Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

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Season 1
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 160 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 23 out of 160
  3. Negative: 33 out of 160
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  1. dave89791
    Feb 11, 2019
    0
    Really not quite a 0 but honestly, the writing is really poor.

    It says something about a show when the best scene is when John Krasinski almost gets into a brawl with a restaurant manager/owner The things the terrorists do in the show are really silly and unbelievable. Not to mention that the CIA's actions make no sense either Also, the sound is poorly mixed, the closed    Really not quite a 0 but honestly, the writing is really poor.

    It says something about a show when the best scene is when John Krasinski almost gets into a brawl with a restaurant manager/owner

    The things the terrorists do in the show are really silly and unbelievable.

    Not to mention that the CIA's actions make no sense either

    Also, the sound is poorly mixed, the closed captions interfere with the translations

    I'd take the worst season of homeland over this crap in a heartbeat    … Expand
  2. Broyax
    Mar 29, 2019
    0
    Tout ce qui est dérivé de la lucrative licence "Tom Clancy" est à l'image des bouquins de l'auteur : improbable, grand guignol, patriotique (gendarme du monde) et plus ou moins chiant, plus ou moins ridicule... et parfois divertissant.

    Au second degré, c'en est même drôle (à son insu bien évidemment) avec Harrison Ford ou pas... Ici donc, on en fait carrément une série qui retrace les    Tout ce qui est dérivé de la lucrative licence "Tom Clancy" est à l'image des bouquins de l'auteur : improbable, grand guignol, patriotique (gendarme du monde) et plus ou moins chiant, plus ou moins ridicule... et parfois divertissant.

    Au second degré, c'en est même drôle (à son insu bien évidemment) avec Harrison Ford ou pas... Ici donc, on en fait carrément une série qui retrace les "débuts" de l'analyste en chef qui pilote un bureau... mais qui sait tout faire en fait ! l'instinct de Sherlock Holmes en prime, la sagacité de Columbo en bonus... et les capacités d'un Rambo en combat !

    Non franchement, il lui manque juste des ailes et un collant. Et un bouclier aussi. Il pourrait demander à Pitaine Amerloca ? Mais passons, car le pire est à venir dans ces 8 épisodes de cette première saison et sa chasse aux terroristes. Des terroristes d'ailleurs présentés comme très humains. Sympas en fait les terros ! une complaisance rarement vue dans une série américaine...

    Faut dire que le patron de Jack est un Noir musulman jusqu'aux oreilles et que la petite famille dans la prairie syrienne est touchante ! sans parler du pilote de drone américain qui a des remords ! eh on est pas dans un jeu vidéo ici, tuer c'est pas bien !

    Cela dit, tout ça n'est rien en comparaison de la farce permanente de cette série en carton qui n'a jamais peur du ridicule : on se croirait dans un dessin animé tellement c'est idiot... bah dis donc, si on doit compter sur cette équipe de bras cassés pour s'occuper des terros, on est pas sorti de l'auberge !
    Et Jack d'ailleurs a une belle tête de vainqueur... à la direction des impôts, il serait très bien. Ou à un dîner du mercredi soir. Mais à la CIA ?... pincez-moi, je cauchemarde...

    De toute manière, il se passe pas grand-chose dans ces 8 épisodes : ça n'avance pas et quand ça avance éventuellement, on a des rires nerveux... putain on aimerait en rire au moins comme dans un vrai navet mais même ça, ils n'y arrivent pas. Ah c'est vraiment mais vraiment pathétique ce truc !    … Expand
  3. apparules
    Sep 4, 2018
    3
    I really wanted to like this. I'd bought into the various ad campaigns.
    I thought it could be like Homeland and present a different vision.
    I thought Amazon wanted to get into the premium shows market, unfortunately, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is full of so many tired tropes and just doesn't give us enough meat to want to overlook them. There's the 'bad guy that slips away at the last    I really wanted to like this. I'd bought into the various ad campaigns.
    I thought it could be like Homeland and present a different vision.
    I thought Amazon wanted to get into the premium shows market, unfortunately, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is full of so many tired tropes and just doesn't give us enough meat to want to overlook them. There's the 'bad guy that slips away at the last second' trick. The 'inept CIA agent who unwittingly helps the bad guy', darn it! The 'oh, he's running away, it never occurred to me to chase him' tension-builder. It's all just formulaic in a way that's no longer captivating in the golden age or TV.    … Expand
  4. aawc
    Sep 4, 2018
    2
    This is what happens when you want to do a James Bond TV show...but are forced to write an American...nothing about this show reflects the Jack Ryan I know from the books...and the to changes to Jack's backstory obliterate a lot of the depth..also the whole plot is something a person with 0 knowledge of the Middle East would come up with all it's missing is Israel...and the notion that anThis is what happens when you want to do a James Bond TV show...but are forced to write an American...nothing about this show reflects the Jack Ryan I know from the books...and the to changes to Jack's backstory obliterate a lot of the depth..also the whole plot is something a person with 0 knowledge of the Middle East would come up with all it's missing is Israel...and the notion that an ISIS **** is going to make eyes at the daughter of a Sheikh and still have his head attached 5m later is amusing...… Expand
  5. P1mongoose
    Sep 10, 2018
    3
    It was hard to find this show enjoyable. There were some funny lines from Wendell Piere, but that was pretty much the highlight of this show's opening season. The side stories - the love interest or drone pilot - were awkwardly placed and seemed to distract too much from the main story. There wasn't enough backstory for these characters except for a couple expositional moments nor wasIt was hard to find this show enjoyable. There were some funny lines from Wendell Piere, but that was pretty much the highlight of this show's opening season. The side stories - the love interest or drone pilot - were awkwardly placed and seemed to distract too much from the main story. There wasn't enough backstory for these characters except for a couple expositional moments nor was there any reason to feel emotionally invested in anyone.

