Episode #1.7

WARNING - Don't watch this if you have heart problems.

I don't write regular reviews, but after an hour of palpitating, I simply had to put fingers on keys... If anyone had any doubts about why Redmayne was paid £1,000,000 per episode for 'The Jackal', this installment will answer any and all of your questions! Following the previously relatively uneventful filler episodes, it is here that he shows his true skill and exactly why he was chosen for this part. In this characterful portrait of a complicated killer, Redmayne delivers in spades! He demonstrates the cold chameleonic persona of a covert psychopath with flying colours. Whilst the other actors, notably Lashana Lynch seem to have settled more comfortably into their roles, they still pale into insignificance by comparison. This episode was incredible...I can't wait or the next one!

Good show, keeps you wanting more. Good episode but I mainly wrote this review to say one thing, they find The Jackal almost immediately based off of a sketch that looks absolutely nothing like him and then they do a second sketch based off a cop who was standing right in front of him talking to him and that one looks just a tiny bit better but still nothing like Eddie Redmayne. My other complaint would be that in this episode they mention that the Jackal's DNA and prints don't show up in any data bases. This is absurd he was in the military so his prints are obviously on file somewhere regardless of what shady stuff he did or secret missions he took part in and how high up the person who redacted them was, the guy is an assassin targeting key political figures and now some ultra rich guy supposedly about to change the world. They would allow a search of everything to find him. The whole show so far has been well done with no obvious plot holes and no over the top story lines.