Sizzlin' Summer Streaming 24' - Reacher - Season Two

Reacher is back! After an almost two year wait! Season one was a one binge drop on Amazon Prime Video, back in Feb 22! Based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, it stars Alan Ritchson as Reacher. And he is built like a brick shithouse. He also gives you a good look at those bulging pecs!

The first season of Reacher was based on Killing Floor, Child's 1997 debut novel, while the second season, is based on Bad Luck and Trouble (2007).

The season commenced with three episodes back in mid-December. The season concluded around lunchtime yesterday, however Reacher has already been renewed for a third season. Filming and production has apparently already commenced too!

Season 2 (Bad Luck and Trouble), Reacher is contacted by a former member of his defunct MP unit from New York City when one of their own is murdered under mysterious circumstances. He reassembles his old team to find the murderers and avenge their friend. Warning SPOILER BELOW about the finale, Fly Boy

While being held captive, Reacher learns that Swan never joined Langston and refused to join on the conspiracy. As a result of his defiance, Swan was murdered, with his harvested body parts used for DNA evidence to make him as the designated fall guy. 

Neagley and Lavoy's security team successfully breaks Reacher out of the New Age Facility, allowing him to board Langston's helicopter, kill Langston and his remaining bodyguard, and free O'Donnell and Dixon.

The team then heads to the New Age engineer's house to ambush and kill A.M. Anticipating that Lavoy's security team was going to assassinate the investigators as the the last remaining loose ends, Homeland Security agents arrest Lavoy and the security team after having been tipped off by Reacher prior to his rescue mission. 

The investigators kill the two remaining New Age employees for their part in the conspiracy by using a Little Wing missile on Langston's helicopter, with the crash covered up by Homeland Security. The team distributes the $64 million among themselves, the surviving family members of their fallen allies, and go their separate ways.

So where will season three take us? Was this as good or better than season one? For me week to week was a bit more tricky than the single binge I did on season one. However the action scenes were well done and the episodes flew by!

For me this was a good Jack Ryan replacement on Amazon. One action series down, one to replace it. Meanwhile Citadel was also a big action hit on Amazon.

In the meantime hopefully early next summer we will get the third in this action book to TV series. Until tomorrow.