Genre: Action; Drama; Political thriller; Spy thriller
Created by Carlton Cuse; Graham Roland
Based on Characters; by Tom Clancy
Starring: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Noomi Rapace, Michael Kelly, Michael Peria, Zuleikha Robinson, Adam Bernett, Betty Gabriel and Louis Ozawa.
Executive producers: Carlton Cuse, Graham Roland, Daniel Sackheim, Morten Tyldum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, John Krasinski, Tom Clancy, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Bill Bost, Marcy Ross, Mace Neufeld
Composer: Ramin Djawadi
Producers: Nazrin Choudhury, José Luis Ecolar, Robert Phillips
Cinematography: Richard Rutkowski, Checco Varese, Christopher Faloona
Editors: John M. Valerio, Paul Trejo, Sarah Boyd, Vikash Patel
Production companies: Platinum Dunes, Skydance Television, Paramount Television Studios, Amazon Studios, Sunday Night Productions.
Network: Amazon Prime Video
Plot: The fourth and final season finds Jack Ryan on his most dangerous mission yet. As the new CIA Acting Deputy Director, Jack is tasked with unearthing internal corruption. As he investigates, Jack discovers the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization, ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect.
The final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan was Really Good.
Pros: John Krasinski still manages to still kill it as the lead character. I was impressed how Michael Peña did well. Mike November was a lot funnier this time around. It does deliver on the action, drama & suspense that you expected and the ending for the final season of this show was quite surprising.
Cons: I didn’t expect this last season to be quite as short compared to the previous seasons. The low episode count for this series and I felt also the ending in the courtroom did feel underwhelming.
Casts & Characters:
- John Krasinski as Dr. Jack Ryan, a former Marine officer and Afghanistan veteran working as a financial analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), specifically the Terror Finance and Arms Division (T-FAD) under the Counterterrorism Center (CTC); later promoted to head of T-FAD. In season 3, Jack is working in the field as a CIA operations officer.
- Wendell Pierce as James Greer, Ryan’s boss in T-FAD, a non-practicing Muslim and former CIA station chief in Karachi; later promoted to deputy station chief in Moscow, and now re-assigned to Venezuela by request.
- Abbie Cornish as Dr. Cathy Mueller (season 4), Ryan’s love interest and a physician specializing in infectious diseases
- Michael Kelly as Mike November (seasons 4), CIA station chief in Venezuela, twice divorced from U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Lisa Calabrese.
- Betty Gabriel as Elizabeth Wright (seasons 4).
- Michael Peña as Domingo Chavez, a former Navy SEAL and a senior CIA operative in SAC/SOG (season 4)
- Okieriete Onaodowan as Adebayo ‘Ade’ Osoji (season 4)
- Louis Ozawa Changchien as Chao Fah (season 4)
- Zuleikha Robinson as Zeyara Lemos (season 4)
Recurring:
- Adam Bernett as Patrick Klinghoffer (season 4), Ryan’s colleague in T-FAD.
- John Schwab as Thomas Miller (seasons 4)
- David Bedella as U.S. President Charles Bachler (season 4)
- Derek Cecil as Senator Henshaw (season 4)
- Michael McElhatton as Bill Tuttle (season 4)
Guest:
- Kay Headley as Buyer 2 (season 4).
I highly recommend watching the other 3 seasons before seeing this season all available on Prime Video.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
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