The finale of In Flight revolved largely around the question of whether Irishman Cormac Kelleher would betray flight attendant Jo Conran or help her free herself from the shackles of her evil boss, Police Chief Anton Marquis. For a long time, Anton and Cormac ran a drug-trafficking business by turning innocent civilians into drug mules. They would approach people with loved ones in prison and threaten to kill them if they refused to smuggle drugs. This is how Cormac turned the series' protagonist, Jo, into a drug mule after her son, Sonny, was arrested for killing a young man in a bar fight in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Shortly after, Cormac visited Jo and threatened to kill Sonny in prison if she didn't follow his boss's orders. For a long time, Jo suspected that it was Cormac pulling the strings, until she discovered that Cormac was also a victim of the same scheme. His girlfriend, Aoife Ward, was serving a sentence, and Anton had threatened to kill her if Cormac refused to work for him. But Cormac couldn't be smuggling drugs, as he was already on his radar, so Anton used her as an intermediary to find him other drug mules. Anton was a law enforcement officer, so you know why he didn't want to get directly involved in that shady business. It was a perfect arrangement until Jo arrived and turned his life upside down. That said, let me summarize everything that happened in the season 1 finale of In Flight and what we can expect from season 2, if the Channel 4 series is renewed in the future.
Creators: Adam Randall, Mike Walden
Stars: Katherine Kelly, Ashley Thomas, Stuart Martin
For 15 years, Cormac had been waiting for Aoife's release, saving money and getting fake passports so he could live a quiet life elsewhere. However, as the years went by, Cormac realized he wasn't really in love with Aoife. He was loyal to her simply because he felt guilty about using her to traffic drugs, which eventually landed her in jail. In prison, Aoife carried the blame and refused to name names, so Cormac felt obliged to support her. You see, Cormac is quite a complex character. He was a criminal trying to do good in his present life, and by saving Jo, he wanted to redeem himself. I know he was in love with Jo, but there's a more serious reason why Cormac decided to betray his boss.
In this business, people don't like to leave loose ends, and Cormac knew that Anton would never let him go, no matter how much he promised her freedom. I think Cormac suspected Anton was going to hurt Aoife to put another leash on her or kill him to cover his tracks. Either way, Cormac knew the corrupt lawman couldn't be trusted, and to regain his freedom, he had to be free of the hands that controlled him. During their final trip from Bangkok to London, Cormac asked Jo to sneak into Anton's room and slip drugs into his suitcase. She later alerted the airport authorities, resulting in Anton's arrest. It was ironic that, in the end, Anton became the victim of his own evil plans. But what I found rather odd was that Anton had no reason to go to Bangkok. I mean, I know he suspected Cormac because of his growing affection for Jo, but him accompanying him to keep an eye on him seemed a bit convenient. He was the main villain of the series, so I think he just needed a better send-off.
During the finale of In Flight, Anton was sent to a Thai prison, the same fate he had planned for Jo. Sitting behind bars, he finally remembered Cormac's last words: that drug trafficking is a capital offense in Thailand. But, you see, Anton wasn't the kind of person who would let things go so easily. He called someone. We don't know who was on the other end, but this person had warned Anton to be careful with the Irishman, which was probably why Anton went to Bangkok to keep an eye on him, but his plan backfired. In the call, Anton ordered this unknown person to get him out of there, but could they do it? I mean, we know Anton has good connections and money, but does he have enough power to evade capital punishment and return to his country? Well, the series finale doesn't reveal that, but I think we'll find out more about that in the next season (if there ever is one).
Before hanging up, Anton asked his mystery man to call Belfast. If you remember, back in the day, Cormac worked for some very shady people in Belfast and then became a police informant to avoid jail. This was the reason Cormac didn't attend his father's funeral: there were men looking for him in Belfast. One of them even followed him to London, meaning they already knew where Cormac was. So why would Anton ask his man to warn them? Or did he ask them to send gunmen to catch Cormac because he didn't want to get his hands dirty? Well, I don't know, but in the next scene, two masked shooters arrived at Cormac's house, but luckily, Jo's ex-lover, Dominic Delaney, who had been keeping an eye on him, alerted the Irishman before the shooters surprised him. Still, Cormac had a pistol, and these shooters were shooting at him with a machine gun. So, although Cormac managed to take them down, he took a bullet to the stomach.
Dominic, the former police officer who worked as a customs agent at London Airport, had his own ups and downs. Throughout the series, Dominic suffered from panic attacks, which I believe was the reason he left the police department or was discharged, but whatever the case, Dominic eventually overcame his fears because he didn't want to lose the love of his life. No, I didn't mean Dominic loved Cormac. That wasn't my intention. You see, during their last conversation, Jo told Dominic she would disappear from his life so Dominic could return to his life with Mel and work on their relationship. She didn't want to be a burden on him or force him to deal with her problems. But it turned out Dominic didn't want Jo to leave. Perhaps he felt guilty about leaving her, or perhaps he was struggling to get over the situation. He continued to visit her house after she left. He even read the news about her son, Sonny, who had disappeared during a transfer from a Bulgarian prison. In the end, not finding Jo, Dominic parked his car in front of Cormac's house, believing the Irishman would know something about her. That's when Dominic saw two armed men enter Cormac's house.
