Season 4
What a fantastic end to this series - a strong finish. You can see the setup and segway to the movies that follow at a later chronology.
I want to see more spinoffs with the lethal machine of Jack, Mike and Domingo. Michael Pena plays an amazing role, a lethal killing machine seeking vengeance, but being who he is he can't resist spitting out signature puns.
The overall plot of convergence is a clear and present danger today, pun intended. The domestic internal threat is all too evident, especially in the higher levels of government. I just wish the plot and motivations of the antagonists were a little more fleshed out, especially the background of Zeyara Lemos.
I felt for the tragic character of Chao Fah, a rare man of principle in a savage brutal criminal enterprise, trying so hard to do right by his family.
Myanmar has largely been ignored in modern Western series and movies. I had to look up the real-world threat of the triads operating in the lawless military human rights-crushing dictatorship. Prime incubation grounds for global threats.
Of course, circling back to our beloved off-the-play book Rogue Jack, John Krasinski delivers a final coup de grace to this inspirational character. A transversal thinker who isn't afraid to imagine and operate outside the boxes of a bureaucratic agency. So glad to see Abby Cornish return, and so nice to see how the series wrapped up.
Season 3
It's pretty ironic that the Russian geopolitical ambitions outlined in this 3rd season have come to fruition in Ukraine, and are playing out in a most horrendous manner with lasting effects for generations. Nevertheless, it is always the same old motivations, insidious desires to resurrect failed empires and glory, bruised egos assuaged in the blinding flash of nuclear fire, in the shattering flames of war. Indeed as Michael Caine said, some men want to see the world burn. Will we ever be able to rid ourselves of the threat of megalomaniacs who do not understand the terrible price of war? The old guard undertook those horrors and carried the rotting conscience, thus they act as a check and balance against the stupidity of younger fools, but alas these are dying out too, and with it the firewalls.
This is a return to form after an insipid 2nd season. Jack Ryan is best when the entire world is at stake, this is undiluted Tom Clancy. The city-hopping espionage, shady assassinations, diabolical alliances, the battle of wills to see who flinches first, who takes the bait and calls the bluff. This is perfect spy craft and drama. It was amazing to see Ryan back in action as a marine - people forget he is not just a desk jockey. The teeth-grinding tension of episode 6 rivals the best movies of the Jack Ryan saga, mirroring Sum of all Fears.
The arc of Luka Goncharov played so well by James Cosmo is absolutely brilliant. A loyal soldier haunted by the horrible crimes of his past, driven to seek absolution and redemption. His cold precision and iron will make for the most terrifying of spymasters and patriots. His speech in the last moments of this amazing season is inspiring and memorable, at the same level as Luthen Rael's soliloquy in Andor.
What a fantastic end to this series - a strong finish. You can see the setup and segway to the movies that follow at a later chronology.
I want to see more spinoffs with the lethal machine of Jack, Mike and Domingo. Michael Pena plays an amazing role, a lethal killing machine seeking vengeance, but being who he is he can't resist spitting out signature puns.
The overall plot of convergence is a clear and present danger today, pun intended. The domestic internal threat is all too evident, especially in the higher levels of government. I just wish the plot and motivations of the antagonists were a little more fleshed out, especially the background of Zeyara Lemos.
I felt for the tragic character of Chao Fah, a rare man of principle in a savage brutal criminal enterprise, trying so hard to do right by his family.
Myanmar has largely been ignored in modern Western series and movies. I had to look up the real-world threat of the triads operating in the lawless military human rights-crushing dictatorship. Prime incubation grounds for global threats.
Of course, circling back to our beloved off-the-play book Rogue Jack, John Krasinski delivers a final coup de grace to this inspirational character. A transversal thinker who isn't afraid to imagine and operate outside the boxes of a bureaucratic agency. So glad to see Abby Cornish return, and so nice to see how the series wrapped up.
Season 3
It's pretty ironic that the Russian geopolitical ambitions outlined in this 3rd season have come to fruition in Ukraine, and are playing out in a most horrendous manner with lasting effects for generations. Nevertheless, it is always the same old motivations, insidious desires to resurrect failed empires and glory, bruised egos assuaged in the blinding flash of nuclear fire, in the shattering flames of war. Indeed as Michael Caine said, some men want to see the world burn. Will we ever be able to rid ourselves of the threat of megalomaniacs who do not understand the terrible price of war? The old guard undertook those horrors and carried the rotting conscience, thus they act as a check and balance against the stupidity of younger fools, but alas these are dying out too, and with it the firewalls.
This is a return to form after an insipid 2nd season. Jack Ryan is best when the entire world is at stake, this is undiluted Tom Clancy. The city-hopping espionage, shady assassinations, diabolical alliances, the battle of wills to see who flinches first, who takes the bait and calls the bluff. This is perfect spy craft and drama. It was amazing to see Ryan back in action as a marine - people forget he is not just a desk jockey. The teeth-grinding tension of episode 6 rivals the best movies of the Jack Ryan saga, mirroring Sum of all Fears.
The arc of Luka Goncharov played so well by James Cosmo is absolutely brilliant. A loyal soldier haunted by the horrible crimes of his past, driven to seek absolution and redemption. His cold precision and iron will make for the most terrifying of spymasters and patriots. His speech in the last moments of this amazing season is inspiring and memorable, at the same level as Luthen Rael's soliloquy in Andor.