Sandrine had described Jack as a wolf hidden in sheep. By sheep she referred to a nerdy analyst sitting behind the desk crunching numbers. By wolf she meant a brave, adventurous and super smart version of Jack who is excellent at getting his hands dirty in actual combat-like, risky operations. The journey that Jack's character arch has been throughout the season is fabulous. By the way the next two seasons have already been announced! But before getting too much ahead, lets focus on the task at hand first. We have reached the season finale of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. This episode starts on a slower pace than usual but then speeds up to an ultimate speed in no time. Its been a ride that's one of a kind.
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This episode begins with the news that the US president has been moved to an unidentified, safe location because he may have been infected with Ebola. We see Jack unable to sleep at night because he keeps on seeing the flashbacks of his past. Cathy goes outside the bedroom and Jack who is hesitant in the beginning then decides to tell Cathy about his past. We learn that he was on a mission to rescue a family while he was deployed in Afghanistan. We learn there was an orphan boy who seemed friendly to Jack pleads Jack to take him with him while the family was being rescued. Jack takes the boy with him in the helicopter but the boy takes down the helicopter with a granade. All his fellow marines and the family is killed and Jack is the only survivor in the accident. Cathy thanks Jack for trusting her. Although there are not many give and takes in the scene, we see the bond between Jack and Cathy getting stronger.
Elsewhere, Suleiman and Sameer are seen entering the US with fake identities. In Baltimore, a guy touches the contents leaked out from a vile that had been left behind by Suleiman's men earlier. The guy gets seriously ill and the CIA comes to know that he got in touch with Cesium 137; the same radioactive substance used in Chernobyl event. Everyone is very disturbed that the effects of an attack with such a radioactive weapon could last for generations taking lives of hundreds of thousands of men.
At Washington Memorial Hospital, Cathy examines the president and informs him about his stable health. Jack sees the pictures of the containers in which the radioactive material was brought in. It is confirmed that the quantity of the material is too less to carry out a very big attack. Jack draws parallels between the multi-step attack in Paris with the current plot. James asks him what could be the connection between Ebola and Cesium but Jack is unable to answer it. Suleiman's right hand guy; Ibrahim; demonstrates the plan of spreading Cesium 137 to Suleiman. Sameer secretly watches this demo. Then he also finds two dead bodies and gets afraid. Suleiman calms him down and tells him that once all of this is done, they will find Hanin and his sisters and be a happy family again. Jack meets Hanin and asks her if she knows anything about Suleiman's plan. Having already given all the information, Hanin rebukes Jack and asks him about his promise of returning Sameer to her. He tells her someone must have contacted Suleiman because of which his earlier plan failed but Hanin denies her involvement in contacting Suleiman. Sara secretly watches this and gets scared because earlier she had talked with Sameer using the messaging system in the game. Jack sees the boy who took down the helicopter in Afghanistan in a washroom in the office but is able to control himself as he knows its just his mind playing games with him. James informs Jack about the blast in a pizza grill that Ibrahim caused in Georgetown and they both rush to the crime scene. While on the way, James gets to know that Cesium wasn't used in the bomb. A bunch of ambulances are taking the casualties in the blast to Washington Memorial Hospital and Suleiman joins them. Jack figures out that the bomb blast was the first step of Suleiman's plan and his next step is at the hospital where the president, vice-president, many congressmen and other dignitaries are already present. He informs Cathy about the danger and Jack and James turn back and rush to the hospital.
Suleiman takes the two dead bodies to the Morgue where a hospital guy is killed. Suleiman's men opens the bodies of the corpses and takes out the Cesium vile to set it up for use. Secret Service agent Crawfferd lets Jack and James in the hospital and asks them to help coordinate the search operation. Suleiman and his men now goes to upper floors where they set up their weapon which can be detonated by a call from a cell phone which Suleiman has. Cathy who has been busy earlier gets Jack's messages and gets terrified. She asks Crawfferd about the happenings who tells her that POTUS will be rescued first and then the rest of the people. Unsatisfied with Crawfferd's response, Cathy pulls the trigger for emergency exit and then there is a complete chaos in the hospital. Jack finds the dead man in Morgue and the rush begins. A police car stops in front of the car in which Suleiman's man and Sameer is sitting because the policeman gets suspicious. James who is heading upstairs catches one of Suleiman's guy going in the opposite direction than everyone else and follows him. The man gets into the same elevator as that of Cathy. But James catches him on another floor and shoots him thus saving Cathy. Jack who is now headed upstairs hears gunshots and rushes down.Suleiman and his guy are out of the hospital and approaching their car when Sameer jumps out. The police shoots the man with Sameer and Suleiman hints Sameer to stay silent. Jack catches Sameer looking in the direction in which Suleiman and his man went and Jack goes to hunt them. Jack shoots a bullet but no one gets hurt. The chase continues at a metro station. Meanwhile a frightened Ibrahim successfully gets out of the hospital.
