There is no one who is a complete saint and no one who is an all out monster. People come with many shades. But after this episode, we can easily place Dr. Jack Ryan as one of the few people on this show who knows he wants to choose the right path whenever he can.
Episode 4 of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan opens in the beautiful Alps mountains in France where Ali is stopped by a cop for overspeeding. Jack is relieved when he sees Ali released by the cop with only a warning. Jack and Sandrine are following Ali by tracking his movements using GPS tracking. In the car, Sandrine boosts Jack's morale and he asks Dr. Cathy Mueller out on a date. In another car, James Greer who was also following Ali loses his track only to find out that Ali has switched vehicles.
In Syria, Suleiman is missing his wife and daughters. He listens to the news of 12 foreign hostages and decides to put on the show of the power of money. He visits the camp of a local militia along with his men and meets their leader; a local Sheikh; who is an extremist by nature. Suleiman fools him and pretends to buy the hostages from him. But instead of giving money to the Sheikh, he distributes it to his men who turns against the Sheikh. Suleiman brings home many more men than he previously had along with the 12 hostages and the Sheikh as his captive. He then publicly beats the Sheikh and announces to his men that he will be a better leader and will establish a Caliphate.
Back in France, Jack and Sandrine stop at a gas station to fill up the gas and buy some cigarettes. Coincidentally, Ali who is also there catches Jack suspiciously looking at his car. Ali takes out his gun to shoot Jack but himself gets shot by Sandrine. A local policeman shoots Sandrine unaware that she is a Police Captain who is then shot dead by Ali. Jack manages to hide only to find a gun and then Ali and Jack shoots bullets at each other until Ali runs away in the woods. Jack follows him and both of them get in a fight and Jack finally kills Ali. Shocked by the incident, Jack comes back to the gas station but finds Sandrine has also died.
When Jack returns back to Washington DC, James advices him not to go to sleep in this state of mind. Unfortunately, Jack doesn't have time to process the happenings in France because he has a date with Cathy. Jack has to lie again when Cathy asks him details about his job. The two of them end up sleeping together in her apartment after spending a good time on their date.
Back to Paris, we get an answer to one of the cliffhangers from last episode. Remember the priest that was killed? We see a church full of people who are there to pay their respects to the dead priest. Among them are three men who are carrying chemical weapons inside the bags with them. I wonder if Suleiman is behind this...not sure what is his big plan but I am sure we will get the answers in due course of time. One by one each of the three men get out of the church. Slowly. Without getting noticed by anyone else. They bar the church with chains and a lock. They start walking away from the church. We already know what's coming but we end up watching anyway with only a small ray of hope that somehow the mass destruction may be avoided but in vain! One of the men activates the weapons by sending a message from a mobile. The end.
Before you know it, we have reached exactly at the middle of the series and all the storylines are going ahead with full speed. Neither Suleiman is ready to back down nor is Jack going to give up.
The cry for help from inside the church, did it reach anyone? Is everyone inside dead? What was the motive behind killing so many innocent people anyway? By the way what happened to Hanin and her daughters? And what about Victor?
So much to explore with only four more episodes to go. Stay tuned!
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