In the Flight finale, Dominic had two choices: leave the scene and let Cormac bleed out, or take him to the hospital to save the life of his lover's lover. Well, he did take Cormac to the hospital, but it wasn't because he felt sorry for the Irishman. He had seen him kill a man right in front of his eyes. Dominic would be the last person to show any kindness to this monster, and the reason he took him to the hospital was because Cormac was the only one who could tell Dominic where Jo was. And the series ended without revealing whether Cormac would share Jo's whereabouts with Dominic. This is a question a second season will answer, but in my opinion, what does it matter if Dominic discovers Jo is in Bangkok running a bar? She's already rejected him and cut off all ties with him. Why is this man still determined to win her back?
After Aoife was released from prison, Cormac made all the necessary arrangements for her to settle in his absence. Before leaving, he gave Aoife the option of leaving London without him so she could start over and build a life away from her darkness. He had deposited the money into different accounts in her name, enough for her to live comfortably. Aoife wanted Cormac to "embrace" her because she still had feelings for him, but he kept his distance. He had previously told Jo that he no longer loved her and was simply loyal to her (I already explained why). Well, Aoife understood the gesture and therefore left for Vietnam (probably). When Cormac returned from Bangkok, he found a postcard in his room with Aoife's email address written on it, in case he wanted to stay in touch or get back to her. But Cormac had no such intention. He broke it and was about to call Jo to be with her when, suddenly, he heard a car honking outside her house. It was Dominic trying to warn her about the armed men breaking into her house. But we don't know what happened to Cormac's cell phone. Is it possible Dominic didn't have Jo's new number and was trying to contact her through that? Well, that all remains unanswered, but I hope that if the show gets a new season, we'll see Cormac reuniting with Jo in Bangkok.
Well, this is the most complicated part of the series, but there were many things that weren't explained well. There was a fight in a bar in Sofia in which Kristian Georgiev, the teenage son of a Bulgarian crime family, was killed. Authorities believed it was Jo's son, Sonny, who killed him, and unfortunately, the young man had no evidence to prove otherwise. During her private investigation, Jo discovered that there had been a second fight, outside the bar, where Kristian was attacked and killed. A Bulgarian teacher, who was nearby, later told Sonny's lawyer that the boy who hit Kristian with a curb had short hair and wore designer clothes, unlike Sonny, who had long hair and wore secondhand clothes. The teacher was key in proving Sonny's innocence, but before he could reveal the truth in court, someone threatened to frame him for Kristian's murder.
You might be wondering who blackmailed the teacher, right? Well, I think it was none other than Anton. Sonny's lawyer had emphasized that the witness was a family man, and you know, that makes people vulnerable to Anton. So, in the In Flight finale, Jo took matters into her own hands and threatened one of the English guys, Rory Rayson, one of the stag party members who started the bar fight and got into a fight with Kristian. At gunpoint, Rory told Jo the truth about the second fight outside the bar, where his friend, Glenn Lunt, hit Kristian in the back with a rock and fled. Later, these English guys conspired to pin the blame entirely on Sonny and frame him for Kristian's murder. Jo had gathered all the evidence against these guys and shared it with Kristian's mother so she could avenge her son's death. In the final scene, Kristian's mother contacted a hitman and gave him Glenn Lunt's file so he could give the boy the cruelest death possible and make him disappear from the face of the earth. Meanwhile, Jo and Sonny left Bulgaria with the help of the fake passport and the men Cormac had recruited to escort them out of the country.
The ending of In Flight revealed that Jo and her family—namely, Sonny, his girlfriend, Kayla, and their newborn baby—had reunited in Bangkok, living a quiet life away from drug dealers, mafia families, and corrupt police officers. Cormac had opened an account in Jo's name and deposited money so she could settle in Bangkok without any problems. In the final sequence, Jo and her family could be seen at a bar in the Street Market, which I assume was the same one Cormac had commissioned her to run. But the question remained: Is Jo truly happy? The happy faces around her reminded her of Cormac's last words. Before they parted ways, he had told her she would miss the thrill of drug smuggling and the adrenaline rush of committing crimes together, but she didn't want these things to change her.
It's plausible that Jo wants to return to her former life, to the world of crime, or get back with Cormac, because she too had developed feelings for him. Unlike Jo, Cormac had no other choice in life. He really wanted to leave it all behind, but he didn't know if he could. So, perhaps in the near future, Jo and Cormac would partner up again, not only romantically but also professionally, to start dealing drugs again, and this time, it won't be for money or under anyone's threat, but just for fun. It's also possible that Jo doesn't want to return to the life of crime but still allows herself to be dragged along by her old adversary, Anton Marquis. Well, from this point on, Jo is no longer a drug mule. She is free to make her own decisions and forge her own future. She has a long road ahead of her, but whichever path she follows, I'm sure it won't involve Sonny in her troubles, as the lad has already had his share of difficulties in this life.
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