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Reacher
Title card
Genre
Based onJack Reacher novel series
by Lee Child
Developed byNick Santora
ShowrunnerNick Santora
Starring
ComposerTony Morales
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producers
CinematographyBernard Couture
Michael McMurray
Ronald Plante
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time42–56 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
ReleaseFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4) –
present
Related
Neagley

Reacher is an American action crime television series developed by Nick Santora for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, it stars Alan Ritchson as the title character, a self-proclaimed hobo and former U.S. Army military police officer with formidable strength, intellect, and abilities. During his travels, Reacher crosses paths with dangerous criminals and battles them.

The first season of Reacher was based on Killing Floor, Child's 1997 debut novel, and was released on February 4, 2022. The second season, based on Bad Luck and Trouble (2007), began on December 15, 2023, and concluded on January 19, 2024. The third season, based on the 2003 novel Persuader, premiered on February 20, 2025 and concluded on March 27, 2025. In October 2024, before the third season premiere, the series was renewed for a fourth season.

A spin-off series, Neagley, is in production.

Premise

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Jack Reacher is a former U.S. Army military police major with extensive AWOL investigative and combat experience who prefers to live as a drifter, travelling from town to town across the United States.

In the first season, while visiting the rural town of Margrave, Georgia, Reacher is arrested for murder. After he is freed he teams up with two honest police officers, Oscar Finlay and Roscoe Conklin, to investigate a local conspiracy involving corrupt lawmen, politicians, and a wealthy business tycoon and his son who are running a dangerous counterfeiting syndicate. He also tries to uncover his brother's murderer.

In the second season Neagley, a former member of his defunct MP Special Investigations unit from New York City, contacts Reacher when one of their own is murdered under mysterious circumstances. He reassembles his old team to find the murderers and avenge their friend's death. The team's investigation leads them to a technology company with a corrupt security division conspiring with a dangerous arms dealer.

In the third season Reacher delves into the dark heart of a rug-importing business which is a front for a vast criminal arms trafficking enterprise when he attempts to rescue a DEA informant. There, he encounters a world of secrets and violence and confronts Xavier Quinn, an enemy from his past.

Cast and characters

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Main

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  • Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher
  • Malcolm Goodwin as Oscar Finlay (season 1; guest season 2), Margrave PD Police Captain and Chief Detective
  • Willa Fitzgerald as Roscoe Conklin (season 1), Margrave PD Sergeant
  • Chris Webster as KJ Kliner (season 1), the entitled son of Kliner Sr. who is assisting his father's criminal operation
  • Bruce McGill as Mayor Grover Teale (season 1), a crooked politician in league with the Kliner family
  • Maria Sten as Frances Neagley, a corporate security professional who served with Reacher in the Army's 110th Special Investigations Unit as a Master sergeant
  • Serinda Swan as Karla Dixon (season 2), a forensic accountant in corporate risk management, who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit
  • Shaun Sipos as David O'Donnell (season 2), a lawyer with a family, who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit
  • Ferdinand Kingsley as A.M. (season 2), a seasoned mercenary and terrorist arms dealer travelling under multiple assumed identities
  • Robert Patrick as Shane Langston (season 2), a former NYPD detective and the corrupt head of security for New Age, a private defense contractor
  • Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy (season 3), a DEA agent who is leading an investigation into Zachary Beck
  • Johnny Berchtold as Richard Beck (season 3), Zachary's son
  • Roberto Montesinos as Guillermo Villanueva (season 3), a DEA agent and member of Susan Duffy's team
  • Olivier Richters as Paul "Paulie" van Hoven (season 3), Zachary Beck's hulking bodyguard and Quinn's henchman
  • Brian Tee as Francis Xavier Quinn / Julius McCabe (season 3), a corrupt former U.S. military intelligence lieutenant colonel turned arms dealer and previous nemesis of Reacher
  • Anthony Michael Hall as Zachary Beck (season 3), the owner of an Oriental rug importer, Bizarre Bazaar

