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In what is becoming a Hunted tradition, this episode picks up where the last one left off. The Hunters have tracked Nathaniel and Ismail to Huddersfield where they are being sheltered in a rental property.
The Hunters send in a ground team and box off the boys. Just when it looks like the two friends will be caught, they're tipped off and escape. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.
Next we move onto brothers Harry and Frank Savage. They have hiked their way back to Frank's home county of Sussex and are looking for a way to go home. They've been on the run for 16 days and the Hunters rightly suspect they are tired and miserable. They think the brothers will make contact with their older sister Lizzie. After their mother passed away, Lizzie became the mum of the family.
The boys make contact with a friend called Matt who owns a pub. Matt shelters and feeds the two. Afterwards, Matt goes to Lizzie's house to broker a meet. However, the Hunters get there first. While Lizzie is out, they bug her house with spy cameras. They spot Matt on the cameras while Lizzie is still out. Through facial recognition and social media, the Hunters discover Matt's connection to Harry and Frank.
Lizzie calls Matt and arranges to meet the boys at a burger van they have frequented in the past. The Hunters track the call and send teams to intercept. As Matt drives the boys to the rendezvous, they start becoming paranoid. They see the Hunters everywhere, but they make it to the rendezvous. Just as it looks like Lizzie isn't showing, she appears and gives the boys money. With the Hunters closing in, Harry and Frank just escape in time. Their whereabouts are unknown.
Next we have Loren Hannon who I feel is this year's underdog. In the first episode, she left behind her itinerary which the Hunters found. She received a lot of slack for this online, but she is still fighting on. Nick Cummings and Alex Ayling were underdogs too and they went on to win. Anyway, this episode picks up on Loren in the Scottish Highlands. She sends a taunting postcard to the Hunters before hitchhiking her way south to the Lake District.
Here we learn more about her past. She has spent much of her life as her mum's caregiver and thus has lived a very sheltered existence. She is not prepared for hiking through the Lake District at all, but she makes a good fist of it.
Anyway, the Hunters suspect the postcard is a decoy and they don't fall for it. Instead, they use social media to advertise wanted posters for Loren. Meanwhile, the homesick Loren devises a plan to see her family. She uses a stranger's phone to call her best friend's boyfriend to broker a meeting between her and her sisters in Derby. From there, she hitch-hikes down to the Sandbach service station in Cheshire.
Then she begins asking literally anybody and everybody if they can drive her to Derby. After a lot of failing, she eventually succeeds. But then one of the people she's asked rats her out to the Hunters. The Hunters pull CCTV from the service station and spot Loren making a show of herself out front. But in the meantime she has made it to Derby.
She arrives at the rendezvous to find her sisters aren't there. Distraught and alone, Loren decides to leave. We see the pressure get to her as she breaks down. Loren is isolated and upset, but she remains on the run. Her whereabouts are unknown.
Finally, we have Royal Marine Commando, Matt Mason. Throughout the series, we have seen his cockiness come through. The Hunters think this will be his downfall. And maybe they're right, as Matt reveals his next audacious plan to taunt the Hunters.
Having long left Gloucester, he is now in Devon and plans to lure the Hunters to a beach called Saunton Sands. While they're looking for him, he will deflate the tyres on their card.
But the Hunters know he's going to try something clever and they stay alert. Also they have access to his internet search history and have figured out what route he is taking. They know he is in Devon. They believe he'll make use of his extensive Royal Marine Commando network.
They discover a marine called John Peel living in the area and suspect Matt will make contact with him. They then spot Matt on the local CCTV. Their suspicions prove true, as Matt asks for John's help. John's daughter phones up Matt's wife, Lyndsay, and asks her to come to Saunton Sands.
Knowing the Hunters won't be far behind, Matt lies in wait. But things go wrong when Lyndsay shows up, but the Hunters don't. Matt quickly realises they haven't taken the bait and aborts the plan. John drives him back to his house, but what neither of them know is that the Hunters know where John lives and are sending ground teams to intercept. Will Matt's overconfidence prove his fatal downfall? We'll have to wait until next week to find out.
Top tips for going on the run.
I would say don't make contact with your family - this could have been fatal for the Savages or Loren, but the rules state you need to make contact. While you might not do this in real life, this is a television programme and needs to be dramatic and entertaining for audiences.
1. Don't become overconfident. I feel like this will be Matt's downfall.
2. Be careful in trying to outsmart the Hunters. They're ready for traps.
3. Keep an eye out for CCTV. This gave away Loren's location.
Don't tell me your plan in the comments below. The Hunters are watching.
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