Jack gets hit with a bullet and then he fires shots which ends up killing Suleiman's guy by a running metro but Suleiman escapes. Jack takes a short cut and reaches the next metro station. Suleiman tries making a call to blast the weapon but he doesn't get the signal. Jack reaches there only to find a big crowd. He makes a smart move and shouts "I have your son". Suleiman looks back. Jack fires a shot; this time without hesitation. Suleiman falls down. Jack takes his phone and before the call could get through, Jack turns it off thus preventing a major attack. James praises wounded Jack for his work with a snarky comment that for an analyst, it was very good! Both of them return Sameer to Hanin, Sara and Rama. The expressions in Hanin's eyes are so fulfilling when she looks at Jack who kept his promise after all. James tells Jack that he saved Sameer's life. Sameer looks back at Jack with an expression which we could not figure out and Jack says, "We'll see".
Four months into the future, Ibrahim is killed with a headshot by Mattice in Morocco and that is the last thread of the Suleiman's plot line tied up. At Langley, Jack brings a good buy gift for James who is promoted as a Deputy Chief of Station in Moscow. Instead of accepting the gift, James tells him a lesson he learnt the other day while praying to which Jack is not sure how to react. Jack gets offered a promotion at the office as the head of TFAD but we do not see any satisfaction on the sheep's face. He then gets handed over a file from James in which there is a note from him which says that he has booked tickets for Jack to Moscow. Jack says thank you and we finally see a big smile of satisfaction on the wolf's face!
Oh what a wonderful end of the season. Jack Ryan Season 1 is only 8-episodes and by the end of it we can't help but search on the internet how long before the next season?(!)
In case you missed reading my reviews of rest of the episodes, click the link below:
TV Series Reviewed: Jack Ryan
By the way, I also write about Game of Thrones (just putting it out there, no pressure!) which you can read here:
TV Series Reviewed: Game Of Thrones
This episode begins with the news that the US president has been moved to an unidentified, safe location because he may have been infected with Ebola. We see Jack unable to sleep at night because he keeps on seeing the flashbacks of his past. Cathy goes outside the bedroom and Jack who is hesitant in the beginning then decides to tell Cathy about his past. We learn that he was on a mission to rescue a family while he was deployed in Afghanistan. We learn there was an orphan boy who seemed friendly to Jack pleads Jack to take him with him while the family was being rescued. Jack takes the boy with him in the helicopter but the boy takes down the helicopter with a granade. All his fellow marines and the family is killed and Jack is the only survivor in the accident. Cathy thanks Jack for trusting her. Although there are not many give and takes in the scene, we see the bond between Jack and Cathy getting stronger.
Elsewhere, Suleiman and Sameer are seen entering the US with fake identities. In Baltimore, a guy touches the contents leaked out from a vile that had been left behind by Suleiman's men earlier. The guy gets seriously ill and the CIA comes to know that he got in touch with Cesium 137; the same radioactive substance used in Chernobyl event. Everyone is very disturbed that the effects of an attack with such a radioactive weapon could last for generations taking lives of hundreds of thousands of men.