Recurring

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  • Willie C. Carpenter as Mosley (season 1), an elderly barber and longtime resident of Margrave[1]
  • Harvey Guillén as Jasper (season 1), Margrave's medical examiner[1]
  • Christopher Russell as Joe Reacher (guest season 1), a Secret Service agent and Jack Reacher's older brother.
    • Gavin White as young Joe Reacher (season 1)[2]
  • Leslie Fray as Josephine Reacher (season 1), Jack Reacher's mother
  • Matthew Marsden as Stan Reacher (season 1), Jack Reacher's father
  • Hugh Thompson as Baker (season 1), a corrupt Margrave officer on Kliner's payroll[3]
  • Jonathan Koensgen as Stevenson (season 1), a Margrave officer and Paul Hubble's cousin
  • AJ Simmons as Dawson Kliner (season 1), Kliner Sr.'s nephew who works as a hitman and enforcer for his uncle's crime operation
  • Marc Bendavid as Paul Hubble (season 1), a banker strong-armed into assisting the Kliner counterfeiting ring[1]
  • Patrick Garrow as Tanner Spivey (season 1), a corrupt corrections officer paid off by Kliner to kill Hubble
  • Kristin Kreuk as Charlene "Charlie" Hubble (season 1), Paul Hubble's wife[1]
  • Currie Graham as Kliner Sr. (season 1), the owner of Kliner Industries who is secretly fronting an illegal counterfeiting operation for South American cartel outfits[1]
  • Martin Roach as Picard (season 1), a corrupt FBI agent and old friend of Finlay.[2]
  • Domenick Lombardozzi as Gaitano "Guy" Russo (season 2), an NYPD homicide detective investigating Franz's murder
  • Luke Bilyk as Calvin Franz (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit. His murder triggers Reacher to reform the 110th temporarily and discover his killers.
  • Andres Collantes as Jorge Sanchez (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit, and was later found dead
  • Edsson Morales as Manuel Orozco (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit, and was later found dead
  • Shannon Kook as Tony Swan (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit and acts as the assistant director of security at New Age
  • Josh Blacker as Hortense Fields (season 2), a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who oversaw the 110th Special Investigations Unit and their operations
  • Daniel David Stewart as Steven Eliot (season 3), a DEA agent and a member of Susan Duffy's team
  • Caitlin McNerney as Annette (season 3), an undercover ATF agent posing as one of Zachary Beck's maids
  • Helen Taylor as Agnes (season 3), one of Zachary Beck's maids who works with Annette

Guest

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  • Peter Scagen as Edward "Ed" Morrison (season 1), the Chief of Police for the Margrave Police Department
  • Paul Braunstein as Dog Owner (season 1), a resident of Margrave who keeps the dog on a chain in his front yard.
  • Lara Jean Chorostecki as Molly Beth Gordon (season 1), a Secret Service agent who was involved with Joe Reacher[4]
  • Jorja Cadence as Emma Stevenson (season 1), Officer Stevenson's wife
  • Dean McKenzie as Stanley "Stan" Lowrey (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit. He was killed in a car accident off-screen and appears only in flashbacks.
  • Joris Jarsky as Trevor Saropian (season 2), a street criminal hired by Shane Langston in an effort to keep track of Jack Reacher and the surviving former members of the 110th Unit
  • Téa Helena Carini as Angela Franz (season 2), Calvin Franz's wife
  • Lochlyn Munro as David Wright (season 2), chief of security for the Neptune Casino in Atlantic City, where he is acquainted with Reacher
  • Arlen Aguayo-Stewart as Milena (season 2), Jorge Sanchez's girlfriend
  • Christina Cox as Marlo Burns (season 2), the director of operations at New Age
  • Al Sapienza as Drew Marsh (season 2), a corrupt NYPD lieutenant and Guy Russo's boss
  • Kyle Mac as Daniel Boyd (season 2), the legislative director for Senator Malcolm Lavoy
  • Noam Jenkins as Malcolm Lavoy (season 2), a corrupt senator
  • Andréa Grant as Lily O'Donnell (season 2), David O'Donnell's wife
  • Sean Baek as Oleg (season 2), a mercenary worked for A.M.
  • Abraham Asto as Omar Karim (season 2), an DHS agent affiliated with Homeland Security
  • Sprague Grayden as Seaver (season 2), a US Special Agent assigned to Senator Lavoy's
  • Adam Kolozsvari as Hart (season 2), a US Special Agent assigned to Senator Lavoy's
  • Ronnie Rowe Jr. as John Cooper (season 3), one of Zachary Beck's enforcers
  • Donald Sales as Chapman Duke (season 3), Zachary Beck's head of security
  • Storm Steenson as Teresa Daniel (season 3), a C.I. working for Susan Duffy
  • Owen Roth as Warrant Officer Powell (season 3), a member of the U.S. Army 110th MP Special Investigations Unit in the present day
  • Greg Bryk as Darien Prado (season 3), a drug dealer
  • Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz as Angel Doll (season 3), a communications technician working for Zachary Beck
  • Brendan Fletcher as Harley (season 3), one of Quinn's henchmen
  • Mariah Robinson as Sergeant Dominique Kohl (season 3), a previous military partner of Reacher whom Xavier Quinn brutally murdered
  • Andreas Apergis as General Leon Garber (season 3), Reacher's previous commanding officer
  • Robert Bazzocchi as Private Anthony "Tony" Frasconi (season 3), a U.S. Army soldier who worked with Reacher and Kohl and was also murdered by Xavier Quinn
  • Aleks Paunovic as Taktarov (season 3), a russian gangster
  • Anousha Alamian as Nasser (season 3), a criminal who attempted to make a gun deal with Quinn

