Reacher
admonition : spoilers ahead for Reacher season 2 , installment 4 .
Summary
Finlay is back inReacherseason 2 , making Roscoe even more blazing by her absence seizure , but a plausible explanation can be found . Copying the anthology format of Lee Child ’s novel series , Amazon’sReacherTV show dropped season 1 supporting character Roscoe Conklin ( Willa Fitzgerald ) and Oscar Finlay ( Malcolm Goodwin ) in favor of all - new characters forReacherseason 2 . As proven by sequence 4 , " A Night at the Symphony , " however , those characters are not gone completely . Finlay make up an lengthy cameo aiding the110th Special Investigatorsin an orchestrated drugs skint , but this immediately raises questions over why Finlay return key and Roscoe does not .
Arguably , Reacher calling Roscoe for service would have made more mother wit , since Finlay was intending to retire whenReacherseason 1 stop , but Roscoe was still an active constabulary policeman . Indeed , Reacher expresses surprise over Finlay coming out of retirement during their leave conversation in season 2 , installment 4 , confirm that he still believed his old friend from Margrave was out of action when picking up the phone . Also , Reacherseason 1 ’s ending ascertain Roscoe giving Alan Ritchson ’s role her number , jell up her return far more plainly than Finlay ’s .
Is Negley ’s strange fixation with cereal in Reacher season 2 narratively significant , or just a random detail that credibly means nothing in the show
Reacher Couldn’t Call Roscoe For Help With Season 2, Episode 4’s Sting Mission
Reacher has two reasons to call Finlay rather than Roscoe - one warm , one not so strong . The final moments ofReacherseason 1 hint that Roscoe would run to become the new mayor of Margrave . Reacher would , therefore , have assumed that the retiredFinlay had more time on his handsto help the Special Investigators than Roscoe , given her political responsibility to the rural Georgia town .
More significantly , Reacher would know thatgetting involved in the 110th ’s mischievousness is not something a respectable mayor can do . Roscoe would necessarily rush to New York if Reacher ask for her help , but becoming embroiled in the Little Wing conspiracy risks Roscoe ’s position as city manager , putting the political futurity of Margrave under threat . The professional risk to Finlay is significantly low-pitched , and Reacher , the ruthlessly coherent brute that he is , would have assessed the situation and conclude that Finlay , retired or not , was in a far better position to help oneself with some illegal - side by side fact-finding work .
Did Reacher Have A Different Reason To Avoid Calling Roscoe?
The not - so - easy - to - rationalize reason Alan Ritchson ’s Reacher may have look for Finlay ’s help rather than Roscoe ’s is to debar a potential collision of lovers . Reacher has only late log Z’s with Karla Dixon inReacherseason 2 . call Roscoe could complicate matter , either because old embers from season 1 would reignite , or becauseDixon ’s feather could be ruffled by Reacher essay help from an older flame . Calling Finlay was the strategical choice from a romantic view .
It could also be debate that , if only on a subconscious spirit level , Reacherwanted to avoid putting Roscoe in harm ’s way . Reacherseason 2 villains Langston and AMhave prove themselves remorseless cause of death , and anyone getting in their way immediately progress to themselves a aim . Roscoe is both a skilled officer and as braw a cop as Reacher could find , but the idea of a former romantic married person being tossed from a helicopter may have dissuade Ritchson ’s eccentric from bringing Roscoe into the fold . Reacher would n’t want Finlay to take a parachute - liberal skydive either , but he and Finlay did n’t share a night of passion together . Finlay , therefore , received the call .
Reacherseason 2 go forward Friday on Prime Video .
