Saw it a week ago .. and the best thing I can say about it was that season 4 was much better produced than season 3.  
It appears that having less episodes results in having more money to film in more locations and have more authentic crowd scenes.
The writing/plot seemed pretty boilerplate for the espionage genre. And six episodes did help keep things moving without much filler. 

Jack Ryan was more interesting as a show and a character in Season 1.  Then he had an actual life and had actual ambitions, interests, friends, etc. 
Since Season 2, Jack Ryan is just a stick-figure action star who spouts political and miliary jargon and "goes rogue" on regular basis to save the day -- he is the only one who can figure things out.

In Season 4, Jack Ryan is a mover, shaker and king maker. "I will make you CIA Deputy Chief because it is mine to give away - and I need want to do something else."

I do understand however, that on his eponymous show, Jack Ryan had to be the one grandstanding in front of Congress at the end, delivering the final (telegraphed) twist. 

On 7/18/2023 at 8:25 PM, PrincessPurrsALot said:

Why didn't they try to save Chao Fan? 

I lost any sympathy for Chao Fan when he shot the two casino security men in the back of their heads, who were just doing their security job and attempting to keep him alive.  With all his collateral damage killing, Chao Fan was no better than the other villains, imo.

Of the many tropes and cliches, I am very weary of shows where the heroes kill scores of guards to provide the action show body count. It seems as if anyone wearing a security uniform has automatically crossed some moral line and deserves to be shot dead -- sometimes while just standing guard, not during an exchange of gunfire. 
At least Chavez and November managed to avoid the trope of killing everyone except the villainous kingpins who deserved it most. 

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