Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Day of the Jackal episode 8.
action series which also stars Lashana Lynch as a highly intelligent and determined MI6 operative. While the Jackal is a meticulous and highly efficient sniper for hire, he has potentially met his match with Bianca Pullman.
The Jackal recently attempted to eliminate his target, Ulle Dag Charles, only to be thwarted by a less prepared and coordinated assassination attempt. As a result, Jackal is now scrambling to make his next move and still get his big payout. Meanwhile, MI6 agents, led by Bianca Pullman, are getting dangerously close to finding out the identity of the Jackal, but thanks to some heavily enforced security clearance and secrecy, it appears almost impossible for Bianca to confirm her theories.
The Jackal's True Identity Is Finally Revealed
Alexander Duggan Was A Special Ops Military Sniper
For the audience, however, spectacular episode 8 reveals the whole story about the Jackal's former life in the military, as part of elite soldiers assigned to take down high profile targets. Unfortunately, the rest of the Jackal's team were not so careful or meticulous as he was, and Jackal struggled to align his morals to theirs. With a hefty sum of money being offered up for him and his close ally, Jackal, aka, Alexander Duggan appear to be ready to run towards a brand-new life, making their own decisions about whom to target, and reaping the rewards without the military middle man.
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Duggan was an exceptional soldier, and Bianca has been able to procure redacted documents, including a photo of the squad, but the faces and other important information have been censored. Despite this, it is clear that Duggan struggled with the morality of soldiers killing freely, harming innocents, and then covering their tracks as if nothing happened. So, instead of continuing to serve blindly, Jackal faked his death by killing the rest of the troops, and running away from the army.
Will Bianca Be Able To Find Out Who The Jackal Is Despite The Redacted Files?
Her Investigation Appears To Be At A Dead End
While Bianca was only granted access to highly censored files, and even then, under the exacting conditions as laid out by Osita, it appears that more is happening than what has been shown. At the end of the episode, Osita is asked to go and meet with another official by his superior, Isabel Kirby. Whether this means the alliance of billionaires has found a way to thwart the mission, or Osita is actually in some hot water for a mistake or a bad call is not clear yet, but it does indicate something else is happening.
Bianca has shown time and again that she is determined to keep digging until she gets answers, so it is hard to imagine she will let this case rest without a fight. Bianca has seen the Jackal from a distance, collected DNA from the criminal, and found the correct team and troops, despite not yet knowing them. It seems likely that Bianca will be able to catch up with Jackal, but as the show progresses, similarities between the two appear more frequently. But as close as Bianca gets, there is someone else in the Jackal's life who needs to be addressed.
Nuria Has Also Figured Out Her Husband's Big Secret
The Jackal's Home Life Is In Hot Water In The Day Of The Jackal
Nuria is the beautiful, faithful, and ionate wife to the Jackal, whom she knows as Charles, and the mother to their young child. Due to Nuria spotting her husband going in the opposite direction to the airport where she dropped him off, Nuria has grown more suspicious. Combined with the paranoia and frustration, as well as the constant pushing from her family, Nuria began searching for answers. This then led to discovering a secret room, and Nuria going to visit her husband and try to get more answers.
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However, after the incident with the failed attempt on UDC, Nuria saw the news reports and artists' sketches and pieced together the fact that her husband was in Tallinn. It appears that she now knows who the Jackal is, and while she can likely be relied upon to keep his secret for now, her family are not so trusting in the mysterious man she married. Whatever happens next, it seems like the Jackal's days are numbered in The Day of the Jackal as it approaches the season finale.