Episodes

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
18February 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
28December 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)January 19, 2024 (2024-1-19)
38February 20, 2025 (2025-2-20)March 27, 2025 (2025-3-27)

Season 1 (2022)

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Main article: Reacher season 1
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Welcome to Margrave"Thomas VincentNick SantoraFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
22"First Dance"Sam HillScott SullivanFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
33"Spoonful"Stephen SurjikAadrita MukerjiFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
44"In a Tree"Christine MooreCait DuffyFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
55"No Apologies"Norberto BarbaScott SullivanFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
66"Papier"Omar MadhaAadrita MukerjiFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
77"Reacher Said Nothing"Lin OedingScott SullivanFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)
88"Pie"MJ BassettNick SantoraFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-2-4)

Season 2 (2023–2024)

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Main article: Reacher season 2
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
91"ATM"Sam HillNick SantoraDecember 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)
102"What Happens in Atlantic City"Sam HillScott SullivanDecember 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)
113"Picture Says a Thousand Words"Omar MadhaPenny CoxDecember 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)
124"A Night at the Symphony"Omar MadhaCait DuffyDecember 22, 2023 (2023-12-22)
135"Burial"Carol BankerScott SullivanDecember 29, 2023 (2023-12-29)
146"New York's Finest"Carol BankerCait Duffy & Michael J. GutierrezJanuary 5, 2024 (2024-1-5)
157"The Man Goes Through"Julian HolmesPenny Cox & Lillian WangJanuary 12, 2024 (2024-1-12)
168"Fly Boy"Julian HolmesScott SullivanJanuary 19, 2024 (2024-1-19)

Season 3 (2025)

