The second season of Reacher, which was confirmed by Prime Video shortly after the first season received critical praise, has struggled with viewers’ hearts. Despite a brief interruption due to Tom Cruise’s view of the part, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher was back on our screens.
With Alan Ritchson in the lead, Reacher has grown to 6 feet 2 inches tall, edging closer to the character’s formidable 6 feet 5 inches. Jennifer Salke, the CEO of Amazon Studios, explained the streamer’s strategy for adapting The Wheel of Time and Rings of Power’s mind-blowing fiction.
She stated: “Those are two areas that we will invest in as global tentpole content strategies. But we also want to appeal to local audiences. People will come for the big global content. But what we don’t want is a customer to come in to be able to just watch one show, and then there’s nothing else for them. So we want to make sure we are really surfacing to them a collection of content that they love.” (per Variety)
Jack Reacher, replete with allusions and sources, has become a classic, with films starring Cruise and an abundance of books available on Amazon. But we’ve gotten off track. Let’s get right to it.
Season one emphasised Jack’s pursuit of his brother’s murderer, and by the finale, all the loose threads seemed to be neatly tied up. Reacher resolves to break away from Margrave in pursuit of something fresh. After saying his farewell, Reachers burys a medal with great sentimental worth in his brother’s final resting place.
The first season of Jack Reacher was based on the first Jack Reacher novel, Killing Floor. According to Digital Spy, the second season will “jump ahead” to book number 11, Bad Luck and Trouble. Reacher’s “old investigative unit is brought back together when one of their number is killed” in this book.
In a conversation with TVLine earlier, show boss Santora had already pointed out that the seasons wouldn’t necessarily follow a chronological order. Considering that content is replete and divided into 26 novels, the show’s creators can jump from one novel to another anytime they want.
Talking to Radio Times about the chronology of the books, Child said, “I haven’t read the books. I’ve written them. I never reread them. I know them by reputation, what other people tell me about them. And there are some that are really popular.
“I think what was so great about this first season was Reacher’s loneliness being assuaged by his relationships with other people, and I would like to see more of that. And there’s two or three books that really stand out in that sense. So maybe one of them.”
Season 2 of Reacher would be impossible without its eponymous hero, Jack Reacher, played by Alan Ritchson. Ritchson shared his delight at Reacher’s quick season 2 renewal in an Instagram post. It was accompanied by the caption:
“Whoaaaaaa!!! This is incredible! Unlike Reacher who chooses to say nothing, I’m simply speechless.
“In just our opening weekend you’ve made #ReacheronPrime one of @primevideo most watched shows EVER! That is insane.
“There are so many people I’m grateful to for making this show as enjoyable as it is. But all of the creative genius and unwavering commitment by all those behind this would amount to nothing if you weren’t enjoying the world of Reacher. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”