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JACK RYAN: Season 1: French Connection

Season 1 Episode 2

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

Entertainment Quality:

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Language
Violence
Sex
Nudity

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Content:

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

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Strong moral, patriotic worldview about defending innocent lives against attacks, and not compromising moral standards even if everyone around you is doing it, a brief scene where a priest leaves a church, and multiple Muslim characters practice their false religion;

Foul Language:

Ten obscenities (including a few “f” words);

Violence:

Strong action violence with a shootout in an apartment that results in several casualties (blood splatter), an explosion, and a man is stabbed and robbed;

Sex:

A husband undresses his wife, and there’s partially depicted intercourse from their shoulders up;

Nudity:

Rear and upper female nudity during sex scene, and upper male nudity;

Alcohol Use:

No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drug use; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

No other immoral content.

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:

The second JACK RYAN episode “French Connection” has Islamic terror suspect Suleiman sending his brother to Paris, France while he stays in Yemen with his family and soldiers, plotting an attack. Suleiman’s wife, Hani, is worried about his men hanging around their children. She’s also worried her husband is involved in something she can’t support. Back in Langley, Ryan and Greer are able to hack into Suleiman’s phone and discover a cell in Paris, so they go to France to capture Suleiman’s men.

 

In this episode, viewers learn a bit more about the villain and his family. Ryan also pursues Cathy, the daughter of one of his old bosses back on Wall Street. This episode ramps up the speed of the series, but it also features unnecessary politically correct content, and a scandalous scene. It’s revealed in one scene that Greer is a Muslim struggling with his faith, but a friend says that God is still with him. Also, there’s a scene where Suleiman beds his wife. This sex scene is unnecessary and can easily be skipped, but strong caution is advised.