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The first season was very impressive and even made me forget about Tom Cruise ever playing Reacher.

Reacher was strong, powerful, a good fighter, demanded respect, was respectful even when resisting, all of which made him highly attractive.

In season 2 they seemed to have totally altered the original and well-known Reacher character though.

First of all there are his looks. The actor did so much work on muscle, likely took steroids, and no longer looks attractive. Too much of a good thing is still too much. He now looks off-putting which isn't congruent with how Reacher is supposed to be and look. He can't even move normally anymore, his muscles are in the way. In order to be effective, strong, and yet elegant in fighting you cannot be a gorilla or body-builder. You have to train different muscles for speed and strength.

Then his personality. He now acts like a blunt projectile without a brain and unfortunately his appearance matches that.

The respectful approach when taking on an opponent, or talking to an ally, has gone. It's like we're dealing with an entirely different character, both inside and out, no longer Reacher as we have gotten to know him.

What is also lacking is a person like Finlay and Roscoe. For some reason they glued everything together in season 1. The cast surrounding Reacher in this 2nd season doesn't have that same effect. Something about the whole setting is 'off'.

I'm not sure why this allowed this to happen. Another writer or producer maybe?

What I do know is that it's not an improvement. Season 1 I'd rate a 10, but season 2... a 4 rating is doing it a big favour.

For me this is enough. No need for a season 3 unless Reacher character goes back to looking normal, his character become normal "Reacher" gallant & powerful again, and of course a decent story as this 2nd one doesn't really work either.

Fan of season 1 Reacher, not of season 2.

Absolutely brilliant movie. You maybe need to have a bit of an understanding of the incredible power of our mind & subconscious. Or at least be open to that concept.

The plot is excellent, the cast is great. Not sure what I was expecting from the story, but I got much more than I thought I was going to get.

At first I thought it was something like a medium helping someone out but this is a whole other level!

It got interesting right away as well. If you have little patience in giving movies a chance to take off (like me) then this is the one for you.

Special kudos for William Fichtner. He does a more than excellent job.

Oh, and don't run off as soon as the credits begin as there's a few more gems hidden in between them!

Now go watch it. You won't regret it!

10 stars for the seasons with Douglas Henshall.

I loved the first 7 seasons of this show. It had everything just right, characters, cast, setting, stories, love & intrigue.

I've enjoyed it a lot, watched it 2x even.

I just finished the 8th season without Douglas Henshall and I really had to make myself stick with it and watch the last couple episodes.

To be honest, I feel the show would've been better without the new woman, Ashley Jensen. Why not let Tosh and Sandy carry it? They could do that. Flesh out their characters, promote Tosh, and simply get a new lower ranking officer in to provide a bit of newness. That would've worked better.

I understand it isn't easy to replace Douglas as he is such a strong actor and has such a powerful aura. That's going to take time for the audience as well as the cast, but for some reason I didn't like the story either. I got bored with it, which is why after watching 4 episodes it took quite some time for me to get back to watching the last two.

It made me wonder if there was more going on outside the main storyline in the previous episodes.

Things will probably get a bit easier with the next season, if there is going to be one.

I'm thinking that maybe it'd be best to simply call it quits. It'd be a shame not to have more of the Shetlands, but it's also better to end it on a high and not let it go down the drain.

In essence I don't like this new character.