Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Season 1 Episode 7 opens with Jack coming back to work at Langley. He and James are praised for the work that they did. The location given by Hanin is confirmed. And everybody is preparing for the finale. This episode is one of the fastest episode of the season and is definitely one of the best second last episodes that a TV show could have.
At a training complex in Virginia, a ground operation KILO team is practicing breaking into the compound where Suleiman resides. Jack brings Hanin there for Intel such as on which side of the bed Suleiman sleeps, which weapons does he keep nearby etc.
At Al Mnajeer, Suleiman tells Sameer that his sisters are coming home but his mother was killed. It seemed that Suleiman was trying to brainwash Sameer. In a meeting with the senior officers, Jack advocates the ground operation by deploying american units to grab Suleiman but only air strike gets sanctioned only if Suleiman was confirmed to be there at the identified location.
Suleiman meets Dr. Nadler; one of the people he has in captivity; and gives him all the medicines he has asked for. Jack and James comes to know that Suleiman and Ali had taken a dead body with them 6 months back and then they suspect that this might be the body of Ebola infected person that Cathy had informed previously. Cathy who was taken in for questioning is surprised to see Jack there. She confirms that Ebola can be weaponised. But outside the questioning hall, she condemns Jack for lying to her.
Then we see Suleiman's men in Baltimore taking 7 bottles of blue liquid with them. The 8th bottle which is leaking is left there unattended. James calls Jack at 3 in the night and asks him to attend an emergency brief with him. He plays a prank with him by asking him to wear a tie. When Jack gets there all suited up, he sees that he is the most well dressed person there and everybody is looking at him in a weird way and this makes James Greer enjoy himself. The briefing is actually a call with the US president where it is decided that instead of an air inflirtation, a ground strike will be done because Dr. Nadler and Mr. President knows each other very well. Jack also asks Mr. President for permission to bring Sameer back with the 12 hostages.
At Al Mnajeer, Suleiman is preaching his men when Sameer decides to join him. At a safehouse in the US, Hanin and her daughters are making themselves at home. Sara gets a video game she had asked for which she uses to play a game and chat with Sameer. Without Sameer's knowledge, Suleiman reads their messages. I wonder in today's times, why does Suleiman's family members use the messaging systems in games to chat with each other but anyhoo!
The most thrilling sequence of the episode begins when the KILO ground forces are deployed in Suleiman's compound only to find the hostages. No sign of Suleiman, Sameer or his men. But since bringing the hostages home is the priority, everyone but Jack is happy. James goes to the bar where a brooding Jack is sulking by himself and tries to cheer him but Jack is not ready to forget about the fact that Suleiman is still out there and the threat still exists.
Somewhere near the Turkish border, Suleiman, Sameer and his men are provided with passports and are ready to make their way out of Syria and possibly into the US. Meanwhile, Cathy decides to meet Jack who explains to her his situation and why he had to lie. Cathy forgives him and they patch up. And this makes me Happy!
James is given some shredded documents recovered from Al Mnajeer. The CIA officers suspects the medicines provided to the hostages by Suleiman may be not out of care and sympathy. And Jack figures out that since Suleiman knew that the US President knew Dr. Nadler, he used him and rest of the hostages as biological weapons. Well played Suleiman!
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