A clip from Jack Ryan season 2 has been going viral due to its uncanny parallel and resemblance to the recent U.S. strike in Venezuela.
Over the past few days, global headlines have been dominated by the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and the detention of President Nicolás Maduro. These events have triggered widespread reactions and concerns from the international community and raised urgent questions regarding the stability and future of international law.
However, as it turns out, a TV series may have predicted the events years ago.
How Jack Ryan Season 2 May Have Predicted the U.S. Intervention in Venezuela
Amidst the headlines surrounding the U.S. intervention in Venezuela, a clip from Jack Ryan season 2 has gone viral on social media due to its eerie prediction of the recent events that happened.
In the scene, Jack Ryan (played by John Krasinski) explained why Venezuela should be seen as "a major threat on the world stage" and highlighted its oil reserves.
"The fact is that Venezuela is arguably the single greatest resource of oil and minerals on the planet. So why is this country in the midst of one of the greatest humanitarian crises in modern history?" he said.
The character also explained how the President (in the show's fictional world) "has crippled the national economy by half" and "has raised the poverty rate by almost 400%."
A lot of social media users noted how the Jack Ryan clip unexpectedly became a good explainer about the country and made them understand the context of the recent events, despite being a fictional story in a scripted series.
The second season of the hit series aired on Prime Video back in 2019, seven years before the eventual real-life events happened.
What is the Jack Ryan Creator's Reaction to the Uncanny Parallel?
In a statement to Deadline, Jack Ryan co-creator Carlton Cuse weighed in on his show's uncanny resemblance to the recent world events and highlighted that they did not intend it to be a prophecy of what could happen.
"What always surprises you as a storyteller is how often real-world events catch up to fiction. The goal of that season wasn’t prophecy — it was plausibility. When you ground a story in real geopolitical dynamics, reality has a way of making it rhyme," he said.
Cuse also explained why they decided to explore Venezuela in the second season, during the time they conceived it.
"Graham Roland and I weren’t making a statement — we were telling a fictional character-driven thriller rooted in Venezuela’s long-standing strategic relevance. Our job was to make the situation feel credible," he said.
"We approached Venezuela as a country where democratic ideals, economic reality, and geopolitical interests have been in tension for a long time — and where choices are never simple. The season came from our desire to tell a fictional story about the forces at play, not from imagining an outcome."
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