Persuader

No offense to the Scottish actress who plays Susan Duffy, but her accent is as bad as Dick Van Dyke's Cockney role in Mary Poppins. I'll admit the season opener grabbed my attention , but her character is such a distraction, it makes it hard to watch. Surely there was an Boston area actress available for this role. Normally the viewer roots for Reacher and the lead woman to get together romantically, but not this time. It's also a shame that is apparently more cost effective to shoot movies in Canada than the United States. For me, it takes away from is authenticity. But my wife and I will watch the entire season as we can relax together and enjoy it for what it is.

I Love the Jack Reacher books, and the first season was excellent. This season is of course a great story, but the script is contrived and weak. The very worst part though is the acting of the female lead Sonya Cassidy and her sidekick Roberto Montesinos, they deliver their lines like they're just relieved that they remembered them at all. Sadly there is zero sexual chemistry between Reacher and Duffy and their intimate scenes are clunky and ridiculous. I'm astonished that the director let some scenes through at all. Alan Ritchson is not a great actor but passable in a role he is built for. I hope this series continues but these stories deserve and need better actors and far better screenwriters.

I remember watching the trailer for season three and waiting for months for it to finally come out. And here it it. Today the highly anticipated third season of Reacher returns.

This episode is probably the best pilot the show's seen so far. It was instantly into the action with a mysterious aspect of what's actually happening. The opening scene was perfection! Seeing it begin at the end and watch the build-up to the point where we ended off was great. The new characters are looking to be pretty cool, with the likes of Richard, the FBI agents and my most anticipated one, Paulie. It's a great concept to have as now Reacher can't rely on the fact that he's bigger and stronger, because now he's not...

A super opening episode and an excellent start to what I hope will be another great season.

I don't know where she got her accent from but it's awful and distracting. She's also just a horrible actress, "I'm not just a pretty face" was a tough watch. Hopefully she doesn't last long in this season because the accent makes her borderline unwatchable. Every word she says is mangled and doesn't sound remotely like a New England accent. They need to get someone who can actually speak in a New England accent and her comment on Tom Brady being a traitor is completely inconsistent with the sentiment of the region. Don't get some British chick with no connection to New England to give potentially one of the worst accents I've ever heard. I rarely give reviews and didn't rate it that poorly because the rest of the episode is fine, but her performance is abhorrent and she must be stopped.

I loved season 1, it was a great start to the TV franchise and Alan Ritchson nailed Reachers mannerisms and character right down to his fighting style. Season 2 was good, but I didn't like the way they sidelined the main man. However, I've just blitzed the first 3 episodes of Season 3 and I am seriously impressed! Plenty of action, a bit of humour and what looks to be a good plot. Reacher is back in a big way, this time more like the books where he is mainly relying on himself although I like Duffey and her team as well. I think we are in for a treat this season. Can't wait for more, I wish they had released the whole thing!