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Polite but firm, Ryan demurs.
Hes pleased with himself.
Military personnel leap out, sprinting to tell Jack Ryan that he has to go hes needed in Yemen.
Before being pulled away, he turns back to Cathy.
I dunno, maybe I could …?
he tries, apologetically, as the helicopter pilot cuts him off: Sir, we have to go.
He cannot finish his thought.
In that scene, at that small moment, Krasinski is Jack Ryan.
That Jack Ryan often seemed a little embarrassed by the fact that hed been put in this position.
He has hints of self-deprecation and comic timing.
In that scene with the surprise helicopter, hes almost even amused by the spectacle hes created.
Some of that stems from how the character is written.
Ryan is a man of few words, and he tends to get straight to the point.
ButJack Ryandoesnt linger on those details to create shadow or depth in its protagonist.
In the center, though, at the axis around which everything spins, the math is simpler.
Jack Ryan: good.
Krasinski does perform the action bits well, which is good because there are many of them.
This Jack Ryan is here to stop the next 9/11.
We know this because he mentions 9/11 several times in the first episode.
No one else sees what a danger Suleiman poses, until he forces them to.
Hes worried that a bombing may happen at any moment, and usually, his fear is validated.
But itsexhaustingto live in that world all the time.
Itd be nice to spend less time stuck inside his inescapable dread.
