be all too easy to criticise the boys for giving up too soon, for not roughing it even more. But I'm writing this on my laptop in my warm bedroom, rather than freezing my arse off in the Peak District. I'm every single inch the city boy as are Nate and Ismail, and I will probably struggle rough camping too.
Anyway, the boys treat themselves to a slap-up meal, but find their bank cards are declined when they try to pay. They use the rest of the cash to pay, but the declining card reveals their location to the Hunters. The boys are given a lift by the pub landlord to another pub called Ye Olde Mustard Pot. But the Hunters spot them on CCTV getting the light and also in the second pub.
Their next plan is to seek help in their university City of Huddersfield. They contact a source who arranges for them to take a taxi into the city. But the Hunters are one step ahead of them. They spot the friends on CCTV and knowing their connection to Huddersfield, they send teams to intercept.
Nathaniel and Ismail shelter in a gym called Top Bodies Express where their contact works. The gym's owner John Froud is more than happy to help them. But when the Hunters dig into their social media, they discover they are frequent patrons of Top Bodies Express, and target John Froud.
Froud hides the boys in one of his rental properties. The Hunters interview him. While he initially fights them off, his bluster and his story falls away, when the Hunters snoop around his phone. They find he's deleted his calls and he has also left his GPS on. Using his GPS history,t hey locate the rental property where they suspect he is hiding the boys. Teams are sent to intercept, but whether they succeed or not, is a question that will have to wait until next week.
Top tips for going on the run
1. Don't become overconfident. It happened last week and it happened this week too. Don't let your guard down. Emma and Jess were caught in their pyjamas.
2. Don't leave your GPS on. And be smarter in deleting your call history.
3. If you're going to hide in the Peak District, get actual hiking boots. Not converses like Ismail and Nathaniel.
While my little blog is probably at the bottom of search engine rankings, don't tell me your plan for going on the run. The Hunters are watching.
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