What started off with a very promising premise about some mysterious murders that threatened national security descended into pumped up, a series of trite and predictable shoot-em-out scenes and actions sequences. By the last two episodes, an admirable cast is stuck without mercy in a thriller without any legitimate thrills and with a script that gives out obvious clues about where the secret whatevers are hidden that could blow up the world, and who are the kingpins behind a bunch of these nefarious conspiracies.
One brief example is when Ryan and his A-Team intercede in preventing dangerous cargo from crossing the American border. We're stuck to extremes of boredom watching our main characters watching a number of screens to figure out the carrier and then rushing onto the scene in on more tediously drawn out shoot out, followed by a neutralization of the dangerous stuff. This "we've seen it a hundred times before" plot can't be rescued with its accompanying pounding musical score. Nor can we be rescued from our tortuous embarrassment in watching this fine cast denied of any snappy dialogue and given only a bunch of reaction shots.
In the end, this film needed a script, editing and directing doctor comparable to Jack Ryan, who could figure out how to rescue this plodding and predictable film from ruin.