Old ‘Jack Ryan’ clip featuring John Krasinski goes viral as fans say it feels eerily relevant

A scene from Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan starring John Krasinski is resurfacing online, with viewers calling it “eerie” as real-world events appear to echo a warning delivered in the show nearly six years ago.

The clip, taken from the second season of the Amazon Prime Video political thriller which aired in 2019, features Krasinski’s character outlining the strategic importance of Venezuela during a briefing. In the scene, Jack Ryan highlights the country’s vast oil and mineral resources and questions why a nation so rich in assets could be facing a humanitarian collapse.

Fans have been sharing the moment widely on social media, with many describing the dialogue as unsettling in hindsight and praising the show for how closely it mirrored real geopolitical tensions.

The renewed interest in the scene comes amid heightened attention on Venezuela in global news coverage, prompting viewers to revisit the series and re-evaluate its themes. While some online reactions have labelled the moment “prophetic”, others have pointed out that the show was designed to feel plausible rather than predictive.

Speaking previously about the overlap between fiction and reality, the creators behind Jack Ryan have said the series was rooted in long-standing geopolitical dynamics rather than any attempt to forecast future events. The show, based on Tom Clancy’s novels, modernised Cold War-era political thrillers for a contemporary audience, often drawing on existing global tensions to ground its storylines.

As the clip continues to circulate, fans remain divided between admiration for the show’s writing and discomfort at how closely its fictional warnings appear to resonate today.