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JACK RYAN: Season 1: Black 22

Season 1 Episode 3

Family Content: -3 Excessive sex, violence, immorality, and/or worldview problems. (Sometimes excessive content such as violence is in otherwise redemptive movies.)

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Violence
Sex
Nudity

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Content:

(BB, PP, FRFR, LL, VV, SS, NN):

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Strong moral, patriotic worldview about defending innocent lives against attacks and making a difference in corrupt institutions from the inside, with strong false Islamic content, including a Muslim character prays over a dead Islamic terrorist and says, “May God forgive you,” and some scenes in mosques;

Foul Language:

Twelve obscenities (including multiple “f” words), and three strong profanities;

Violence:

Strong violence, the aftermath of a suicide bombing is shown with dead bodies pulled out on gurneys and injured people, a shootout results in multiple people dead, men are killed from drone strikes, a man is punched several times;

Sex:

Depicted sex when a drunk married woman comes onto a man and has relations with him while her husband watches, the scene is short and bizarre, and a man attempts to rape a woman, but she gets away;

Nudity:

Upper female nudity in the sex scene, upper male nudity;

Alcohol Use:

Drinking and drunkenness;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drug use; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Muslim man has his wife trapped and distraught man goes gambling.

Episodes: Season Overview

Number Date Title Production Content
1.1 8/31/2018 Pilot -2
1.2 8/31/2018 French Connection -3
1.3 8/31/2018 Black 22 -3
1.4 8/31/2018 The Wolf -2
1.5 8/31/2018 End of Honor -2
1.6 8/31/2018 Sources and Methods -2

More Detail:

Episode “Black 22” of JACK RYAN introduces Victor, a military drone pilot in Nevada who frequently executes air strikes on people in the Middle East, something which burdens him with heavy guilt. Meanwhile in France, Jack and Greer work with French authorities to find Suleiman’s brother, who’s on the run after the deadly suicide bombing on police that resulted in many deaths. In Yemen, Suleiman’s wife decides she needs to leave her husband. She runs away with their two daughters, but not before her husband finds out and sends his men after them.

The third episode is extremely intense, with great jeopardy and high stakes for the characters. While the episode is a nail-biter, like previous episodes, there’s a completely unnecessary scene where Victor goes on a gambling spree and ends up fornicating with an older woman while her husband watches. The scene adds nothing to the story and makes an otherwise good episode excessive (the scene is easily skippable). There are positive discussions about morality and doing what’s right, however. Extreme caution is also advised for foul language and violence.