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24 hours to go. Four remaining fugitives. Since the show's inception, the Hunters have never had a clean sweep. Can they change that here?
In the last episode, the four fugitives brothers - Harry and Frank Savage and recently split-up friends, Nate and Ish, receive a phone call telling them about the extraction point. The only catch? By accessing the phone call. their location becomes known to the Hunters.
The Hunters identify Ish as being in Stafford, Nate in Solihull, on the outskirts of Birmingham and the Savages in Reading. All four fugitives need to safely reach the extraction point in Birmingham city Centre to win.
With only a day to go, the fugitives are balls of terror, excitement, fatigue and paranoia. Considering this, the Hunters target Ish first. They see him on CCTV riding a bicycle and wonder whether he might be making use of Staffordshire's card network. They send teams to the canals. They also send a helicopter. ish hears it and ducks into a local wood. His paranoia takes over, as he wonders whether he has been caught.
However, the Hunters arne't able to get eyes on and soon call back the helicopter, allowing Ish to escape. Again, I ask why were the Hunters not using their thermal imaging camera. Anyway, Ish starts cycling along the canal. And the Hunters start asking the locals who point them in the right direction. Disaster strikes when Ish's bike is punctured and he tries to fix it under a bridge. Little does he know the Hunters are right on top of him. And not before long, after 24 days on the run, Ish is caught. But that's not all. Ish has written down the extraction point in his diary and the Hunters take the diary.
While trying to decipher it, the Hunters focus on Ish's estranged friend Nate. Nate is on the outskirts of Birmingham and he calls upon a new friend to hole him up for the night. The next day, Nate's contact hands him to another friend who drives him to Birmingham City Centre.
Meanwhile, the Hunters interrogate Ish and try to entrap him into giving up the location of the extraction point. They make him think that they've caught Nate. If Nate is caught, why not give up the location? To sweeten the deal, the Hunters try to bribe Ish with 4 grand. He falls for the trap and almost takes the money, but decides against it. He knows he couldn't live with himself if he ratted out the others for only 4 grand.
The Hunters tried a similar tactic in S2 where they feel bribing Madu with £1000. He smartly asks for £50,00, which the Hutners refused. £4000 is nothing. If Nate wins, he could win £33,000. He could share this with Ish and he would share a lot more than 4 grand.
But in the end, it doesn't matter, as the Hunters decipher Ish's diary. They discover the extraction point in in Birmingham at 1. They deduce that canal and road are too slow to escape, so the extraction will take place via helicopter. They start scouring Birmingham city centre for helipads. There aren't too many, so things aren't too difficult for them.
Meanwhile, Nate is in Birmingham, trying to find the extraction point himself. But the Hunters spot him and give chase. He escapes by ducking into a council estate/rabbit warren. For now Nate is safe. Knowing there are few helipads in Birmingham, the Hunters begin investigating roof-top carparks. From there, they deduce the extraction point is on the top of the Edgbaston car park.
Having roughed it in Reading overnight, the Savages have travelled to Birmingham. With only an hour to go, the Hunt is on. The Savages are about as close as brothers could be with Frank always looking after Harry. The Hunters know they'll be tough to beat. With only 20 minutes to go, the Savages are nearing the RDZ and wisely dump their bags, but the Hunters still spot them on CCTV. And then they spot them in real life. Frank and harry split and after a valiant effort, Harry is caught, allowing Frank a chance to escape.
From here, we jump back to Nate who is only ten minutes away from winning. He has changed his clothes and has the car park in sight. He makes a break for it, but the Hunters have the carpark covered. They spot Nate and give chase. In his hurry, he trips over, allowing the Hunters to catch him. This leaves Frank Savage as last man standing.
Frank has managed to evade the Hunters and is determined to win for him and Harry. He finds the car park and hearing the oncoming helicopter, he makes a break for the top. He reaches the roof, but the Hunters are waiting for him. Just minutes away from winning, he is caught. In the first time in the show's history, all of the fugitives have been caught. And that's because the show is far harder than it used to be.
For the previous seasons, the extraction point has always been a remote location, not a car park in the centre of a massive city like Birmingham. Maybe after 3 years of having egg in the face, the producers decided to switch things up. The fact that fugitives have escaped every single year doesn't make the Hunters look very good. While this change certainly made things very challenging, it also made things unfair too. Due to the Hunters already being on the rooftop, it's difficult to see how Frank could have boarded the helicopter or even how the helicopter was supposed to land.
But anyway, all credit to all ten fugitives and especially the final four who were fingertips away from winning. Having blogged extensively on the show, I'd like to think I would do quite well on this show, but I'll probably get caught on day 1.
Top tips for going on the run
1. If you're that close to the end, then don't bother fixing the bike puncture. Dump the bike. If Ish had done this, he might have escaped.
2. If the Hunters offer you money, always ask for more. £4000 is nothing compared to a share of £100000.
3. Don't write things down. Commit them to memory. I'm not sure why Ish couldn't have committed the extraction point details to memory.
And as always, don't tell me your plan below. The Hunters are watching.
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