David Talbot The Kennedy Beacon AUG 2, 2023 READ

In the final season of the big-budget Jack Ryan, a Prime Video series that ended its four-season run last month, our hero fights the evil convergence of bioweapons-wielding terrorists and global drug pushers and a corrupt U.S. senator in league with this dark web. Ryan and his team only prevail—saving our country from mass slaughter—by resorting to torture, murder, civilian-endangering firefights, and the wanton use of advanced military weaponry, which is lovingly depicted. (Happiness is a warm gun, if you’re a self-confident CIA rogue.)