Jack Ryan

• Title: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – Black 22
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While the episode does continue the storyline in Paris following the bombing and Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) and Greer (Wendell Pierce) continuing to pursue Ali (Haaz Sleiman) across the city, the focus of the show’s third episode shifts away from its title character for much of the storyline. “Black 22” offers a long look at Ari spending time with an old friend who offers him temporary refuge and patches up his wounds while also struggling with Suleiman’s (Ali Suliman) orders to leave no witnesses behind. While Ali’s soul may still be saved, according to the Cold War logic of Tom Clancy adapted to the series, any attempt to portray Suleiman as a nuanced character is abandoned in this episode as it firmly entrenches him as the villain both overseas and in his own home.

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• Title: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – Pilot
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In Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, John Krasinski becomes the latest actor to step into the shoes of Tom Clancy’s most famous character. The show’s pilot episode introduces us to CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Krasinski) who follows several overseas bank transfers back to who he believes to be a terrorist on the rise known as Suleiman. The show’s first episode takes awhile to get going spending too much time in Ryan’s office and featuring the character getting off on the wrong foot with his new boss (Wendell Pierce) who, when Ryan’s hunch pays off, decides to take him into the field to help question a pair of suspects who they believe may be tied to the terrorist network.

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