What is ‘Reacher’ about?
Season 3 of
Reacher premiered on Amazon Prime Video on February 20, 2025. The first
three episodes were released on that date, with new episodes released weekly on
Thursdays until March 27, 2025.
Reacher is
based on the best-selling books by Lee Child. The show follows Jack
Reacher (Alan Ritchson), a former military investigator who gets involved in
conspiracies and other dangerous situations. In season 3, Reacher must
rescue a DEA informant from a criminal organization.
The series is based on Lee
Child’s long-running Jack Reacher book series, which follows a
hulking former soldier (Reacher) who now metes out justice as he travels the
nation with little more than the clothes on his back. Along the way, he finds
himself solving murders, unraveling conspiracies, and throwing plenty of
punches.
Child’s book series provides
plenty of material to cover, encompassing 29 novels as well as a short-story
collection. Each season of Reacher adapts one book in the
series, and this upcoming season is based on the seventh book, Persuader. A new Jack Reacher book, Exit
Strategy, is scheduled to be published in late 2025.
Who stars in ‘Reacher’?
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Palmer/Brooke Palmer/Prime Video
Alan Ritchson stars as the
eponymous Reacher, with each season primarily taking place in a new location
following the events of a new mystery. While there’s quite a bit of turnover in
the cast from season to season, Frances Neagley (Maria Sten) is a constant. One
of Reacher’s closest friends, she served with him in the Army's 110th Special
Investigations Unit and is one of the few people Reacher will seek when he
needs help.
In addition to Sten, there will
be plenty of fresh faces among the cast.
New additions for Season 3 include Anthony Michael Hall as Zachary Beck, a
businessman running a nefarious operation; Sonya Cassidy as DEA agent Susan
Duffy; Brian Tee as a former soldier who has a history with Reacher; Johnny
Berchtold as Beck’s son; Roberto Montesinos as veteran DEA agent Guillermo
Villanueva; Daniel David Stewart as rookie DEA agent Steven Elliot; and Olivier
“The Dutch Giant” Richters as Beck’s bodyguard Paulie.
What is Season 3 of ‘Reacher’ about?
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The third season of Reacher is based on Child’s novel Persuader, and finds Reacher tangled up in a DEA investigation of an import business owned by Zachary Beck (Hall). As is often the case, Reacher has a personal stake in the investigation, when he realizes someone he investigated years ago for a crime during his time in the Army has resurfaced in connection to Beck’s operation.
To unravel what’s happening in
Beck’s business, the DEA collaborates with Reacher and attempts to send him in
undercover to help rescue another undercover DEA informant and put a stop to
Beck’s business practices.
