Amazon Prime and they totally redeemed themselves from a very lackluster season 2. The sophomore season of the Jack Ryan series was not very good so we were all a little worried that the series was just going to be a one-hit wonder with season 1 which was amazing. But season 3 was great. Following story elements from Tom Clancy’s the Cardinal of the Kremlin and the sum of all fears, the main antagonist in season 3 are Russian radicals intent on bringing back the old regime and starting a nuclear war. And don’t worry folks, this story is done much better than the Ben Affleck Jack Ryan movie. John Krasinski has been one of the better actors to portray Jack Ryan. It usually comes down to good writing and maybe he shines better than most of the actors who have played the character because they’re doing a series instead of trying to tell a thousand-page book and a 2-hour movie. I’m not saying Chris Pine was a bad Jack Ryan, but the movie he did was terrible and not even Kevin Costner could save it. In season 3 we will see Jack Ryan go on the Run trying to prove his theory about the Russian radicals trying to start a nuclear war with a small country and restore the old Empire. With a great cast, this season shines and is full of non-stop action and typical Jack Ryan solving Mysteries that we have grown to love from the character. The only downside is anybody who ever develops a Jack Ryan story always wants to make him into a super spy. Jack Ryan is not James Bond.
He is still just an analyst that gets himself into trouble, but his greatest weapon is always solving a puzzle that nobody else sees when it comes to international affairs and staving off a War. Unfortunately, there’s a little too much spy shit in season 3 that really isn’t the character of Jack Ryan, but it can be forgiven because of the strong story in season 3 and the fact that Jack Ryan still proves himself to be the best analyst in the CIA. Maybe this was the story we should have gotten in season 2, but better late than never, and as they gear up for the 4th and final season of John Krasinski’s final run as Jack Ryan, hopefully, they have the momentum to go out strong. But this season of Jack Ryan definitely ended up in our top 10 shows of the year. It may not be as good as the first season of Reacher, but it’s still in our top 10!
