Reacher

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Im not askingReacherto be that show.

Ive asked too much, it would appear.

Im not mad,Reacher.

He orders the man to text the following: All good.

That would provide some symmetry.

A soupcon of dramatic irony.

Who are all these people?

Some of the mid-Atlantic regions most powerful businesspersons and players, Quinn tells his Yemeni customers as they arrive.

The TV version of Zachary does not seem like the sort of dud whose party would draw a crowd.

These party scenes are intercut with the Reacher-versus-Paulie smackdown weve been teased with all season.

Reacher, quite sensibly, has no interest in fighting fair.

Paulie swats the gun away and declares, We do this like men!

Reacher kicks him in the crotch, to no effect.

At this point, the fight won me over.

Quinn presents this man with the gift of Duffys redheaded C.I.

That was a bridge too far even for this show, evidently.)

(The pair ofDie Hardallusions later in the episode do appear to have been put there on purpose.)

I willnotallow the means by which Reacher finally kills Paulie in the guard house with the chain gun.

After Paulie tries to shoot Reacher, the weapon backfires on his face.

Reacher explains to no one, You might be bigger and stronger, but Im smarter.

I love that someone had to build a prop with a barrel that bends downward on cue!

I love the irony of Zachary trying to rescue his son using a toy the boy gave him.

Who is this monster?

one of them asks in Russian as Reacher appears.

Reacher introduces himself in the mans native tongue.

Her name was Dominique, he tells Quinn.

Im going to miss that accent more than anything else about this season.

Reachers farewell to Richard is clunkier still.

He also advises his young charge not to dwell on the many, many terrible trials hes survived.

What do you do when you cant forget the awful thing from your past?

Richard asks his poorly chosen surrogate papa.

I find the awful thing, Reacher says.

And I kill it.

Keeping that exposed while youre hurtling along at 70 miles per hour cant be a great idea.

Get one of the various first responders hanging around to stitch you up, Jack!

Knock him off the Empire State Building with some biplanes?

Respect the classics, I guess.

Im glad he made it home to his wife, who actually gets a line: Get in here.

I note Berchtold played a character called Teenage Ted when he was a young buck of only 23.

That would be Teenage Ted the Unabomber Kaczynski, by the way.