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [5]
171"Persuader"Sam HillScott SullivanFebruary 20, 2025 (2025-2-20)
In Maine, Reacher saves a young man from a kidnapping attempt by shooting the kidnapper. When Reacher accidentally shoots a cop, a police chase ensues. The man, whose name is Richard Beck, reveals to Reacher that someone had kidnapped him before and that his father only paid the ransom when his ear was amputated. Richard takes Reacher home to see his father, Zachary Beck. Reacher meets with Zachary, who thanks him for saving his son but is suspicious of him. Zachary offers Reacher a job if he plays Russian roulette, which he does. Reacher is working undercover for Susan Duffy, a DEA agent who recruited him to find a missing undercover agent, Teresa Daniels, in exchange for helping Reacher deal with a previous nemesis, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Xavier Quinn, who he saw exiting a car owned by Zachary. To put Reacher undercover, they stage Richard's kidnapping, with the kidnapper and the cop being DEA agents (Steven Eliot and Guillermo Villanueva) working with Duffy. Reacher sneaks into the garage at night, where he finds and reveals to Duffy that Teresa was there.
182"Truckin'"Sam HillPenny CoxFebruary 20, 2025 (2025-2-20)
When Duffy learns from Reacher that Teresa is in danger, she beats up Richard's bodyguard, whom they are holding captive, to find out what they plan to do with Teresa, but the bodyguard claims he does not know. Reacher has a brief scuffle with hulking bodyguard Paulie before Zachary's head guard, Chapman Duke, sends Reacher to check out the hijacked cars from the kidnapping. Reacher calls Duffy to tell her that it may be a problem for the kidnapping story; Duffy goes to the car yard to retrieve one of the cars. One of Zachary's associates, Angel Doll, notices the bodyguard's car but doesn't see Duffy change the license plate. Duke orders Reacher to take a truck to New London, Connecticut. Reacher calls Neagley to investigate the people he works with. Reacher meets with Duffy to check the trailer for drugs or Teresa's body, but they only find carpets. Back in Maine, Doll questions Reacher about his actions at the yard and in the kidnapping, and when Doll tries to tell Duke about his suspicions, Reacher kills him.
193"Number 2 with a Bullet"Gary FlederCait DuffyFebruary 20, 2025 (2025-2-20)
After returning from New London, Reacher meets with Zachary over a message from Doll. Reacher tries to make him believe that his partners are trying to betray him and that they should kill them, but Zachary doesn't listen. After this, Reacher tells Duffy that he has a car ready to go back to the warehouse where he killed Doll. When Reacher arrives at the meeting point, Duffy tells him she will go with him to find Teresa, to which Reacher reluctantly agrees. At the warehouse, Reacher and Duffy search for Teresa and clean up Doll's remains; two men arrive, and Reacher and Duffy kill them. Duffy keeps Doll's laptop. The next day, Reacher has to be with Richard in town. Reacher defends him from some thugs, and Richard tells him that Zachary's boss, Julius McCabe, threatened him and his father. When Reacher returns home, he goes with Duke and Zachary to a cabin, supposedly the kidnapper's hiding spot (in reality, a DEA safehouse). Reacher takes the opportunity to kill Duke, fake a shootout and blow up the house; in the car, he wins over Zachary and becomes his number two.
204"Dominique"Sam HillLillian WangFebruary 27, 2025 (2025-2-27)
Reacher heads to Duffy's house after gaining Zachary's trust. He discovers from photos the agents took that Julius McCabe is Xavier Quinn, believed to be dead. Following the revelation, Reacher tells Duffy how he received a new partner, Dominique Kohl, to investigate a case involving Roland Gorowski. They eventually force Gorowski to inform them that he works for Quinn, selling state secrets because Quinn threatened his family. Reacher and Kohl, along with Anthony "Tony" Frasconi, intercept one of Quinn's buyers, a Syrian businessman, Safwan Qasim, whom they force to assist in capturing Quinn. Having evidence to prosecute him, Reacher allows Kohl to arrest Quinn. Quinn instead kidnaps Kohl. In his search for her, Reacher finds Frasconi dead in a house and later finds Kohl's bloody body hanging in a barn; Quinn brutally murdered her. Reacher finds Quinn and shoots him in retaliation, apparently killing him. Back in the present, Zachary sends Reacher to a factory where they have located Doll's laptop and where Duffy is. Reacher heads to the factory as three of Quinn's men arrive there.
215"Smackdown"Sam HillMichael J. GutierrezMarch 6, 2025 (2025-3-6)
When Reacher can't contact Duffy, he calls Eliot to call the company's number. When Eliot calls, a gunfight breaks out between Quinn's men and Duffy and Villanueva; Reacher helps Duffy and Villanueva escape. At the cabin, the captive bodyguard manages to kill Eliot and escape. After discovering that the feds are spying on them, Quinn's men move into the house. When Duffy finds Eliot dead and the bodyguard has escaped, she calls Reacher to tell him so and remove him from the house, but Reacher formulates a plan involving Villanueva. Duffy cuts the power, and Reacher uses Villanueva as bait to kill the bodyguard. Back at the house, Zachary informs Reacher that Annette, the maid, was an ATF infiltrator and that Paulie has accidentally killed her. Reacher tells Duffy that several Feds are spying on them and that Quinn is dealing in firearms, not drugs. The following morning, Zachary informs Reacher that they must go to a factory. Reacher and Zachary arrive to meet Quinn.
226"Smoke on the Water"Sam HillScott SullivanMarch 13, 2025 (2025-3-13)
Quinn meets with Zachary and accuses him of unknowingly having an ATF mole inside. Due to the retrograde amnesia caused by Reacher, Quinn has no memory of him and introduces himself to him using his alias McCabe. Quinn meets with a Russian mobster; Reacher discovers Quinn is in danger. Afterwards, Reacher drives into town with Richard to meet with Duffy and return her badge; Reacher and Duffy kiss, and Richard realizes that Reacher is a mole. Quinn sends men to kill everyone investigating him, including Neagley; Neagley kills them and tells Reacher. Quinn arrives at Zachary's house to question him about the U.S. Army investigating him; Zachary tells him that said unit was Reacher's. Quinn sends Paulie to kill Reacher, but he escapes, leading to a chase. Reacher kills all the men in the forest except Paulie and takes refuge in a laundromat. Quinn punishes Zachary by forcing Richard to play Russian roulette before having Paulie cut off Zachary's ear. Reacher and Duffy search for Teresa in Port Rome, but Harley, a member of Zachary's security team, claims that Quinn changed everything after Reacher escaped; they kill Harley, then travel to Los Angeles.
237"L.A. Story"Sam HillPenny Cox & Cait DuffyMarch 20, 2025 (2025-3-20)
Neagley interrogates Costopoulos, the man who hired her attackers, who tells her that Quinn murdered a family when business went wrong and is about to do the same to the Beck family. Reacher and Duffy, in Los Angeles, track down Darien Prado, a drug dealer working for Zachary who Duffy previously tried to bust before going to Reacher, before having sex. Reacher and Duffy intercept Darien at a club and blackmail him into cooperating. He calls Zachary to meet, only for Reacher and Duffy to betray him. Zachary meets with Neagley, at Reacher's command, and tells her that he and his son are in danger. Quinn visits a captive Teresa. Reacher and the team discover that the weapons are being sold to Yemeni buyers and that a terrorist act will be carried out in the United States. Zachary apologizes to Richard for his wrongdoing and says he will protect him at all costs. Zachary informs Reacher of the time and place of the exchange. Duffy and Villanueva involve the ATF, much to Reacher's reluctance. On a call with Neagley, Reacher learns the exchange is actually taking place at Zachary's house, and the place they are at is a setup.
248"Unfinished Business"Sam HillScott SullivanMarch 27, 2025 (2025-3-27)
Quinn's henchmen ambush the ATF team and eliminate them all, but Reacher, Duffy, and Villanueva take them out and save Zachary, leaving a driver to sneak them into the house. After an intense and brutal fight, Paulie dies after firing an LMG tampered by Reacher. Duffy saves Teresa from the buyers, while Villanueva finds Richard. When Reacher kills Quinn's men, Quinn kills the buyers and takes their money and Richard hostage. Quinn is confronted by Zachary, who points the toy gun at him; when it malfunctions, Quinn kills Zachary and leaves without the money. Quinn is confronted outside the house by Russian mob debt collectors. Reacher and Neagley offer them the buyers' money in exchange for Quinn, and they accept. Reacher reminds Quinn about Kohl before executing him. In the aftermath, Reacher says goodbye to Neagley and Duffy; Richard takes his father's leftover money before disappearing; Duffy returns Teresa to her grandmother before resigning from the DEA, and she and Villanueva pay their respects to Eliot's parents; Villanueva reunites with his wife; and Reacher rides off on a motorcycle.

