Back in 2022 I wrote about the then-new show called Reacher which, like the Tom Cruise movies, was based on a long series of books by Lee Child. Here’s how I described the character and the show at the time.
As a character for a novel it’s a good set up. He stumbles upon a cabal of villains in some small, isolated town and the bad guys send a crew of 3 or 4 people to deal with him, sometimes more than once. All of them end up with lots of broken bones and long-term injuries. And in the process, Reacher gets more angry and determined to bust up the ring that has unwisely decided to mess with him. Basically, if you took Sherlock Holmes put him in the body of Arnold Schwarzenegger and had him walk the earth like Caine in Kung Fu you’d have Jack Reacher…
I watched the first episode last night and I can tell you that, so far, they’ve got it right. If you’re not a fan of the…
