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TV series based on the Lee Child character

Reacher is an American action crime streaming 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 military policeman with formidable abilities. Reacher always encounters and is forced to battle dangerous criminals throughout his travels.

The first season, based on Killing Floor, Child’s 1997 debut novel, was released on February 4, 2022. The second season, based on Bad Luck and Trouble, was released on December 14, 2023. Ahead of the second premiere, the series was renewed for a third season.

Premise[edit]

Jack Reacher is a former U.S. Army military policeman with extensive investigative and combat experience who now lives as a drifter, traveling from town to town across the United States.

In Season 1, while visiting the (fictional) rural town of Margrave, Georgia, he 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.

In Season 2, Jack is contacted by former members of his MP unit when one of their own is murdered under mysterious circumstances. He reassembles his old team to find the murderers and avenge his friend.

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

Recurring[edit]

• Willie C. Carpenter as Mosley, an elderly barber and longtime resident of Margrave^[1]
• Harvey Guillén as Jasper, Margrave’s medical examiner^[1]
• Maxwell Jenkins as young Reacher
• Gavin White and Christopher Russell as Joe Reacher, a Secret Service agent and Reacher’s older brother. White plays the young Joe and Russell portrays the character as an adult.^[2]
• Leslie Fray as Josephine Reacher, Reacher’s mother
• Matthew Marsden as Stan Reacher, Reacher’s father
• Hugh Thompson as Baker, a corrupt Margrave officer^[3]
• Jonathan Koensgen as Stevenson, a Margrave officer and Paul Hubble’s cousin
• AJ Simmons as Dawson, Kliner’s nephew and enforcer
• Marc Bendavid as Paul Hubble, a banker strong-armed into assisting a counterfeiting ring^[1]
• Patrick Garrow as Taylor Spivey, a corrupt corrections officer
• Kristin Kreuk as Charlene “Charlie” Hubble, Paul’s wife^[1]
• Currie Graham as Kliner Sr., the owner of Kliner Industries^[1]
• Martin Roach as Picard, an FBI agent and old friend of Finlay’s^[2]

Guest[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Series overview[edit]

Season 1 (2022)[edit]

Season 2 (2023)[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

On July 15, 2019, a TV series adaptation of Lee Child‘s Jack Reacher series was announced by Amazon. Nick Santora, who created Scorpion, was set to write, showrun, and produce the series through Paramount Television and Skydance Media.^[8] 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.^[9] In July 2021, it was announced M. J. Bassett had joined the series as a director.^[10] On February 7, 2022, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.^[11] Adapting the books to screen the writers decided they would need to make Reacher verbalize his thoughts more often, but that they would keep his dialog 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.^[12] On December 2, 2023, ahead of the second season premiere, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a third season.^[13]

Casting[edit]

On September 4, 2020, Alan Ritchson was cast in the title role.^[14] On March 22, 2021, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, and Chris Webster were cast as series regulars.^[15] 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.^[16] 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 are set to guest star for the second season.^[17] On May 5, 2023, Robert Patrick was cast to replace Cochrane who left due to a scheduling conflict with the second season.^[18]

Filming[edit]

A temporary townscape was built in North Pickering, Ontario to support filming of the show. 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.^[19] Principal shooting of season 1 took place…