A streaming reboot that was actually worthwhile signs off in style by infiltrating #1 in 90 countries

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Understandably, there were lot of people asking why Jack Ryan even needed to exist when Prime Video first announced plans to reboot Tom Clancy’s iconic literary creation for the small screen.

The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit had covered those bases pretty well on the big screen through a quintet of feature films ranging from the phenomenal to the forgettable that had seen Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine all inhabit the role.

Fortunately, John Krasinski proved to be a dab hand at bringing the ambitious and straight-shooting CIA analyst to life, with the series finishing on a high note when its fourth, final, and best run of episodes yet dropped on Prime Video. Subscribers have been bidding farewell in their numbers, too, with FlixPatrol revealing that Jack Ryan has seized hold of the platform’s number one spot in a mammoth 90 countries around the world.

Just because it’s the end, it doesn’t necessarily mean the story is over, either, which is both oxymoronic and entirely expected given Hollywood’s love of milking any noteworthy franchise. Michael Pena’s Domingo Chavez is the subject of much spin-off speculation already, while the conclusion to Krasinski’s stint as the title hero leaves the door ever so slightly ajar for Amazon to tie Jack Ryan into its expanding Clancy universe.

Michael B. Jordan is returning as Without Remorse‘s John Kelly in Rainbow Six, which could hypothetically feature a cameo from The Office alum in a certain capacity familiar to fans of the source material.

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