Amazon Prime Reacher (2025) -Season 3 (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

Look here, a new spinoff show currently filming:

 

[Walter Kittel]

I like Maria Sten in her role as Neagley, so I will certainly be on board for the new series. For me, the physical presence of Ritchson is one of the things that distinguishes the series Reacher from a lot of procedurals. While Neagley certainly has the same no nonsense approach as Jack Reacher, I do wonder how the series will carve out its own unique qualities. Despite that (possible) reservation, I feel like it will be an entertaining series if there is some crossover from Reacher in terms of the behind the camera talent.

- Walter.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

3x04 - "Dominique"
It's interesting that that Quinn/McCabe signed off on Reacher becoming Beck's No. 2, given that Reacher isn't there under an alias. Evidently he has no problem employing the man who tried to kill him, as long as he thinks he's got him muzzled.

Reacher's relationship with Sgt. Dominique Kohl explains why he immediately took to Neagley, because Neagley is very much cut from the same cloth as Kohl.

I appreciated that Duffy's mentor Villanueva pointed out to her that Reacher is a killer whose moral code isn't exactly aligned with the laws of the United States of America. They're out on a limb with him, and he needed to make sure she was aware of just how much she is risking trying to rescue her CI.

I like Maria Sten in her role as Neagley, so I will certainly be on board for the new series. For me, the physical presence of Ritchson is one of the things that distinguishes the series Reacher from a lot of procedurals. While Neagley certainly has the same no nonsense approach as Jack Reacher, I do wonder how the series will carve out its own unique qualities. Despite that (possible) reservation, I feel like it will be an entertaining series if there is some crossover from Reacher in terms of the behind the camera talent.

There are some significant differences; Reacher generally ends up bedding a girl in every town he passes through, while Neagley is by all appearances asexual. Neagley might be on the milder end of the autism spectrum, with her haptephobia as one example. Reacher is a drifter who prefers to be unbound by employment or excess possessions. Neagley has a homebase in Chicago who has a steady gig in corporate security. Neagley has a close relationship with her father, while Reacher's relationship with his own parents was unconventional even before they passed away.

It has the same showrunner as "Reacher", but it's an original story as Lee Child never wanted to explore the character too deeply lest he puncture the mystery. But he has praised the story for the first season.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

3x04 - "Dominique"
It's interesting that that Quinn/McCabe signed off on Reacher becoming Beck's No. 2, given that Reacher isn't there under an alias. Evidently he has no problem employing the man who tried to kill him, as long as he thinks he's got him muzzled.

My guess is he doesn't know who Reacher is. Kohl never gave him up. He just knows it was a military captain who found him.

The real question is, will he remember Reacher's face when they eventually come face-to-face? They mentioned in a previous episode that Quinn had temporary amnesia after being shot and pulled out of the water.

"Dominique" was a good, tense episode. I was on edge for most of the running time, knowing something bad was going to go down soon.

 

[sleroi]

I really enjoyed the first 3 episodes but thought episode 4 was annoying.

The flash back felt clunky rather than organic. It went on too long and felt there just to set up a motivation for Reacher. The same exposition could have been handled a lot more succinctly.

Also, during the flashback, especially the interrogation, Reacher kept narrating what was happening. That might work in the book, but for a TV show it feels like the director doesn't trust the audience's intelligence to understand what is happening.

Good ending though.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Today's episode left me wondering just how many people's last words have been "Fuck you, Reacher!"

 

[Bartman]

It appears Reacher S3's popularity is overwhelming Amazon's servers. E5 & E6 have occaisonal picture quality downgrades to SDR or <SD. We havn't seen this happen in years. Has anyone else had this problem?
P.S. my TV is wired & the Netflix speed check shows 100Mbps.

 

[Malcolm R]

I think I read somewhere yesterday that it's had the biggest viewership of any returning series, ever, for Prime.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

Can't wait for the inevitable Reacher/Paulie rematch...if it's anything like the novel, it's gonna be brutal!

 

[Bartman]

It appears Reacher S3's popularity is overwhelming Amazon's servers. E5 & E6 have occaisonal picture quality downgrades to SDR or <SD. We havn't seen this happen in years. Has anyone else had this problem?
P.S. my TV is wired & the Netflix speed check shows 100Mbps.

