WARNING: This article contains major spoilers from Hostage on Netflix
The political action-thriller, Hostage, may have only landed on Netflix yesterday (August 21), but some keen viewers have already devoured the gripping series led by Suranne Jones, who made a startling revelation about her role, reports the Manchester Evening News.
Hostage centres around embattled British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton (portrayed by Jones), who is attempting to negotiate a deal with visiting French President Vivienne Toussaint (Julie Delpy), when her husband Dr Alex Anderson (Ashley Thomas) is abducted and the ransom demanded is her resignation.
Simultaneously, Toussaint finds herself being blackmailed, adding another twist to the tale.
Despite their differing political objectives and their struggle to maintain their political careers, Dalton and Toussaint are forced to work together to uncover what's transpired and attempt to retrieve her husband before time runs out.
Here's a summary of the main plot points in the finale of the five-part series.
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The finale kicked off with a crucial flashback to Dalton as a junior minister when she was compelled to make a difficult decision about evacuating British troops from Belize after Guatemalan forces overran the country.
Dalton was requested to give the order to allow the troops to evacuate via aeroplanes and save their lives.
However, there wasn't sufficient time to rescue the Belize locals, who had aided the British Army and would face execution as collaborators if abandoned.
Dalton was compelled to make a snap decision about who to rescue, instructing the aircrafts to take off and leave the Belizeans behind, effectively determining their destiny.
The chief kidnapper was ex-British soldier Michael John Shagan (Martin McCann), who seized Dr Alex and the other Médecins Sans Frontières medics during their mission in French Guiana.
He collaborated with General Livingston (Mark Lewis Jones) and another former soldier Saskia Morgan (Sophie Robertson).
Saskia had initiated a relationship with Matheo Lewis (Corey Mylchreest) to get closer to both his stepmother Toussaint and Dalton.
The motives behind the plot were dual. Firstly, Shagan, Saskia and Livingston were disgruntled Army personnel affected by Dalton's drastic cuts to the army.
Saskia had lost her job in the army, leaving her struggling in life and seeking revenge against the person she saw as responsible.
The trio collaborated to create a state of emergency in Britain, forcing the army to essentially take control and emphasise the need for a larger military force.
This would then prompt interim prime minister Dan Ogilvy (Pip Carter) to essentially reverse all of Dalton's army cuts and reinstate the soldiers who had lost their jobs.
Livingston firmly believed Britain needed a larger army to fight any future wars, which was his primary motivation for the elaborate scheme.
For Shagan, the abduction and conspiracy targeting Dalton carried deeply personal motivations, as suggested when he revealed to Dr Alex that he "had a daughter too".
Shagan had been amongst the military personnel evacuated from Belize following Dalton's commands.
Nevertheless, his Belizean interpreter fiancée, who was six months expecting their child, was abandoned on the tarmac and subsequently gunned down.
Shagan plunged into severe depression and blamed Dalton for the tragedy, which explains why he abducted Dr Alex and later attempted to menace and eliminate her family once more whilst they were concealed beyond London.
Shagan met his end when Dalton's teenage daughter Sylvie Anderson (Isobel Akuwudike) shot him during a fraught confrontation as he menaced her parents.
The teenager aimed a firearm at the soldier whilst he goaded her to squeeze the trigger.
Dalton attempted to prevent Sylvie from shooting him, informing her that police were approaching, but ultimately, the teenager fatally shot Shagan. She was subsequently detained as Shagan perished.
Additional deaths occurred earlier in the programme, particularly Dalton's father Max Dalton (James Cosmo), who was killed in his hospital bed by Saskia and Toussaint after she had been positioned before the exploded laptop in Downing Street.
Hostage resumed three months following the dramatic confrontation.
Dalton was restored as British prime minister with Ogilvy transferring authority back to her.
A portrait of Toussaint hung in the corridor as a touching memorial to the deceased French leader. Following the tumultuous events, Dalton emerged from 10 Downing Street to announce a general election.
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