Reacher
Warning : spoilers forrader for Reacher season 2 .
Summary
Reacherseason 2 put doubt over whether Tony Swan is a baddie , but the question of whether he betrayed the Special Investigators has an unambiguously clear answer . base on Lee Child ’s " Bad Luck & Trouble " book , Reacherseason 2 ’s story began when the titulary titan ’s old champion from the110th Special Investigatorsstarted dropping , quite literally , like tent-fly . Franz , Orozco , Lowery , and Sanchez were all confirmed to be dead , while Neagley , Dixon , and O’Donnell seem as members of themainReacherseason 2 mold . That leaves only strumming aesthesis Tony Swan , who go away and stay unaccounted for .
Amazon’sReacherplants numerous clew to suggest Swan was potentially filthy all along , implicating him in the New Age missile conspiracy at the heart of season 2 ’s story . Gradually , O’Donnell , Dixon , and Neagley all come around to the idea that Swan has potentially betray them , and only Reacher himself keeps religion in his old friend . The accuracy is finally revealed inReacherseason 2 , episode 6 , " New York ’s Finest , " which confirms Swan ’s true allegiance and excuse his role in the remunerative arms deal that his hundred-and-tenth crony were specially investigating .
Reacher Season 2, Episode 6 Confirms Swan Was Never A Traitor
One of the more damning clues dropped to set up Tony Swan as aReacherseason 2 villainwas the coded email addressed to Marlo Burns discussing theLittle Wing weapons projection . Initially seen as a potential meter reading of his guilt , Burns herself confirms Swan is innocentwhen Reacher ’s crew catches up to her in time of year 2 , episode 6 . Burns explains how she attempt to prevent the arms deal between Langston and AM , and reveal she recruit Swan to assist her . Any chance Burns could be lying is dispelled when Langston attempts to kill her in the episode ’s climactic prospect .
Putting the pieces together , this explains Swan ’s mien on the New Age payroll department - Marlo Burns hired him as a double federal agent investigating the company . Swan then involved Franz , Sanchez , and Orozco in the typesetter’s case , but Langston rumbled them , and Swan ’s three associate were savagely tossed from a helicopter . Reacher was right to trust Swan , and despite being ungainly with drugs and institutionalise legion offence against euphony , the missing Special Investigator is as sodding as his avian namesake .
What Happened To Swan In Reacher Season 2
Despite proving Tony Swan was a good guy all along , Reacherseason 2 leaves his existent whereabouts unknown for a little longer . Swan may not have been working alongside New Age , but his touch was still being used to sign off on weapon system shipments , and the cemetery assassin claimed it was Swan who hired him . David O’Donnell speculate inReacherseason 2 , episode 6 that Langston intended Swan to take the fall once the missing weapons freight got noticed . That would sure as shooting excuse why Swan ’s name is splashed all over the documentation , but such a plan could only exercise if Swan himself were utter .
As both a key witness and a former Special Investigator , Swan could testify against Langston if arrested . Swan is , therefore , almost certainly deadinReacher . As head of security , Langston could easily rearrange the company systems to falsely cross-file Swan ’s bearing , and keeping him alive as a prisoner would pose too great a risk . The smart play would be if Langston made Swan look like the culprit , but also ascertain his patsy cryptically disappeared before the authority could intervene , effectively immobilize the company ’s offence on a beat man .
Reacherseason 2 carry on Fridays on Prime Video .
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