At Washington Memorial Hospital, Cathy examines the president and informs him about his stable health. Jack sees the pictures of the containers in which the radioactive material was brought in. It is confirmed that the quantity of the material is too less to carry out a very big attack. Jack draws parallels between the multi-step attack in Paris with the current plot. James asks him what could be the connection between Ebola and Cesium but Jack is unable to answer it. Suleiman's right hand guy; Ibrahim; demonstrates the plan of spreading Cesium 137 to Suleiman. Sameer secretly watches this demo. Then he also finds two dead bodies and gets afraid. Suleiman calms him down and tells him that once all of this is done, they will find Hanin and his sisters and be a happy family again. Jack meets Hanin and asks her if she knows anything about Suleiman's plan. Having already given all the information, Hanin rebukes Jack and asks him about his promise of returning Sameer to her. He tells her someone must have contacted Suleiman because of which his earlier plan failed but Hanin denies her involvement in contacting Suleiman. Sara secretly watches this and gets scared because earlier she had talked with Sameer using the messaging system in the game. Jack sees the boy who took down the helicopter in Afghanistan in a washroom in the office but is able to control himself as he knows its just his mind playing games with him. James informs Jack about the blast in a pizza grill that Ibrahim caused in Georgetown and they both rush to the crime scene. While on the way, James gets to know that Cesium wasn't used in the bomb. A bunch of ambulances are taking the casualties in the blast to Washington Memorial Hospital and Suleiman joins them. Jack figures out that the bomb blast was the first step of Suleiman's plan and his next step is at the hospital where the president, vice-president, many congressmen and other dignitaries are already present. He informs Cathy about the danger and Jack and James turn back and rush to the hospital.
Suleiman takes the two dead bodies to the Morgue where a hospital guy is killed. Suleiman's men opens the bodies of the corpses and takes out the Cesium vile to set it up for use. Secret Service agent Crawfferd lets Jack and James in the hospital and asks them to help coordinate the search operation. Suleiman and his men now goes to upper floors where they set up their weapon which can be detonated by a call from a cell phone which Suleiman has. Cathy who has been busy earlier gets Jack's messages and gets terrified. She asks Crawfferd about the happenings who tells her that POTUS will be rescued first and then the rest of the people. Unsatisfied with Crawfferd's response, Cathy pulls the trigger for emergency exit and then there is a complete chaos in the hospital. Jack finds the dead man in Morgue and the rush begins. A police car stops in front of the car in which Suleiman's man and Sameer is sitting because the policeman gets suspicious. James who is heading upstairs catches one of Suleiman's guy going in the opposite direction than everyone else and follows him. The man gets into the same elevator as that of Cathy. But James catches him on another floor and shoots him thus saving Cathy. Jack who is now headed upstairs hears gunshots and rushes down.Suleiman and his guy are out of the hospital and approaching their car when Sameer jumps out. The police shoots the man with Sameer and Suleiman hints Sameer to stay silent. Jack catches Sameer looking in the direction in which Suleiman and his man went and Jack goes to hunt them. Jack shoots a bullet but no one gets hurt. The chase continues at a metro station. Meanwhile a frightened Ibrahim successfully gets out of the hospital.
Jack gets hit with a bullet and then he fires shots which ends up killing Suleiman's guy by a running metro but Suleiman escapes. Jack takes a short cut and reaches the next metro station. Suleiman tries making a call to blast the weapon but he doesn't get the signal. Jack reaches there only to find a big crowd. He makes a smart move and shouts "I have your son". Suleiman looks back. Jack fires a shot; this time without hesitation. Suleiman falls down. Jack takes his phone and before the call could get through, Jack turns it off thus preventing a major attack. James praises wounded Jack for his work with a snarky comment that for an analyst, it was very good! Both of them return Sameer to Hanin, Sara and Rama. The expressions in Hanin's eyes are so fulfilling when she looks at Jack who kept his promise after all. James tells Jack that he saved Sameer's life. Sameer looks back at Jack with an expression which we could not figure out and Jack says, "We'll see".
Four months into the future, Ibrahim is killed with a headshot by Mattice in Morocco and that is the last thread of the Suleiman's plot line tied up. At Langley, Jack brings a good buy gift for James who is promoted as a Deputy Chief of Station in Moscow. Instead of accepting the gift, James tells him a lesson he learnt the other day while praying to which Jack is not sure how to react. Jack gets offered a promotion at the office as the head of TFAD but we do not see any satisfaction on the sheep's face. He then gets handed over a file from James in which there is a note from him which says that he has booked tickets for Jack to Moscow. Jack says thank you and we finally see a big smile of satisfaction on the wolf's face!
Oh what a wonderful end of the season. Jack Ryan Season 1 is only 8-episodes and by the end of it we can't help but search on the internet how long before the next season?(!)
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