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* OutrankingYourJob: Season 4 sees Ryan as acting ''Deputy Director'' of the CIA, but still finding his way into the field on a regular basis.
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** The first season takes elements of ''Literature/ExecutiveOrders'' (Ebola), ''Literature/TheSumOfAllFears'' (smuggling of the weapons), and the [[Literature/TeethOfTheTiger Jack Jr.]] books (financial analyst).

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** The first season takes elements of ''Literature/ExecutiveOrders'' (Ebola), ''Literature/TheSumOfAllFears'' (smuggling of the weapons), and the [[Literature/TeethOfTheTiger [[Literature/TheTeethOfTheTiger Jack Jr.]] books (financial analyst).

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* ReflexiveResponse: Jack pulls one of these in the final episode. Specifically, [[spoiler:he's looking for Suleiman in a subway station crowded with [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Washington Nationals]] fans, and Suleiman has disguised himself in a Nationals cap and flag. But when Jack shouts [[IHaveYourWife "I have your son!"]] in Arabic, Suleiman can't help but turn his head. This lets Jack get a bead on Suleiman and shoot him dead]].

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* ReflexiveResponse: Jack pulls one of these in the final episode. Specifically, [[spoiler:he's looking for Suleiman in a subway station crowded with [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Washington Nationals]] fans, and Suleiman has disguised himself in a Nationals cap and flag. But when Jack shouts [[IHaveYourWife "I have your son!"]] in Arabic, Suleiman can't help but turn his head. This lets Jack get a bead on Suleiman and shoot him dead]].
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* ShoutOut: The couple that Victor meets while he's trying to gamble his money away at a casino introduce themselves as [[Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire Stanley Kowalski and Blanche [=DuBois=]]]. The fact that they're using the names of fictional characters (and well-known fictional characters at that) is an early hint to their sketchiness.

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* AdaptationalDistillation: Much like ''Shadow Recruit'', this series isn't based on any particular book of the ''Jack Ryan'' franchise. The first season takes elements of ''Literature/ExecutiveOrders'' (Ebola), ''Literature/TheSumOfAllFears'' (smuggling of the weapons), and the [[Literature/TeethOfTheTiger Jack Jr.]] books (financial analyst). The second season borrows heavily from the plot of ''Literature/ClearAndPresentDanger'' and the console version of ''VideoGame/RainbowSix3'' (corrupt Venezuelan president).

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* AdaptationalDistillation: Much like ''Shadow Recruit'', this series isn't based on any particular book of the ''Jack Ryan'' franchise.
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The first season takes elements of ''Literature/ExecutiveOrders'' (Ebola), ''Literature/TheSumOfAllFears'' (smuggling of the weapons), and the [[Literature/TeethOfTheTiger Jack Jr.]] books (financial analyst).
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The second season borrows heavily from the plot of ''Literature/ClearAndPresentDanger'' and the console version of ''VideoGame/RainbowSix3'' (corrupt Venezuelan president).president).
** The third season has a Russian defense minister named Dmitriy Popov, who has the same name with an ex-KGB agent in the novel version of Rainbow Six.
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* LoopholeAbuse: In the series finale, Ade [[spoiler: cuts a deal for his work aiding terrorists in exchange for immunity. When Elizabeth has him arrested, she points out the deal gives immunity for anything connected to the CIA but she has no control over what the local D.C. homicide detectives do.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The final season ends with Jack and company taking down the terror threat from the border and exposing a Senator for having ties with a Myanma-based triad gang. Jack decides to spend time away from government work even though he's advised to try and run for officce.
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Jack Ryan (Krasinski) is an ordinary CIA analyst who, after noticing some questionable financial transfers, is thrust into international espionage, taking him from his desk job and into serious life-or-death matters -- such as a growing threat in the Middle East who's planning a large-scale act of terrorism on the United States.

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Jack Ryan (Krasinski) is an ordinary CIA analyst who, after noticing some questionable financial transfers, is thrust into international espionage, taking him from his desk job and into serious life-or-death matters -- such as a growing threat in the Middle East who's planning a large-scale act of terrorism on the United States. \n Jack later tackles emerging conflict in Venezuela, Europe and Southeast Asia.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Previous adaptations of the Tom Clancy books were PG-13 political thrillers, intense at times but not graphic. This series has significantly more mature content with swearing, violence and nudity.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Previous adaptations of the Tom Clancy books were PG-13 political thrillers, intense at times but not graphic.graphic (except for Film/PatriotGames, at least). This series has significantly more mature content with swearing, violence and nudity.
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Two seasons have aired via Creator/PrimeVideo. The third season is was released on December 21, 2022 via Prime Video worldwide.

Afterwards, Amazon reported a fourth season will be produced after third season ends. Production has started on February 2022 in Croatia. It was later confirmed that the fourth season will be the final one, with a spin-off series headed by Creator/MichaelPena set to serve as a continuation as Ding Chavez.

