Reacher
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EveryReacherseason gives us a flashback story line running parallel to the present-day narrative.
Mariah Robinson persuades us of Kohls intelligence and sense of duty from her first moment onscreen.
and Garber gives his tacit approval: Do it once, [and] do it right.
What kind of army is this, anyway?
Literally before Reacher has even mopped the blood off his face?
No further questions, your honor.
After some prodding, Reacher at last reveals why he tried to kill this guy 13 years earlier.
Whosnotpart of this conversation?
Ninety-eight-pound rookie DEA agent Eliot, thats who.
What do the regulations say?
his boss asks him.
She and Villanueva will knock back beers while listening to Reacher recount his history with Kohl and Quinn.
But if you put all that aside, shes strictly by the book!
Why doesnt she just say, Fuck that convicted domestic abusah!
Youah nawht giving him a cigaretteohra loy-ah!
Anyway, the grown-ups have seated Eliot at the kiddie table.
I know he fucked up Duffys warrant by misreading a map, but his penance seems excessive.
Kohl came from a town called Elkhardt but traveled all over the U.S. hunting elk with her father.
Reachers own dad, a Marine who disdained anything fancy, was a pretty compartmentalized guy.
without veering into camp is remarkable.
As an actor, hes no soup sandwich.
Under pressure from Kohl, Gorowski reveals that a crooked lieutenant colonel named Quinn is their real enemy.
Its the same strategy Quinn will later deploy against Zachary Beck.
Cornered by Reacher, Quinn claims Kohl was part of his secret-selling conspiracy.
Its the first time weve heard Brian Tees Quinn speak, and he certainly is a silver-tongued devil.
But Reacher isnt buying.
Tries his best, anyway.
Persuadersuggests more potential, albeit unrealized, for a sexual connection between Reacher and Kohl.
Im glad the show quashes that.
Flowers on a first date?
Im not sure I agree with you 100 percent on your police work there, Major.
I fucked that kid over, and now I have to make it right, Duffy says.
French maid Annette (Caitlin McNerney) takes the liberty of bringing Reacher some new threads.
Beck cant have his No.
2 looking like number two, Reacher quips.
She looks away bashfully from the shirtless, bronzed Reacher.
Thats a meaningful distinction.
The next morning, Reacher gives Richard a boxing lesson.
You punch with your legs, not with your fists, he says, correctly.
Poor, alone, and on the streets.
Youre poor, alone, and on the streets, Richard protests.
Yeah, but Im good at it, Reacher says.
Wouldnt Gorowski or Quinn have putsomekind of random document in that envelope to throw the investigators off the scent?
No one who doesnt live in the DMV will care, but no one whodoeslive here wont clock it.
