The premier episode starts with a flashback in Lebanon when a village is bombed by a group of aircrafts and two boys playing on the roof witnesses this first hand.
Back to present day when we see the titular character Jack Ryan rowing in Washington DC. It can be clearly seen how much work John Krasinski has put into making a transformation from his earlier roles to the lean, strong and serious Dr. Ryan. On the way to the office he almost gets hit by James Greer's car who comes to the CIA as Jack's new boss. There are rumors about James getting demoted from his earlier posting which we will figure out as the story progresses. Jack is also carrying a history with himself. He was a marine who left the defense forces and joined the Wall Street and then left it to join CIA as an analyst. Ignoring his co-worker's efforts, Jack tells James about the mysterious case related to suspicious financial transactions but James refuses to put too much attention to it.
In Al Mnajeer, Syria, we see Suleiman's wife who is surprised to see a white man in the compound as a new 'brother' as per her husband's order.
Haunted by his past and unable to sleep, Jack goes deeper into his research related to Suleiman's unexplained transactions and comes up with a conclusion that there is money laundering involved and that Suleiman could have a humongous plan to threaten the world. Jack brings to Jame's notice about a series of suspicious transactions and asks him to freeze the bank account but James refuses to do so. Jack then goes behind Jame's back and gets the deed done.
We see that there is a shi*load of weapons, computers and whatnot in a barrack inside the compound where Suleiman and his men resides. We also see people doing something with a mysterious liquid.
In Yemen, we see two men meeting a bank manager and a team of CIA people monitoring this. The two men are then captured by the CIA and taken in for questioning.
Jack meets his former boss's daughter Cathy Mueller; a doctor specializing in infections diseases; but before the two of them could hit it off, Jack is airlifted from the party and taken to an airport. James and Jack fly to the site where the two men captured in Yemen are interrogated. Jack finds out that the phone number in the suspicious transactions matches with the number of one of the two men who is a businessman.
Jack then meets with the other man who works as a bodyguard for the businessman in the other room and suspects that he knows something and that he is much more than just a bodyguard. Jack also notices the scars on the man's hands. Outside the site, some dead bodies are brought in by some Saudis. Surprisingly, one of them is not dead and is hear for the captured men. The base is attacked by some armed men and a riot happens. The businessman is killed but Jack manages to save himself when the attacker who was swept in as a dead body comes to the room where Jack and the bodyguard are present. When the man posing as a bodyguard is rescued, Jack identifies him as Suleiman. Suleiman also notes that Jack is not just an analyst in CIA but much more than that. Finally we see Suleiman and the man who rescued him touching their heads together and then we are taken back to the flashback scene where after the bombing, one boy saves his brother by lifting a burning object off of his legs burning his own hands in the process. After this, the two of them touch their heads and this reveals that these two boys grew up to become Suleiman and his brother in present time.
Jack then meets with the other man who works as a bodyguard for the businessman in the other room and suspects that he knows something and that he is much more than just a bodyguard. Jack also notices the scars on the man's hands. Outside the site, some dead bodies are brought in by some Saudis. Surprisingly, one of them is not dead and is hear for the captured men. The base is attacked by some armed men and a riot happens. The businessman is killed but Jack manages to save himself when the attacker who was swept in as a dead body comes to the room where Jack and the bodyguard are present. When the man posing as a bodyguard is rescued, Jack identifies him as Suleiman. Suleiman also notes that Jack is not just an analyst in CIA but much more than that. Finally we see Suleiman and the man who rescued him touching their heads together and then we are taken back to the flashback scene where after the bombing, one boy saves his brother by lifting a burning object off of his legs burning his own hands in the process. After this, the two of them touch their heads and this reveals that these two boys grew up to become Suleiman and his brother in present time.
Phewww! So much content to take in. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan has already been seen in movies before but the television version of it cannot get any better than this. John Krasinski is the perfect choice to play the role of Dr. Jack Ryan. James Greer played by Wendell Pierce complements Jack wonderfully. The episode ends after almost an hour and when we finally come to know who is Suleiman we cannot wait to jump to the next episode, ASAP. Do you agree?
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