Production

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Development

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On July 15, 2019, a TV series adaptation of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels was announced by Amazon. Nick Santora, who created Scorpion, was set to write, showrun, and produce the series through Paramount Television and Skydance Media.[6] On January 14, 2020, the TV series was greenlit, with Don Granger, Scott Sullivan, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross, and Christopher McQuarrie as executive producers with Child. The first season was announced as an adaptation of Child's novel Killing Floor.[7] In July 2021, it was announced M. J. Bassett had joined the series as a director.[8] On February 7, 2022, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.[9] To adapt the books to screen the writers decided they would need to make Reacher verbalize his thoughts more often, but that they would keep his dialogue short and direct and have him only speak longer to people he respects. They also decided to introduce Neagley to the series earlier than in the books.[10] On December 2, 2023, ahead of the second-season premiere, it was revealed that filming of a third season had begun.[11] On October 9, 2024, ahead of the third season premiere, Amazon renewed the series for a fourth season.[12]

Casting

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On September 4, 2020, Alan Ritchson was cast in the title role.[13] On March 22, 2021, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, and Chris Webster were cast as series regulars.[14] On May 19, 2021, Bruce McGill, Maria Sten, and Hugh Thompson joined the main cast.[3] On June 11, 2021, Kristin Kreuk, Marc Bendavid, Willie C. Carpenter, Currie Graham, Harvey Guillén, and Maxwell Jenkins were announced to have joined the cast in undisclosed capacities.[1]

