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If there is one quote from Lee Child's Jack Reacher books that perfectly captures the Alan Ritchson character's lifestyle and mindset towards crime-solving, it is:
"I don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs."
The above quote is from Lee Child's 61 Hours. Even though Prime Video has not yet adapted the book, its line perfectly captures Reacher's transient nature and desire to always stay the same. It highlights how Jack Reacher never intends to start a revolution against the wrongdoers and neither wishes to go out of his way to become a global heroic figure.
All he cares about is wandering from one place to another and only opposing specific, localized evil when he encounters it. As he himself quotes in Lee Child's Nothing to Lose, he is a man with only one rule: he leaves people alone when they leave him alone, but when they don't, he fights back.
Reacher’s Return In The Neagley Spinoff Means He Is Bending One Of His Most Important Rules
Even in the Prime Video show, so far, Jack Reacher has never intentionally gotten himself involved in any conflict or conspiracy. Trouble simply has its way of finding him. In season 1, he somehow ended up in a town where his brother was killed. Neagley reached out to him in season 2 and told him about the murders of the Special Investigators. And his travels somehow led him to the same town as Quinn in season 3.
Towards the end of every Reacher season, the Alan Ritchson character remained unchanged, but significantly altered the world around him by fighting people "who put the world to wrongs."
There are over 25 Jack Reacher books in the series, but even in the most recent ones, Reacher's adventures are all the same. There are no heavy moments of catharsis or transformation in his story where he ends up fundamentally changing who he is or how he approaches life.
However, by returning in the upcoming Neagley spinoff show as a side character, Jack Reacher is finally changing in ways he never has before.
Both Reacher season 4 and the Neagley spinoff show have officially wrapped filming.
His relationship with Neagley highlights a hidden catharsis, where he is gradually starting to bend his own lifetstyle rules and choices. Although he cares little about settling down and being held back by long-term relationships, he is willing to consciously walk towards trouble and temporarily put his own idea of freedom on hold just to help her.
Put simply, unlike his book counterpart, he is not completely untouched by attachment and obligation.
Reacher’s Gradual Catharsis In The Show Hints He Will Eventually Be Nothing Like His Book Counterpart
Frances Neagley is not as significant of a character in the original Lee Child novels. Although she is one of the few recurring characters that shows up in multiple installments, she does not accompany Reacher in every crime-solving endeavor. Also, there are no stories where she takes the lead while Jack Reacher takes the backseat as her sidekick.
In the upcoming Neagley spinoff, though, the Alan Ritchson character will, for a change, relinquish control and operate more in the background.
This change in his role highlights how he is already nothing like his book counterpart. For once, his story is being shaped by someone else's choices instead of his own, which hints that he might eventually even step out of the role of the unstoppable drifting detective and settle down for good.
Some things about the Alan Ritchson character will likely stay the same even in Prime Video's Reacher, but his return in the Neagley spinoff show proves he is changing and evolving one of his most sacred rules.
Reacher
TV-MA
Crime
Drama
Action
Thriller
8/10
645
9.2/10
Release Date
February 3, 2022
Network
Prime Video
Cast
Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, Serinda Swan, Chris Webster, Shaun Sipos, Bruce McGill, Ferdinand Kingsley, Robert Patrick, JD Smith, Kelsey Falconer, Lee Villeneuve, Eli Ham, Emeka Agada, Hazel Gorin, Nathaniel McParland, Connor Laidman, Darrin Maharaj, Drew Moss, Peter Skagen, Rohan Mead, Kaz Morgan, Zachary Gallegos, Scott Barker
Showrunner
Nick Santora
Directors
Omar Madha, Carol Banker, Julian Holmes, Lin Oeding, M.J. Bassett, Norberto Barba, Stephen Surjik, Thomas Vincent
Writers
Cait Duffy
Franchise(s)
Jack Reacher
Main Genre
Action
Genres
Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller
Creator(s)
Nick Santora
Producers
Agatha Barnes, Don Granger, Marcy Ross, Scott Sullivan, Nick Santora, Lee Child, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Paula Wagner, Sam Hill, Derek Rappaport, Sean Ryerson, Adam Higgs, Aadrita Mukerji, Penny Cox, Bill Bost
Seasons
3
Story By
nick santora
Streaming Service(s)
Prime Video
Where To Watch
Prime Video
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