Well it's not only Reacher but any 4K. I tried The Covenant 4K & it has the same problem. I uninstalled Prime on my LG B8 & reinstalled & it appears to be better. We'll check Reacher's final episode on Thursday. Has anyone else with an LG TV noticed this problem?
In the past we've had trouble with missing subtitles that's required an uninstall/reinstall to fix but these 4K problems are new.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

Well, if episode 7 was action-free and all set-up, episode 8 delivered, in spades. Kick-ass finale!

As predicted, the Reacher/Paulie battle was epic.

 

[Sean Bryan]

Yep. Really enjoyed this season.

 

[sleroi]

While I found episode 4 rather clunky, every other episode was great. They really nailed the landing with the final episode. As stated above: Epic.

I guess with only eight episodes they had to fit the exposition/motivation in somewhere.

 

[Matt Hough]

Yep. Really enjoyed this season.

Me, too. The season gave me everything I expected in a season. Looking forward to the next one.

 

[Walter Kittel]

I finished season three a few days after episode 8 premiered. Haven't posted much about the season, but here are a few thoughts...

Another satisfying season in most respects. There is a certain familiarity to the show after three seasons, but the storyline will still zig sometimes when you think it will zag. As the season led up to the finale, there were more than a few moments that made it feels like Guillermo (Duffy's senior partner) would not survive. I was very happy that this was not the case and we saw him returning to his wife. On the other hand when we see the series humanizing Zachary Beck, you might as well have him wear a red shirt.

I do wish the series would provide more legal justification for Reacher's actions at times as he is basically committing straight up murder, sometimes. The show has a 'ends justify the means' sensibility when it comes to Reacher's decisions, so it is probably unreasonable for me to expect otherwise. This isn't a criticism, as the series knows what it is about; I just feel like Reacher's morality is very much a gray area. But, it is just a show and a pretty entertaining one at that.

- Walter.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

On the other hand when we see the series humanizing Zachary Beck, you might as well have him wear a red shirt.

To the show's credit, Beck knew he was unlikely to survive all of this as soon as Reacher was outed as a second mole within his operation. At that point, his focused shifted to shielding his son as much as possible from the fallout. And he was ultimately successful in that much.

I do wish the series would provide more legal justification for Reacher's actions at times as he is basically committing straight up murder, sometimes.

This really bothered me when I was watching the first season, but I've come to accept it. Reacher is basically a Western archetype, an antihero like the Man with No Name, who arrives in town and upends the status quo according to his nature, and then rides off into the sunset.

As a former MP, Reacher knows the law inside and out. But his personal morality doesn't align with the law. He has no qualms about killing bad people when he thinks they deserve it. He isn't at all concerned with due process. And he mostly gets away with it, because his victims are by and large inarguably bad people and he gets results that align with the interests of those survivors who know about the bodies he's dropped. And since leaving the military, he doesn't have any official role or even much of a paper trial to build a case around.

I was happy that Duffy got fired from the DEA, though, since she was operating way, way, way off the reservation this entire season.

 

[Walter Kittel]

To the show's credit, Beck knew he was unlikely to survive all of this as soon as Reacher was outed as a second mole within his operation. At that point, his focused shifted to shielding his son as much as possible from the fallout. And he was ultimately successful in that much.

Good observation regarding Beck's motivations. I did like the story line that the elder Beck cared for his son and had gotten in over his head with Quinn.

On a side note... I had to (briefly) laugh at the squib effect on Beck since the series had already shown us something similar with Elliot in an earlier episode. I (sort of) felt like the use of the squibs detracted from Beck's demise for this reason.

- Walter.

 

[Philip Verdieck]

I do wish the series would provide more legal justification for Reacher's actions at times as he is basically committing straight up murder, sometimes. The show has a 'ends justify the means' sensibility when it comes to Reacher's decisions, so it is probably unreasonable for me to expect otherwise. This isn't a criticism, as the series knows what it is about; I just feel like Reacher's morality is very much a gray area. But, it is just a show and a pretty entertaining one at that.

- Walter.

They are portraying Reacher as he is written in the books. It is to character.

 

[Robert Crawford]

They are portraying Reacher as he is written in the books. It is to character.

And that's all you can ask for.

 

[Philip Verdieck]

Today's episode left me wondering just how many people's last words have been "Fuck you, Reacher!"

Most of them don't have enough time to say it.