On September 14, 2022, Shaun Sipos joined as a series regular for the second season.[15] On September 21, 2022, Serinda Swan, Ferdinand Kingsley, and Rory Cochrane joined the main cast while Domenick Lombardozzi, Luke Bilyk, Dean McKenzie, Edsson Morales, Andres Collantes, Shannon Kook, Ty Olsson, Josh Blacker, and Al Sapienza were cast in guest roles for the second season.[16] Goodwin, Swan and Lombardozzi already starred in Santora's Breakout Kings in 2011. On May 5, 2023, Robert Patrick was cast to replace Cochrane who left due to a scheduling conflict with the second season.[17]

On February 8, 2024, Anthony Michael Hall and Sonya Cassidy were cast as series regulars for the third season.[18] On March 6, 2024, Brian Tee, Johnny Berchtold and Roberto Montesinos were cast as regulars of the third season, while Daniel David Stewart in a recurring role.[19] In May 2024, bodybuilder Olivier Richters, also known as "the Dutch Giant", was cast as Persuader's secondary antagonist Paulie.[20]

Filming

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A temporary townscape was built in North Pickering, Ontario to support filming of the first season. The entire fictional city of Margrave was built from the ground up in a leased farm field in Ontario. Other areas of filming include Toronto, Port Perry and Pickering.[21] Principal photography of the first season took place between April 15 and July 30, 2021, in Toronto.[22] During filming, Ritchson broke a bone in his shoulder, which required surgery. He also tore an abdominal muscle during a fight scene.[23]

Filming for the second season took place between September 2022 and March 2023.[24] The season was filmed in various locations in Ontario, Canada, including Toronto, Brampton and Hamilton.[25]

Filming for the third season took place in between July and September 2023.[26] Different parts of Canada served as backdrops, including Millbrook, Brantford and Downtown St. John's.[27]

Filming for the fourth season is scheduled to begin in summer 2025.[28]

Release

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The first season's episodes were released on February 4, 2022.[29] For the second season, the first three episodes were released on December 15, 2023, with an additional episode released each week through January 19, 2024.[30] For the third season, the first three episodes were released on February 20, 2025, with an additional episode released each week through March 27, 2025.[31]

Reception

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Audience

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Reacher was the most streamed television series for the week of February 7–13, 2022, according to the Nielsen streaming rankings, the first Amazon production to achieve the feat.[32]

Critical response

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For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 92% approval rating with an average rating of 7.3/10, based on 75 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Reacher captures the trademark bulk of its titular hero while trading away some of his definition, but fans of the novels will find plenty to love about this faithful adaptation."[33] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 68 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[34]

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian said, "This rollicking adaptation of Lee Child's man-mountain ex-military sleuth is hugely fun, packed with punchups and far better than Cruise's movie efforts."[35] Michael Hogan of The Telegraph wrote, "Reacher is huge, pulpy fun and far classier than you might expect."[36] Joshua Alston of Variety praised the casting of Ritchson but said the character was unsuitable to carry this kind of show: "the longer it runs, the more obvious its protagonist-shaped void becomes".[37] Dan Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter called it "frustratingly over-faithful to the source material", saying, "I wouldn't mind another season, but I'd probably still rather read another book."[38]

The second season has a 98% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Brawny as Alan Ritchson's biceps, Reacher swaggers confidently into its sophomore season as rock 'em sock 'em pulp with a sly wink."[39] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 79 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[40] Conversely, Forbes panned the second season as "one of the worst shows on TV", adding that "there’s just not enough going on to make him (Reacher) a particularly compelling protagonist".[41]

The third season has a 98% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 42 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Jack Reacher finally picks a fight with someone his own size in this crunchy third season, reliably doling out justice to foes and satisfaction to viewers."[42] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 76 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[43] The latest season was complimented by Forbes for having improved after certain disappointments from the previous season.[44]

Spin-off

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Main article: Neagley

On September 4, 2024, it was announced that a spin-off series focusing on the Reacher series regular Frances Neagley was in development at Amazon Prime Video with Maria Sten set to reprise her role.[45] On October 1, 2024, it was announced that Prime Video had greenlit the series with Santora and Nicholas Wootton serving as showrunners for the series.[46] Filming on Neagley commenced in Toronto in February 2025.[47][48]

References

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  1. ^ Also credited as Amazon Studios (seasons 1–2).
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