In Flight’s ending was mostly centered around the question of whether the Irishman, Cormac Kelleher, was going to betray the flight attendant, Jo Conran, or help her free herself from the shackles of his evil boss, Chief Constable Anton Marquis. For a very long time, Anton and Cormac had been running a drug trafficking racket by converting innocent civilians into drug mules. They would approach people who had loved ones in prison and threaten to kill them if they refused to smuggle drugs for them. This was how Cormac turned the lead protagonist of the show, Jo, into a drug mule, after Jo’s son, Sonny, got arrested for killing a lad in a bar fight in Sofia, Bulgaria, soon after which Cormac paid Jo a visit and threatened to kill Sonny in prison if she didn’t follow his boss’s orders. [Spoiler Alert] For the longest time, Jo suspected that it was Cormac who was pulling the strings, until she found out that Cormac, too, was a victim of the same arrangement. His girlfriend, Aoife Ward, was serving time, and Anton had threatened to kill her if Cormac refused to work for him. But Cormac couldn’t be smuggling drugs because he was already on the radar, which was why Anton used Cormac as a middleman to go fishing for other drug mules for him. Anton was an officer of the law, so you know why he didn’t want to get directly involved in the shady business. It was a perfect arrangement until Jo arrived and turned Cormac’s life upside down. So, with that said, allow me to break down everything that happened in In Flight season 1’s ending, and what we can expect from the second season, if the Channel 4 show gets renewed in the future.
Cormac Betrayed Anton Marquis
For 15 years, Cormac had been waiting for Aoife’s release, saving money and arranging fake passports so they could lead a peaceful life somewhere else. However, over the years, Cormac realized that he wasn’t really in love with Aoife. He was just loyal to her because he felt guilty for using her to smuggle drugs, which eventually got her arrested. In prison, Aoife took the fall herself and refused to name any names, so Cormac felt obliged to stick around for her. You see, Cormac’s a pretty complex character. He was a criminal who was 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 one more reason why Cormac chose to betray his boss. In this line of business, people don’t like to leave loose ends behind, and Cormac knew that Anton was never going to let him go, no matter how many times he promised him his freedom. I think Cormac suspected that Anton was either going to harm Aoife to put another leash on him or he was going to kill him to cover up his tracks. Whatever the case might be, Cormac knew that the corrupt officer of the law couldn’t be trusted, and in order to earn back his freedom, he had to get rid of the hands that controlled him. During his last trip from Bangkok to London, Cormac asked Jo to sneak into Anton’s room and plant drugs in his suitcase. Later, he tipped off the authorities at the airport, which got Anton arrested. It was ironic that, in the end, Anton became a victim of his own evil schemes. But what I found quite odd was that Anton had no reason to come to Bangkok. I mean, I know he suspected Cormac because of his growing fondness for Jo, but him tagging along to keep an eye on Cormac looked a bit convenient. He was the show’s main villain, so I think he just needed a better send-off.
Anton Sent Men to Kill Cormac
During In Flight’s ending, Anton was sent to a Thai prison, the same fate he had planned for Jo. Sitting behind the 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 made a call to someone. We don’t know who was on the other end, but this person had warned Anton to be cautious of the Irishman, which was likely the reason why Anton came to Bangkok to keep an eye on him, but his plan backfired. On the call, Anton ordered this unknown person to get him out of there, but can they do that? I mean, we know that Anton’s well-connected and has money, but does he have enough power to evade capital punishment and return to his country? Well, the ending of the show doesn’t reveal it, but I think we’ll find out more about it in the next season (if there is one).
Before hanging up, Anton asked his mystery man to “put in a call to Belfast.” If you remember, back in the day, Cormac used to work for some really shady people in Belfast and later turned into a police informer to stay out of jail. This was the reason why Cormac didn’t attend his father’s funeral: there were men looking for him in Belfast. One of them even followed him to London, but that means these folks already knew where Cormac was. So why would Anton ask his man to tip them off? Or did he ask them to send gunmen to take down Cormac because he didn’t want to get his hands dirty? Well, I don’t know, but in the next scene, two masked shooters did arrive at Cormac’s house, but thankfully, Jo’s ex-lover, Dominic Delaney, who had been keeping tabs on Cormac, alerted the Irishman before the shooters could take him by surprise. Still, Cormac had a handgun, and these shooters were raining bullets on him with a machine gun. So even though Cormac was able to shoot them down, he did take a round to the guts.
Dominic Saved Cormac’s Life
Dominic, the ex-policeman who worked as a customs officer at the London airport, had his own share of ups and downs. Throughout the show, Dominic was having these panic attacks, which I believe were the reason he either left the police department or was removed from service, but whatever the case might be, Dominic finally overcame his fears because he didn’t want to lose the love of his life. No, I didn’t mean to say Dominic loved Cormac. That wasn’t my intention there. You see, during their last conversation, Jo told Dominic that she was going to disappear from his life so Dominic could go back to his life with Mel and work on his relationship with her. She didn’t want to be a burden for him anymore or make him deal with her mess. But it turned out, Dominic didn’t want Jo to leave. Maybe he felt guilty for leaving her, or maybe he was having a hard time moving on from Jo. He kept visiting her house after she left. He even read the news report about her son, Sonny, who had gone missing during a transfer from a Bulgarian prison. In the end, when Dominic failed to locate Jo, he parked his car outside Cormac’s house, believing the Irishman would know something about Jo, and this was the moment Dominic saw two armed men entering Cormac’s house.
