Reacher is a crime show about a big guy solving big mysteries, usually with his big muscles. Itâs won hearts and minds thanks to remaining laser-focused on this simple but laudable premise, and season 3 appears to be doubling down on it in its new trailer as gentle giant Jack Reacher faces off against a dude whoâs even bigger.
Reacher season 3 arrives on Amazon Prime Video beginning with three episodes on February 20 that see the retired U.S. Army major going undercover to investigate a rug import business thatâs seemingly up to no good, smuggling guns, drugs, or some other illicit product. Itâs on this latest assignment that Reacher faces his toughest challenge yet: a 7-foot-tall bodyguard named Paulie. âHeâs twice my size,â Reacher tells his handler. YesâŠha ha haâŠYES
Fans are already ecstatic. âSomebody is bigger than Reacher. This alone is a solid reason to watch Season 3,â reads the top comment on the season 3 trailerâs YouTube page. âFinally, a worthy opponent for Reacher! This deserves unlimited seasons, keep em coming!â reads another. âThis show should go on for 30 seasons,â added a third.
Reacherâs success is part of a recent wave of âlean backâ TV, also known as âsmart-dumbâ TV, that indulges in the fun and satisfying delights of storytelling that knows what itâs about, does it very well, and doesnât try to take itself too seriously. Where The Lincoln Lawyer revels in absurd but totally awesome courtroom antics, Reacher in unabashedly a show about a decent, stand-up guy who never found a bad situation that couldnât be made right again through the careful deployment of his rippling biceps and manhole-cover quads.
In season 2 he threw a grill at a guy. I canât wait to see what he picks up in season 3.
