Summary
Thrilling and packed with action, it’s a dramatic episode that hints at one hell of a finale.
This recap of the Netflix series Hit & Run season 1, episode 8, “Prose & Cons,” contains significant spoilers.
Hit & Run season 1, episode 8 recap
Tali checks Omer’s phone, which proves he is Mossad after he didn’t delete the messages. Although, he tries to persuade her that he only did to protect her. When Tali pretends to be ill, she hits him before looking at a man who is outside.
Naomi takes the story of Danielle/Sophie’s murder to her editor in a bid to get legal on her side. After Segev pleads not guilty, Naomi tells the detective that she wants him to place Segev in protective custody and explains the situation surround Danielle/Sophie’s death. Unable to get any answers from Omer, Tali takes him to Assaf, who she hopes will make Omer talk.
Now at the moment that Hit & Run started with, Segev asks a guard if he can use a phone, only to be mocked. With the detective finding a report that backs up Naomi’s claims, he orders Segev to get placed in protective custody. But before that can happen, he is beaten up in the prison yard. Although he survives, Segev wakes up in hospital to find Martin beside him. Meanwhile, Naomi gets told that her relationship with Segev may taint the story, so her editor suggests sharing her byline to ensure it’s published. Naomi will not share her byline! Good for her!
The ending
Following Assaf’s torture, Omer has revealed that he betrayed Tali as he was promised a role within Special Ops. With Assaf hinting he’ll handle Omer, he tells Tali to get out of Israel. In the hospital, Martin/Reece asks Segev to give him the notebook as Danielle/Sophie died trying to give him the notebook. Martin/Reece goes on to tell Segev that Danielle/Sophie heard Assaf plan a meeting with his boss Eitan Sharon. After she followed him to the meeting, she broke into Eitan’s car and found top-secret documents, and to protect her identity, she killed one of their guards.
After Danielle/Sophie contacted Martin/Reece using a coded message, he knew she needed to be out of Israel asap. Instead of leaving immediately, which would have saved her life, it took her 72 hours to leave. Turns out that Danielle/Sophie took so long to leave the country, as she wanted to convince Segev to move to New York. Martin/Reece tells Segev that if he hands over the notebook, he will be supplied with a new identity.
Parked in the middle of nowhere, Assaf rings his wife Maya but fails to get an answer. And with that, he shoots himself in the head, which leaves Omer trapped in the car boot. The NYPD Detective tries to find Segev at the infirmary, but no one is there.
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