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‘Reacher’ Season 4 Is Officially Bringing Back a Character You Never Even Knew Existed [Exclusive]

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Reacher thrives on a simple formula: Alan Ritchson‘s titular protagonist travels from town to town and city to city, often encountering evil in the process — and giving it a brutal beating. Throughout its run, Reacher introduced plenty of allies, including Maria Sten‘s Frances Neagley, and more than a few foes over the course of three seasons. Season 4 premieres tomorrow, and while it’s gaining some of the best reviews of the series fans might be surprised to learn that it’s continuing a long-running trend of establishing one character’s presence. What makes this worth mentioning? This character has never appeared on screen during Reacher‘s run

During Collider’s visit to the set of Reacher Season 4, production designer Nazgol Goshtasbpour revealed that each season has featured a workstation that belongs to a mysterious woman named Trish. Originally, Goshtasbpour and her crew wanted to make sure that the places where Reacher and his allies operate feel lived in, but decided to create a character entirely out of whole cloth to add to the illusion. In the process, they’ve actually managed to track this character’s life, and potentially set her up to appear in a future season of Reacher.

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The ‘Reacher’ Production Designer Made Sure Trish’s Presence is Felt in ‘Reacher’

Alan Ritchson in Reacher
Image via Brooke Palmer / ©Amazon / Courtesy Everett Collection

The idea to shape Trish’s workspace came during Season 2 of Reacher, which also brought Neagley into the fold. Nazgol Goshtasbpour said that she and the rest of the production team decided to create a character who was a joy to hang out with, which feels out of place with the brutal action of Reacher but screams to be explored further.

“So we like to, and especially our scenic team, we like to come up with a backstory of, like, who sits at that desk, even though, like, nobody’s there in our story. And we came up with a character named Trish, who was, like, fun and happy and, you know, she liked to go for happy hour.”

To make Trish’s landscape stand out, Goshtasbpour and her team added flourishes that would immediately draw the eye. Season 2 featured a leopard print jacket hanging on the back of a chair, alongside a pair of high heels and a bottle of wine; given Goshtasbpour’s description of Trish’s personality, these feel like the perfect accessories. Season 3 took it a step further with a similar setup in Neagey’s private investigator office, suggesting that she and Trish had a history. Finally, Season 4 will feature Trish having an office in a chemical plant; this aligns with the high stakes of the Lee Child novel it’s based on, Gone Tomorrow, where Reacher investigates a conspiracy that threatens to level Philadelphia.













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Could Trish Show Up on ‘Reacher’?

Though Trish hasn’t appeared in the flesh on Reacher, Nazgol Goshtasbpour has hinted that the production team will continue to hint at her presence, with a major change coming for Season 5. “And then so next season, if we do another office, it’s going to be her retirement party,” she said. It does raise the question: could Trish and Reacher potentially cross paths in future seasons? The hulking ex-soldier has gained a reputation for romancing most of the women he encounters. There’s also the utterly hilarious idea of seeing a stoic figure like Reacher having to be in the presence of a bubbly party girl, especially if the right actress is picked to play Trish. Most of the people Reacher met can hold their own in battle as well; is it possible that Trish could be packing some deadly skills behind her party girl facade?

Making a television show is a labor of love by a veritable army of people; you have to get the right cast, the right writers, and the right production designers who bring the world of your show to life. By establishing Trish as a recurring presence, Reacher‘s production team has helped the show stand out in Prime Video’s catalog.

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Release Date

February 3, 2022

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Network

Prime Video

Showrunner
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Nick Santora

Directors

Omar Madha, Carol Banker, Julian Holmes, Lin Oeding, M.J. Bassett, Norberto Barba, Stephen Surjik, Thomas Vincent

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Writers

Cait Duffy

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