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What To Remember Before Prime Video’s Best Action Thriller Returns
Reacher Season 4 is officially around the corner. Since its premiere in 2022, Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) has ventured all across America, from the small town of Margrave, Georgia, to the casinos of Atlantic City. Although he’s left military life behind to become a full-time drifter, trouble always seems to follow him. Each season follows Reacher in a different location as he’s pulled into a new case, whether it’s exposing a crooked factory owner or taking down a corrupt security director. As Reacher braces himself for what could be his most dangerous and darkest case yet in Season 4, those who haven’t rewatched his previous adventures can catch up with our recap of Reacher Season 3.
Reacher Takes On a Dangerous Undercover Assignment in Season 3
Season 3 kicks off in Abbottsville, Maine, where Jack Reacher (Ritchson) appears to botch a kidnapping rescue when he accidentally shoots a police officer. However, the chaotic opening is revealed to be a setup. Working with DEA agent Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy) and her team, Reacher must infiltrate the shady rug business of Zachary Beck (Anthony Michael Hall), whom Duffy believes is holding DEA agent Teresa Daniels (Storm Steenson) captive.
To pull off the mission, Reacher must assume a convincing new identity and get close to Beck’s son, Richard (Johnny Berchtold), by playing the hero. After a long interrogation and a game of Russian roulette, Reacher is finally recruited as one of Beck’s henchmen, much to the displeasure of his head of security, Chapman Duke (Donald Sales), and his towering bodyguard, Paulie (Olivier Richters).
Reacher settles into his undercover role within the Beck estate and security team. Not fully trusting him just yet, Beck assigns him to identify Richard’s kidnappers’ Toyota at a police impound lot and deliver a truck to Connecticut within six hours. However, henchman Angel Doll (Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz) quickly makes things difficult after tracking Reacher during the delivery. When Angel nearly blows his cover, Reacher kills him and hides the body.
Reacher Is Haunted by an Old Enemy in Season 3
Reacher and Duffy sneak into the impound lot to both dispose of Angel’s body and locate Teresa, but end up fighting and dispatching two assailants instead. Back at the Beck house, Reacher continues to earn Richard’s trust, and Richard finally reveals that his father has been living in fear of a criminal named Julius McCabe. In order to get closer to Beck, however, Richard must get rid of Duke. During a fake shootout, Reacher rigs an explosive device inside a microwave and kills Duke, which allows him to pin Duke’s death on Angel.
Season 3 also reveals Reacher’s personal history with McCabe (Brian Tee), whose real name is Francis Xavier Quinn, a former member of U.S. military intelligence who became an arms dealer. During Reacher’s time with the 110th MP Special Investigations Unit, Quinn became the subject of an investigation. The case brought Reacher together with Sergeant Dominique Kohl (Mariah Robinson), a talented young soldier who basically turned into his protégé. Although Dominique quickly proved she could keep up with Reacher, Quinn kidnapped and murdered her. Reacher pursued Quinn, leading to a confrontation that ended with Reacher shooting him and throwing him off a cliff. However, Quinn survived the fall, resulting in Reacher’s most personal enemy still walking free.
Reacher Discovers Quinn’s Real Endgame in Season 3
After Reacher learns that Duffy and fellow DEA agent Guillermo Villanueva (Roberto Montesinos) are checking out a tubing facility, he realizes they’re walking into an ambush. He arrives as Quinn’s henchmen open fire but successfully gets Duffy and Villy to safety. Meanwhile, John Cooper (Ronnie Rowe), Beck’s former bodyguard, who’s being held by Duffy, Villy, and rookie agent Steven Eliot (Daniel David Stewart), tricks Eliot into giving him a cigarette. Cooper uses alcohol to blind Eliot, then beats him to death and escapes. Reacher and Duffy stage a car crash to stop Cooper, allowing Reacher to shoot him. They also discover that Quinn is moving powerful, untraceable weapons, rather than drugs.
Reacher finally encounters Quinn, who’s suffering from amnesia and blames Beck for bringing an undercover ATF agent into his home. Quinn reveals Teresa is alive but being held for a client, while Reacher learns the Russian mob helped finance the weapons operation and now wants its money back. Richard discovers his kidnapping was staged and confronts Reacher, forcing him to explain why he infiltrated his father’s business. Quinn soon connects Reacher to the old 110th unit, exposing his cover. Reacher escapes the Beck estate, successfully killing the henchmen who followed him into the weeds. Back at the house, Quinn punishes Beck for his mistakes. Reacher and Duffy track Teresa down, only to learn that Quinn has already moved her again.
Reacher Faces His Biggest Showdown Yet in Season 3
Reacher and Duffy travel to Los Angeles, where they track down Darien Prado (Greg Bryk), the drug dealer Duffy had been investigating before a warrant mistake shut down her case. They use their leverage over Prado to force him into helping with another weapons shipment. Reacher and Duffy learn that Quinn plans to sell his guns to buyers from Yemen. Meanwhile, Frances Neagley (Maria Sten) digs into Quinn’s past and discovers just how many people he has killed to protect his business. With Quinn’s operation getting more dangerous, Duffy brings in the ATF for backup. Reacher, however, still wants Quinn for himself. When the team reaches the salvage yard to shut down the supposed arms deal, Reacher realizes they’ve been played. The real weapons deal is happening at Beck’s birthday party, which is currently ongoing back at his mansion.
Season 3’s finale goes all out as Reacher, Duffy, Villy, and Neagley race back to the Beck estate. Quinn is using Zachary’s 50th birthday party as cover for his weapons deal with the Yemeni buyers, so the team splits up to rescue Richard and Teresa while stopping the sale. Everyone gets their moment to cause some damage, but Reacher’s showdown with Paulie takes the cake. Reacher eventually gets the upper hand and kills Paulie. Elsewhere, Quinn fatally shoots Beck, forcing Richard to grab a real weapon and fire back. The Russian mob soon arrives to collect their money, but Neagley cuts a deal that leaves Quinn to Reacher. After reminding Quinn of Dominique, Reacher finally kills him. The episode ends with the survivors all going their separate ways — Richard disappears with his father’s remaining money, Duffy delivers Teresa to her family before handing in her resignation from the DEA, and Reacher rides off into the sunset, kicking off his next adventure.
Reacher Season 4 premieres August 12 on Prime Video.
- Release Date
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February 3, 2022
- Network
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Prime Video
- Showrunner
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Nick Santora
- Directors
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Omar Madha, Carol Banker, Julian Holmes, Lin Oeding, M.J. Bassett, Norberto Barba, Stephen Surjik, Thomas Vincent
- Writers
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Cait Duffy
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