Warning: Spoilers ahead for theReacherseason 3 finale!Reacher’s main character has come up with some brutally efficient ways to take out his opponents throughout the Amazon show’s first three seasons, but one example from the most recent finale isn’t quite as original as it seems at first. In fact, Alan Ritchson’s character pulled off what was pretty much the exact opposite of the same kill during a fight alongside the110th Special Investigators inReacherseason 2.
All three seasons ofReacherhave been filled with violence. Of course,Lee Child’sJack Reacherbooksalso fit this description, so it’s no surprise that the live-action adaptation also has a penchant for bloodshed.Reacherseason 3 continues to prove just how lethal the character can be, whether he has any weapons to hand or not. Although quite often the dominant force in a one-on-one fight, he’s also smart enough to spot an advantage when he sees one.
Reacher Season 3’s Truck Kill Is The Exact Opposite Of A Kill From Season 2
Reacher gets to see the moment from another angle
Reacher thankfully gets far more involved in the ATF’s sting operation than he has the right to be, and it plunges him into the fight when it’s revealed that Quinn (Brian Tee) set up the whole thing as a ruse. During the battle in the season 3 finale, “Unfinished Business,“Ritchson’s character sneaks up on one of Quinn’s men, who is closing in on Beck (Anthony Michael Hall) as he takes cover under a truck in the scrapyard. Before the approaching bad guy knows what’s going on, Reacher has taken care of him.
ATF is the shorthand for referring to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Looking back toReacherseason 2, episode 6, “New York’s Finest,“Reacher can be seen involved in what is essentially the reverse of this scenario. Hiding beneath a similar vehicle in a similar situation, Reacher quietly emerges from his concealed spot and expertly takes out one of the men hunting him down. It’s an easy parallel to miss, but one that’s pretty interesting to analyze all the same.
Reacher Season 3’s Scrapyard Was A More Intense Version Of Season 2’s Similar Battle
The 110th vs. Langston’s men was more of a cloak-and-dagger encounter
The two scenes in which the kills in each season happen have a lot of similarities, butReacherseason 3’s scrapyard fight scene is way more intense. WhereasReacher’s fight alongside the 110th is an incredibly stealthy affairwith most of the kills being carried out in near silence, the scrapyard fight in “Unfinished Business” is an all-out firefight. Given that it’s a coming together of the ATF and the henchmen of a gunrunner, it’s not really a surprise thatReacher’s main character finds himself in such a scenario in the season 3 finale.