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Two seasons have aired via Creator/PrimeVideo. The third season is was released on December 21, 2022 via Prime Video worldwide.

Afterwards, Amazon reported a fourth season will be produced after the third season ends. Production has started on February 2022 in Croatia. It was later confirmed that the fourth season will be the final one, with a spin-off series headed by Creator/MichaelPena set to serve as a continuation as Ding Chavez.
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** He finally got that sincere gratitude from Ryan in S3 when he once again put a limb on the line for Ryan, hiding him from a Russian assassin sent after him.
--> '''Ryan''': ...and Tony? ''Thank you.''
--> '''Tony''': (...) [[FireForgedFriends You're a brother.]] ''(waves it off)''
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* DaChief: Greer as head of TFAD, and in turn his CIA superiors. In season 2, Mike November plays this role as Caracas Chief of Station, in addition to Creator/FrankWhaley appearing as the Moscow [=CoS=] for a [[OneSceneWonder single scene]] in the premiere to chew out Greer.

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* DaChief: Greer as head of TFAD, and in turn his CIA superiors. In season 2, Mike November plays this role as Caracas Chief of Station, in addition to Creator/FrankWhaley appearing as the Moscow [=CoS=] for a [[OneSceneWonder single scene]] in the premiere to chew out Greer. S3 features Wright as Rome Chief of Station, with Miller introduced as CIA director. [[spoiler:The former is eventually promoted when she exposes the latter's incompetence to the Vice President, then she's personally inducted into the position by the President.]]



* SuddenlyBilingual: PlayedForDrama. Right at the end of each series, Jack will suddenly shout a critical phrase in his opponents' native language after spending the rest of the series [[ObfuscatingStupidity silent in front of foreigners or requiring translators to get his point across.]] In Season 1, he shouted, [[spoiler:"I have your son!" in Arabic to Suleiman,]] while in Season 2 he [[spoiler:roughly interrogated a Venezuelan soldier in fluent Spanish: "Where's the American?!" (regarding Greer's whereabouts, who was captured earlier).]]

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* SuddenlyBilingual: PlayedForDrama. Right at the end of each series, Jack will suddenly shout a critical phrase in his opponents' native language after spending the rest of the series [[ObfuscatingStupidity silent in front of foreigners or requiring translators to get his point across.]] In Season 1, he shouted, [[spoiler:"I have your son!" in Arabic to Suleiman,]] while in Season 2 he [[spoiler:roughly interrogated a Venezuelan soldier in fluent Spanish: "Where's the American?!" (regarding Greer's whereabouts, who was captured earlier).]]]] Season 3 has Greer busting out near-perfect Russian to unnerve Petr Kovac, whom Greer was already suspicious of. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since he spent the entire Season 2 as Deputy Station Chief of Moscow, and he's already fluent in Russian by then.
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Two seasons have aired via Creator/PrimeVideo. The third season is due to be released on December 21, 2022.

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Two seasons have aired via Creator/PrimeVideo. The third season is due to be was released on December 21, 2022.
2022 via Prime Video worldwide.
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Two seasons have aired via Creator/PrimeVideo. The third season is due to be released in 2022.

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Two seasons have aired via Creator/PrimeVideo. The third season is due to be released in on December 21, 2022.
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Afterwards, Amazon reported a fourth season will be produced after third season ends. Production has started on February 2022 in Croatia. It was later confirmed that the fourth season will be the final one, with a spin-off series headed by Creator/MichaelPena set to serve as a continuation.

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Afterwards, Amazon reported a fourth season will be produced after third season ends. Production has started on February 2022 in Croatia. It was later confirmed that the fourth season will be the final one, with a spin-off series headed by Creator/MichaelPena set to serve as a continuation.
continuation as Ding Chavez.
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Creator/WendellPierce, Abbie Cornish, and Creator/PeterFonda also appear in supporting roles. ''Jack Ryan'' is notable for featuring the fifth live-action portrayal of the character (Krasinski), following turns by Creator/AlecBaldwin (''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''), Creator/HarrisonFord (''Film/PatriotGames'', ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''), Creator/BenAffleck (''Film/TheSumOfAllFears''), and Creator/ChrisPine ''([[Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit Shadow Recruit]])''. It's also the first television series based on the character.

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Creator/WendellPierce, Abbie Cornish, Creator/AbbieCornish, and Creator/PeterFonda also appear in supporting roles. ''Jack Ryan'' is notable for featuring the fifth live-action portrayal of the character (Krasinski), following turns by Creator/AlecBaldwin (''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''), Creator/HarrisonFord (''Film/PatriotGames'', ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''), Creator/BenAffleck (''Film/TheSumOfAllFears''), and Creator/ChrisPine ''([[Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit Shadow Recruit]])''. It's also the first television series based on the character.

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