    John Krasinski doesn't seem like the right choice for this role. His performance was pretty bland and felt uninspired. Nothing about his acting in this show felt "bad-assery." In fact, nothing really felt too grand.    … Expand
  6. Harleyrk09
    Sep 17, 2018
    0
    Jack Ryan is a moron, every time he gets a chance to subdue a bad guy he freezes. He is smart at financial but very stupid with the street smarts. He is a very annoying character. We watched all his episodes and all agree he is a moron. He gets people killed because of his child like clumsy ignorance.
  7. SteveinAZ
    Sep 15, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just awful. Jack Ryan has got to be the greatest CIA agent ever. Not only does he solve every problem he's presented with, he even stands up to the President (in a meeting that he's supposed to be only an observer, no less) and talks him into seeing his point of view. A romantic interest that has no connection to the plot only muddies the waters further. I would have given this an even lower rating except that the series reminded me how great Wendell Pierce is. Other than him, this series was a waste of time.… Expand
  8. oporto2
    Sep 16, 2018
    3
    They tried to do a Batman Begins with Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. Instead of a playboy billionaire who becomes a ninja, we have a financial analyst who becomes a reluctant spy. Sounds about as boring as it is. Borderline unwatchable.
  9. Cineflux
    Sep 11, 2018
    0
    Very stupid plot, every characters are very stupid and weack to value Jack Rian's intelligence and bravery.
    The story is also full of stereotypes and false ideas
  10. JadenFrost
    Sep 5, 2018
    1
    Yet another show that should have been conservative, but is painfully obviously written by liberals. Deeply stupid, and unrealistic even by fictions standards. Not really worth watching.
  11. EludiumQ36
    Sep 11, 2018
    3
    I wanted to love this series since it's a fresh, modern take on this fairly old story. It starts strong but it doesn't go longer than into episode 2 where I have my first "this is ridiculous" moment. Look, you're either going to portray a plausibly realistic counter-terrorism story or you're going to half-a$$ it and make it a liberal foray into fantasy dressed as reality. And that's whatI wanted to love this series since it's a fresh, modern take on this fairly old story. It starts strong but it doesn't go longer than into episode 2 where I have my first "this is ridiculous" moment. Look, you're either going to portray a plausibly realistic counter-terrorism story or you're going to half-a$$ it and make it a liberal foray into fantasy dressed as reality. And that's what we have here guys. The most unforgiveable of all of this is that you've got a nerdy, desk-bound Agency analyst basically transforming into a super-hero caliber operative in a manner of hours! But even if you can somehow look past that idiocy, there's the whole drone operator Polizzi character who's there to make us all feel bad for using superior technology to remove terrorists w/o jeopardizing US lives. Yeh, gag worthy. Then the finale episode is so rushed and jammed with leaps of circumstance that you'd swear they were told to compress a 10-ep season into the 8 we have. And because of that compression, you have a bunch of stupid leaps happening, for instance our terrorist antagonist and his kid somehow make it out of Syria into an airport in the US, kicks off an operation, infiltrates the ambulance corps, getting into the same hospital as the president, etc etc, just ridiculous. And of course, it's an all loose-ends tied-up, good def evil, oversimplified Hollywood ending, our two protags are promoted, and there's not one lick of paperwork, bureaucratic delay or any other butterflies-and-unicorns-derailing hitch in sight. I haven't yet mentioned the pervasive liberal preaching that's scattered throughout, and the cheesy, stereotypical lines of spy-genre dialogue. This series has flashes of greatness but is pulled down by rookie tropes and the need to educate us on the humanity behind the terrorism. Unfortunately, this is a one-and-done for me.… Expand
  12. OlivierPiel
    Sep 22, 2018
    2
    This is the no-frills, Walmart private-label version of Jack Ryan, with low-budget action scenes, non-sensical script, horrendous ham-fisted acting (I'm looking at you French female police captain in particular - worthy of a Razzie award), and egregious casting (The guy from the office - really - is a war veteran, ice-cold blood in his veins CIA operative). It's very disappointing.
    I    This is the no-frills, Walmart private-label version of Jack Ryan, with low-budget action scenes, non-sensical script, horrendous ham-fisted acting (I'm looking at you French female police captain in particular - worthy of a Razzie award), and egregious casting (The guy from the office - really - is a war veteran, ice-cold blood in his veins CIA operative). It's very disappointing.
    I guess Amazon has Bosch and ....that's it.    … Expand
  13. Perseus69
    Dec 27, 2022
    1
    I gave up after 10 minutes at the first line of woke "feminist" dialogue that hinted at the quality of the coming episodes. I am so tired of these cheap, idiotic writers.

Awards & Rankings

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#98 Best TV Season of 2018
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#22 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018
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#72 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Karen Han
    Aug 31, 2018
    60
    Ryan’s part of the story is a breeze: He’s the good soldier, here to save the day. Sometimes he’ll face some sort of moral dilemma, but it’s never too difficult to guess what the outcome will be. The rest of the series is much thornier, and all the more real for it.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Aug 31, 2018
    70
    Ryan may be the shallowest figure here, an assemblage of reactions and attitudes more than a person we get to know--or seem to get to know, which is all the same in television. His early-episodes earnestness is appealing. ... He is forced to spend much of the middle episodes in a kind of balled-up funk as Ryan stews indignantly over the moral compromises he encounters "in the field." ... It gives all the best moments away to Pierce, who is as easily believable, and believably easy, as an old agency pro as he's been in every other part he's ever played. Still, the star handles the action well, when it comes.
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  3. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Aug 30, 2018
    80
    It’s a smart show, for all its huffing and puffing. Mr. Krasinski might even grow on you.
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