Unfinished Business

No spoilers here. You have action, lots of it. Anything you were anticipating to be wrapped up tidied up and got answered in this episode. In Reacher fashion, you have the big fight with a nemesis set up earlier in the season. Some of the ways Reacher gets out of it are more unreal, but hey, it's an action show and the show's going to go on. I feel like this is pretty good closure for this storyline. We get to see Neagley in action. You root for Reacher to come out on top. For the entertainment value and pretty decent storyline, this episode gets a 9 out of 10. Much better than Season 2 in my opinion.

This season was a marked improvement from Season 2 which came off disjointed and confusing with weak story and afternoon soap opera adult fare . Season one was an adult action / romance with a decent story and excellent acting - Season 3 by comparison was a TV 14 season with action a decent story and better than average acting - The season ending fight scene with Pauli was too drawn out and actually got tiresome. The lead gal was OK but like season two the love scene's weren't as steamy as the afternoon soaps - like season two the love scene was done practically fully clothed - UGH Season one was a 10, Season 2 was a 5 and Season 3 was back up to an 8 witch is really good for a TV 14 show I paid for when most TV 14 shows are free.

I would prefer to be able to review a Season instead of one episode, or the entire series.. but here we are.

This didn't have to be anything but a satisfying conclusion of all loose ends, and that's exactly what it is! A good and fun final confrontation we've been waiting for, and another Reacher Book story done.

At 8 episodes of 50 minutes (weekly), it feels a tad long in retrospect. It doesn't do the ground work that Season 1 did (which is still my favorite) nor does it "improve" on the main character.. aside from "thing from the past". It is still consistently good and uses its resources effectively! Which is not something I can say from most series these days.

At this point, I'm just watching for more of Lee Child and Alan Ritchson.

It cannot be disputed that their best Season remains the first one. It had exemplary story, cast and suspense. Both the seasons after that have lacked suspense and lack of intrigue in the story. Season 3 kind of makes up for the poor casting in Season 2 and the impossible fight sequence in the final episode. Season 3 has a brilliant cast with Sonya Cassidy as a brilliant addition who has great chemistry with Reacher. The fight sequences in this episode were great though it was not clear how Reacher got the giant in the water(poor lighting). But overall a very satisfactory end to the Season which had good fights,cast but a threadbare plot.

Although this finale was head and shoulders above the awful season 2 finale, this was pretty mediocre.

The much anticipated fight with Paulie was thrilling at first but then went on too long and got really goofy and herein lies the problem with Reacher: the showrunners and writers allow themselves to go so over the top that the show loses any semblance of credibility. Sure, have the fistfights, gunfights etc. It's what we're here for but instead of ratcheting everything up to 11 try operating at 7 and that would make things less cartoony.

This season started off with some slow burn intrigue however slowly but surely the show couldn't get out of its own way. It doesn't to be this dumb to be entertaining.