In In Flight’s ending, Dominic had two choices. He could either leave the scene and let Cormac bleed to death, 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 bad for the Irishman. He had seen him kill a man 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 person who could tell Dominic where Jo was. And the show ended without revealing if Cormac would share Jo’s whereabouts with Dominic. This is a question that a second season will answer, but in my personal opinion, what difference does it make even if Dominic finds out that Jo is in Bangkok running a bar? She has already rejected him and cut all ties with him. Why is this man still hell-bent on getting her back?
Aoife Ward Left for Vietnam
After Aoife came out of prison, Cormac made all the necessary arrangements so she could settle down in his absence. Before leaving, he gave Aoife the choice to leave London without him so she could start over and build a life away from his dark shadows. He had deposited the money in different accounts in her name, enough for her to lead a comfortable life. Aoife actually wanted Cormac to “embrace” her, because she still had feelings for him, but he maintained his distance. He had previously told Jo that he didn’t love Aoife anymore, and was just loyal to her (I already explained why). Well, Aoife understood the gesture and therefore left for Vietnam (likely). When Cormac came back from Bangkok, he found a postcard in his bedroom with Aoife’s email address written on it, in case he wanted to keep in touch or contact her again. But Cormac didn’t have any such intentions. He tore it up and was going to call Jo’s number to be with her when suddenly he heard a car blowing its horn outside his house. It was Dominic trying to warn him about the armed men entering his house. But what happened to Cormac’s cellphone, we don’t know. Is it possible that it was Jo’s new number that Dominic didn’t have and he would try to contact Jo through that? Well, everything is left unanswered, but I do hope that if the show gets greenlit for another season, then we will see Cormac reuniting with Jo in Bangkok.
Jo Proved Her Son’s Innocence
Well, this is the most tricky part of the show, but there were so many things that weren’t explained properly. There was a bar fight in Sofia in which Kristian Georgiev, the teenage son of a Bulgarian crime family, was killed. The authorities believed that it was Jo’s son, Sonny, who killed him, and unfortunately the young lad didn’t have evidence to prove otherwise. During her private investigation, Jo figured out that there had been a second fight, outside the bar, where Kristian was attacked and killed. A Bulgarian teacher, standing nearby, later told Sonny’s lawyer that the boy who hit Kristian with a “kerb” had short hair and was in designer clothes, unlike Sonny, who had long hair and was wearing second-hand clothes. The teacher was actually the key to proving Sonny’s innocence, but before he could expose the truth in the court, someone got to him and threatened him to frame Sonny 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 underlined the fact that the witness was a family man, and you already know that makes people vulnerable to Anton. So, in In Flight’s ending, Jo took matters into her own hands and threatened one of the English lads, Rory Rayson, a part of the stag party who started the bar fight and fought with Kristian. At gunpoint, Rory told Jo the truth about the second fight outside the bar, where his friend, Glenn Lunt, hit Kristian from behind with a stone and ran away. Later, these English boys conspired to pin the entire blame on Sonny and frame him for Kristian’s murder. Jo had collected all the evidence against these boys and shared the same with Kristian’s mother so she could avenge her son’s death. In the final scene, Kristian’s mother contacted a hitman and handed him the file on Glenn Lunt so he would give the lad the most merciless death possible and make him disappear off 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.
Jo Can Return For The Thrill
In Flight’s ending revealed that Jo and her family, that is, Sonny, Sonny’s girlfriend, Kayla, and their newborn baby, have reunited in Bangkok, leading a peaceful life, away from drug traffickers, crime families, and corrupt police officers. Cormac had opened an account in Jo’s name and deposited some money so she could settle down in Bangkok without a fuss. In the closing sequence, one could spot Jo and her family inside a bar on the Street Market, which I guess was the same joint Cormac had arranged for her to run. But the question still remains: Is Jo really happy? The happy faces around her reminded Jo of Cormac’s last words to her. Before parting ways, he had told her that she would miss the thrill of smuggling drugs and the rush of committing crimes together, but he didn’t want these things to change her. It’s plausible that Jo may want to return to her former life, to the world of crime, or go back to Cormac, because she too had developed feelings for him. Unlike Jo, Cormac didn’t have any other choice in life. He really wanted to leave things behind, but he didn’t know if he could. So, maybe in the near future, Jo and Cormac would partner up again, not only romantically but also professionally, to start smuggling drugs again, and this time, it won’t be for money or under anyone’s threat, but just for the fun of it. It’s also possible that Jo may not want to return to the life of crime but will still get pulled into it by her former adversary, Anton Marquis. Well, from this point onwards, Jo is no longer a drug mule. She’s free to make her own decisions and shape her own future. It’s a long road ahead of her, but whatever path she’s going to follow, I am certain that she won’t get Sonny involved in her mess, as the lad has already had his fair share of difficulties for this lifetime.
