Reacher (2022)
Reacher is a 2022 action & adventure series created by Nick Santora and Tony Morales. It stars Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten and Malcolm Goodwin.
Jack Reacher owns nothing but a folding toothbrush and the clothes he stands in. A former Army military police major, he rides buses into towns he has no reason to visit, and trouble finds him anyway. In the first season he steps off in Margrave, Georgia, gets arrested for a murder he did not commit, and starts pulling a conspiracy apart with his fists and a very fast mind. Adapted from Lee Child's novels by Nick Santora, the show leans into Reacher's size, his code, and the pleasure of watching bullies pick the wrong stranger. Alan Ritchson stars.
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What is Reacher about?
Jack Reacher owns nothing but a folding toothbrush and the clothes he stands in. A former Army military police major, he rides buses into towns he has no reason to visit, and trouble finds him anyway. In the first season he steps off in Margrave, Georgia, gets arrested for a murder he did not commit, and starts pulling a conspiracy apart with his fists and a very fast mind. Adapted from Lee Child's novels by Nick Santora, the show leans into Reacher's size, his code, and the pleasure of watching bullies pick the wrong stranger. Alan Ritchson stars.
When was Reacher released?
Reacher was released on 3 February 2022.
How many episodes does Reacher have?
Reacher has 32 episodes across 4 seasons.
Who made Reacher?
Reacher was created by Nick Santora, Tony Morales and Cait Duffy.
Where can I watch Reacher?
Reacher is available on Prime Video, Amazon Freevee, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Reacher
Stream: Prime Video
Watch free: Amazon Freevee
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher
- Maria Sten as Frances Neagley
- Malcolm Goodwin as Oscar Finlay
- Willa Fitzgerald as Roscoe Conklin
- Serinda Swan as Karla Dixon
- Chris Webster as KJ
- Shaun Sipos as David O'Donnell
- Bruce McGill as Mayor Teale
- Ferdinand Kingsley as A.M.
- Robert Patrick as Shane Langston
- Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy
- Johnny Berchtold as Richard Beck
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A few thoughts on Reacher
On screen, the FX series Justified sends a laconic lawman into small-town corruption with the same dry menace. The 2012 film Jack Reacher adapts the same character from a different novel, worth a look for the contrast in casting. And The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories] scratches the same itch for a hero who solves the room before he acts.
Ex-military drifters who can't walk away from a town in trouble
Jack Reacher steps off a bus with nothing but a folding toothbrush and lands in the middle of a conspiracy anyway. The Old Man follows a retired CIA operative pulled back into violence, The Terminal List sends a Navy SEAL after the people who destroyed his unit, Red Dead Redemption 2 rides an outlaw through the same wandering code, and Largo Winch turns an heir into a one-man conspiracy-solving machine.
Worlds where old scores get settled with fists, not courtrooms
Reacher works outside every legal channel because the law moves too slowly for him. Marvel's The Punisher turns grief into a one-man war on crime, Punisher: One Last Kill continues that same brutal reckoning on the big screen, The Continental shows a young Winston Scott surviving an assassins' underworld with its own code, and Gangs of London stages a turf war where family loyalty outweighs any police investigation.
People whose old life resurfaces and won't let them stay hidden
Reacher's past keeps dragging him into other people's wars. Who Is Erin Carter? follows a woman whose hidden history catches up to her, Legends follows an undercover agent losing track of which identity is real, Butterfly pulls a retired operative back for one last job, Black Doves and Fool Me Once both crack open pasts nobody expected to resurface, and Cape Fear drags a predator back into an overdue reckoning.
Government thrillers racing the clock to stop the next attack
Reacher keeps stumbling into conspiracies bigger than one town, the kind these shows stretch across whole seasons. 24 races its agents to stop an attack before the day ends, The Night Agent follows a low-level operative who becomes the only lead that matters, Jack Ryan: Ghost War sends an analyst into the field once intelligence turns out true, and Citadel and The Night Manager drop people into a spy war.