Dominique

After a strong start to Reacher Season 3, Episode 4 feels like a major step down in pacing and engagement. What started as a thrilling, action-packed season suddenly grinds to a halt with an episode that feels more like filler than progress.

The biggest issue? The flashbacks. They come off as overly dramatic and cheesy, adding little value to the story while dragging down the momentum. Instead of offering deeper character insights, they feel forced and unnecessary.

Then there's Reacher's female partner-cringe-worthy and painfully dull. Her interactions feel unnatural, lacking chemistry and any real presence. Rather than adding to the intrigue, she becomes a distraction that makes certain scenes feel like a chore to sit through.

Overall, this is easily the weakest episode of the season so far. The first few episodes set an intense, gripping tone, but this one loses steam fast. Hopefully, this is just a temporary slump and not a sign of things to come. Fingers crossed that Episode 5 gets things back on track.

Episode four, season three...i am spelling this all out so that i easily make the minimum required characters... i really enjoyed seasons one and two...but, since the beginning of season three, i have wondered whether or not i would actually make it through this season before giving up on this series...interestingly enough, between this and the last season, i began reading the Lee Childs books that this series is based on. I really enjoyed book one...but i thought book two was terrible. And now this. But, unlike the featured review, i agree with his assessment of this season...but disagree about this episode... this episode HAD to happen...that's been obvious since we were made to understand that Reacher had a grudge. We, or at least EYE, needed back story... and, to be TOtally honest, i LOVE back story...it puts flesh on the bones of any story. What's the point of knowing 'z' if we don't know 'a-y', aye?

One thing that was a glaring flaw, though...when the police get to the barn, there's snow on the ground...footprints are easy to discern...and yet they believe Reacher's story? The footprints would've told even ME that he was lying. There have been HUGE glitches like this throughout this season... we should know in the pilot that things that happened were NOT in Reacher's character...so the end of that episode was no surprise WHATsoever...but it sure wasn't good storytelling...i'll ride this season out. But it might be my last...too much good stuff to watch to waste my time on bad to mediocre...

Someone really messed up this episode, either the screenwriter or the director.

The dialogue is awkward, clunky and unnatural. The actress playing Dominique was very shy and awkward, even wooden-like in some scenes. The jokes are forced, the actors saying them look like they are attending a funeral. The overall quality is somewhere inbetween Star Wars Episode 2 and The Room...

They either cut costs and used AI or some intern, the difference in quality is night and day.

PS: The positive reviews seem written by the staff who worked on this show, many are completely biased, unrealistic and overly optimistic.

This episode provided the necessary backstory to explain why Reacher has such animosity and hatred towards Xavier Quinn. I won't spoil it, but Quinn actions made the stakes very personable for Reacher. It appears the only reason fans of the show are downvoting this episode, is due solely to the race of Reacher's protege. It's absolutely ridiculous.

We get to see the nefarious plans Quinn was up to, and just how far he twists the screws to those who work for him. He gives them no choice but to carry out his deeds. When we get to the confrontation between Reacher and Quinn, it begs the question just exactly how did Quinn survive the aftermath. I'm sure at some point, we will get the answers from Quinn himself, the next time he and Reacher go toe to toe.

As previous seasons the first episodes are fire then the pace slows to explore history / flashbacks and reasoning.

This episode takes a dark turn like season 1's 'morrisons got nailed' death but holds back a bit on the gore / spectacle of it.

Just enough info and clever camera work to sell the brutality but with out showing the wounds.

The episode then brings some levity and humour to cheer us up.

I would say people are being too harsh on duffy's actress and other petty grievances this season is a bit darker / more brutal tale than the previous, but it's still great i just wish it was all out at once can't wait for next week !