Reacher
Warning : Major spoiler for Reacher season 2 below !
Summary
Reacherseason 2 has introduced the titular submarine ’s latest enemy , who in many slipway is a dark mirror to Reacher himself . Reacherseason 2 adaptsBad Luck and Trouble , the 11th account book in Lee Child ’s series . In this season , Reacher reunites with members of his old army unit to expose who murdered one of their own . time of year 2 has a bigger scale than the first time of year too , with Reacher and his squad finding themselves in the middle of a conspiracy that makes them muscular opposition .
Reacher’sfirst season adaptedKilling Floor , the first of the novels . It was relatively faithful too , though it flesh out the villains even more - and made their crime even more unpleasant . Still , it never truly feel like Reacher was in danger , and when it came to theReacherseason 1 finale , he dispatched them with comparative ease . Of course , this is dead on target of most of small fry ’s novels , where the title character never lose a engagement and the last villains tend to get dispatched in blunt , almost anti - climatic way .
Unlike its harbinger which make a while to install its premise , Reacher time of year 2 makes it decipherable from the get - go that this newfangled mission is personal .
Reacher Season 2’s AM Is A Dark Flip Of Jack Reacher Himself
AM is Reacher without a moral code
KJ Kliner made for an in effect sniveling resister in time of year 1 , which made his painful demise in the finale all the more hearty . Reacher and the 110th are up against two major foes in the 2d season ; Robert Patrick ( Terminator 2 : Judgment Day ) as the mysterious Langston , and Ferdinand Kingsley as the even more mysterious AM.This character is a weapons buyer for terrorist , with AM ’s enigmatic nickname being due to his use of pseudonym starting with those initials(e.g . Adrian Mount , Alan Mason , Azhari Mahmoud , etc ) .
What ’s interesting about AM is how similar he is to Reacher in some surprising way . AM is often described as a " ghost , " which is on the button what Roscoe ( Willa Fitzgerald ) dub Reacher during his stop in time of year 1 , as outside his army file cabinet , there was picayune evidence he even survive . AM is more of a trace , make a motion through the world and result almost no tracing ; he does n’t even have a name . He ostensibly has no friend or attachments either .
Reacher seasons 1 and 2 are rain cats and dogs only on Prime .
Reacherseason 2 fleshes AM alittlemore thanBad Luck and Troubledid . Unlike his novel counterpart , this AM is shown to be a up to orca in his own rightfield , and in episode 3 , he spots undercover police at an airport using some Jack Reacher - style logical tax deduction . Of course , the two have plenty of differences;Reacher ’s only possessions are a toothbrush and the dress he ’s wear , while AM dons fancy suits , reads comics and carries a casewherever he drop dead . In terms of frame , he ’s a respectable spate small than the titular character too .
Reacher Could Have Become Like AM After Leaving The 110th
AM is like an alternate universe Reacher
If Reacher himself had n’t been raised in a loving family and did n’t develop an brassbound code of honor , it ’s not out of the question he could have evolved into somebody like AM . Again , neither the Holy Scripture nor Amazon ’s version ( at least , not yet ) dives into the villain ’s backstory , but on the control surface , the two characters portion out some rough-cut trait . Had Reacher gone down a dark route , he would have taken a similar road to AM , shedding what was leave of his older identity and using his connectedness and knowledge to get full-bodied .
In both the novels and the serial , Reacher has no stake in getting wealthy or own possessions and has a distaste for bully and corruptness . He has no trouble delivering vigilante DoJ either - and male child , does he ever - but his moral codification is so strong it ’s impossible to see him ever rick evil . WithReacher’snew villain AM , hearing at least get to think over what a black version of Reacher would be .
AM’s Similarities To Jack Reacher Show How Season 2’s Villains Are Different To S1
Season 2 is upping its villain game
The first season ’s baddie committed some heinous crimes , but season 2 ’s bad cat are on another level . Reacher really needs his onetime squad to take them on , because he ’d have a tougher clock time alone . Reacher’snew scoundrel have military and even government connections , and make the Margrave counterfeiting operation of season 1 look smallin comparison . This is one of the ways the second season raises the stakes and the scale , as there are a destiny more gun fights , Salmon P. Chase and activity sequences in universal .
In the al-Qur’an , AM and Reacher did n’t get into a strong-arm free-for-all when they finally play one another , but withReacherseason 2 picture off the former ’s knife skills , that could alter . It would unquestionably be interesting to see how the two compare as fighter , though like the first series , there ’s picayune question as to the eventual consequence .
