Reacher
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As he drives, Duke asks Reacher what he and Angel discussed at the warehouse.
Reacher, his right hand still stained with Angels blood, plays dumb.
Reacher cant figure out why.
Duke summons Reacher to speak with Beck again.
Reachers instinct is to arm himself for this meeting, but the kitchen knives are out of reach.
It belonged to a gang Beck knows, though none of its members match Reachers description of Richards kidnapper.
(Weknow that was scrawny DEA agent Eliot.)
Beck also presses Reacher on his description of what punch in of firearm the kidnapper used.
Duke was a dirty cop turned full-time crook.
Again, Reacher refuses Neagleys help.
That she intuits Reacher is up against Francis Xavier Quinn without Reacher even saying his their?
old adversarys name is just more proof Reacher should let his old squadmate help him out.
Rechers next call is to Duffy.
I cant remember whos always saying this, but In an Investigation, Details Matter.
Anyway, Reacher asked for a car, not a companion.
But Duffy insists that if hes going toBizaaah Bizaaaaah, shes going too.
Her girl Teresa could be there.
But their search of the warehouse comes up empty.
Im begging the writers of this show to let someoneotherthan Reacher know, like, anything.
How often do you do this?
Two more of Becks truck-drivin men arrive.
No, thats not quite right: Reacher impales one of them on a crowbar!
Presumably, that entrails sorry,entails more floor scrubbing.
(Reacher and Duffy just crowbard them to death.)
Reacher volunteers to take their place, but Beck orders him to escort Richard into town instead.
Clearly, he wants the boy away from whatever will be going down at the house.
On their way out of the gate, Reacher tries to clip Paulie with his car.
Moved by this gesture, Richard tells Reacher who his dads boss is: Julius McCabe.
We dont know the name.
Richard speculates that Zachary Becks love of this toy pistol was where the old mans obsession with firearms began.
And yet neither Reacher nor Duffy has yet figured out what sort of contraband Beck is trafficking, somehow.
Hell have to kill Duke and take his place.
In truth, the address is a DEA safe house near Hartford.
Their hostage, Richards bodyguard, threatens to call his congressman.
The only congressman youll get to talk to is Teddy Fucking Kennedy, Duffy tells him.
If Reacher were around, hed probably point out that Ted Kennedy was a senator.
Three normal-size guys against one Ritchson-size guy is a whole different ball of wax.
So the two of them make tracks outta there, right?
They stick around for ice cream!
Reacher wants to know what flavor Richard has brought him.
Lavender infusion, the kid answers.
The expression on Ritchsons face as he tosses the cone in the trash should win him an Emmy.
Here at last Richard unburdens himself, telling Reacher that the Becks lives are not their own.
This is where the plot unravels like an old sweater.
I hereby agree to these terms.
Ive read Lee Childs novelPersuader; I know what happens to Agent Eliot in that story.
(Im not telling.)
But this season ofReacheris an adaptation of that 22-year-old book, not a verbatim translation.
Beck will tag along.
With Angel and Duke both dead, Reacher has ascended two rungs.
