Reacher
Warning : spoilers out front for Reacher time of year 2 , episode 4 .
Summary
Reacheris the tale of a man who drifts eternally , but several clues from time of year 2 point toward a different ultimate closing for Amazon ’s live - action quality . Alan Ritchson ’s Jack Reacher previously described himself as someone who finds it impossible to stay by the metaphoric campfire , and ever sinceReacher go out the military , he has roamed the United States taking in baseball game games , eat pie , and stopping multi - million dollar fraud operations . So dedicated is Reacher to his peregrine lifestyle , he walked away from a romance with Roscoe Conklin , and lose contact with his wanted friends from the110th Special Investigations unit .
Amazon’sReacherTV show wholeheartedly gives the impression that its lumbering titulary friend will keep crashing in motel and ride flashy autobus until his terminal breather , butReacherseason 2 subtly sets up a very different future . Amazon has not mapped out how long Alan Ritchson will continue playing Lee Child ’s literary creation , butReacherseason 3is confirm . Nevertheless , Reacherwill one day come to an end , and when that befall , a proper conclusion will be needed . This is whatReacherseason 2 may now be building toward .
Reacher Season 2 Hints Alan Ritchson’s Character Will Settle Down (Eventually)
Reacherseason 2 begins to introduce the idea that the character will one day , albeit not any day presently , lay down root in one place with a home of his own . The biggest clue comes during Reacher ’s conversation with David O’Donnell during the symphony heist in season 2 , episode 4 . meditate on O’Donnell ’s own domestic bliss , Reacher admits that if he ever did purchase a piece of state , he would settle down with around " four or five dogs . "
This descent feeds into previous hints dropped duringReacherseason 2 that hint the wandering will one twenty-four hour period cease . Ritchson ’s character was visibly hurt to discover that Calvin Franz had wed , that Lowery had decease , and that every other appendage of the Special Investigators had a framed photo of their first night together - all while Reacher himself was chase after the blues and hopping freight train alone . In stark contrast to season 1,Reacher is confronting the massive downside of his lifestyle , and how living as a hobo has keep apart him from the people he loves most .
Why Reacher Finding A Home Would Be The Perfect Ending To Amazon’s Show
For Amazon’sReacherTV show to exist , the primary character needs to remain an bond - destitute nomad drifting from place to place , finding regretful fortune and getting into hassle . WhenReacher ’s final time of year finally come , however , the show will need to decide between ending with Reacher walking aimlessly into the sunset toward another adventure , or bucking the tendency and having Reacher find a permanent domicile . Reacherseason 2 ’s clues make the latter possible , and this would be the perfect ending for Alan Ritchson ’s adaptation of the fictitious character .
As much as Reacher enjoys inhabit without obligations , time of year 2 highlights the bittersweet panorama to that life - design . If Amazon ’s TV show were to end with Jack still refusing to continue beside the campfire , this could be interpreted as a sad and alone destiny that forestall Reacher rediscovering the sense of crime syndicate and belonging he found while lead the 110th . However , ifReacherends with an old translation of the character finally determine downafter a few more seasons of stump around the United States solving case , one could contend that Reacher have the full of both worlds - a life full of impropriety and activity , follow by a life filled with love life and contentment .
Reacher season 2 introduces a young love interestingness for Jack Reacher — Karla Dixon . course , she ’s already being compared to Roscoe Conklin .
This would represent a considerablechange from Lee and Andrew Child ’s most recent Jack Reacher book of account , The SentinelandNo Plan B. Reading the Jack Reacher Scripture in chronological order , the independent character is still a gallant hobo with no train attached . Invariably , however , TV franchises are difficult to extend out as long as literary enfranchisement , and also tend to demand more authoritative endings . Reacherwrapping up with Alan Ritchson beleaguer by four , potentially five , dogs on a pocket-size plot of estate , therefore , is a distinct possibility .
Could Reacher Settle Down With Roscoe Or Dixon When Amazon’s Show Ends?
During Reacher ’s conversation with O’Donnell in episode 4 , the latter raise the opening of Future Reacher and his furred friend being unite by a woman - possibly one Karla Dixon . This belike depends on whether Dixon would be uncoerced to wait until Reacher finishes his state - surfboarding . Lee Child’sBad Luck & Troubleends with Reacher and Dixon both still individual , suggestingReacherseason 2 does not have a romantic last in store . If Reacher and Dixon did ever get together , it would be a vitrine of reunify when the former is lastly ready to settle .
InReacher time of year 1 ’s ending , Reacher said Roscoe was the only char who had a opportunity of making him stick in one place . On the other hand , Reacher and Dixon have a lot more story .
Of course , that open up up the possibility of Reacher reuniting with a completely different woman too - Roscoe fromReacherseason 1 , or one of the various springy - action mechanism sexual love interest still to issue forth . Amazon ’s television show has definitely portray Reacher as a man of secret romantic astuteness , and , for that reasonableness , an ending where Reacher is in his new home besiege by dogs would be incomplete without a human companionto portion that happiness with , whether that be Roscoe , Dixon , or a ghost from ex - girlfriend future .
Reachercontinues Friday on Prime Video .
