Fly Boy

Are you all really quibbling about whether it's realistic, or whether a human can really do that, or, whatever the heck else you want to complain about? 🤣. The character was in his mid to late 30's when he was introduced in the first book and is unstoppable as of the latest book, in which he's got to be 50's if not 60. For heaven's sake - if you read the books, you already have to suspend disbelief as he moves from town to town, outmatching everyone and righting wrongs. Get a grip people. It is FICTION and in fiction, we can do whatever we want, even have what seems to be superhuman strength or unbelievable luck. At least they have stuck with Alan Ritchson. His physical makeup at least does a better job of matching the guy that Lee Child first created. I understood when Child allowed Tom Cruise to play him, becaus, well, TOM CRUISE. But he was never really Jack Reacher. This Alan Ritchson guy fits him to a T.

I can barely accept that the series has turned into a series about a group of ruthless killers who kill dozens of people out of revenge and in a sadistic manner, I can barely accept that there is the head of security of a company who decides to sell futuristic weapons to terrorists, corrupt a senator, cause the death of dozens of people, all this for ONLY $65 million, but I absolutely cannot accept that Homeland, for some reason that is not understood, not only wants to hide, but even succeeds in hiding a group of killers involved, directly or indirectly, in political corruption for the purpose of selling state-of-the-art weapons to a terrorist group that has led to the deaths of dozens and dozens of local criminals, a policeman a police chief, the entire security sector of a company, a truck driver, a criminal in a hospital, a fake doctor in a hospital, an arms dealer, a pilot and a technician shot down by a missile, a politician's escort, a politician's aide and the senator himself, who by the way are alive and it is not clear why they should not talk, and I am probably forgetting someone. .. It becomes science fiction ...

Where to begin ?

This finale should've been taken back to the drawing board, The pacing is rushed, we learn what happened to swan, what kind of men langston and AM really are and reacher is basically hercules.

Production - another rough cgi, obvious stunt work set piece, poorly mixed audio ( i use headphones).

Acting - usual standard, some shine others just phone it in.

Music - well chosen.

The episode starts right where ep7 left off with reacher going in to the lions den and ready to fight.

The bad guys become utter chumps and drop like flies, and it just gets worse from there.

With out spoiling specifics, the main fight is over by the half way point of the episode and the rest of it is used to wrap up the 'victims families' and reachers good byes.

Some violence, a teeny bit of gore, a lot of suspension of disbelief required and alot of mixed messages.

A good sum up of the season, moments of brilliance and good action let down by dumb writing and forced cliches.

Firstly, I loved the first season: tight plot in a small town, with a great cast. Season two on the other hand is entirely devoid of the first season's charm and intellect. The story is paper thin, extremely soporific, and very predictable; the supporting cast are completely forgettable and dull; and the main flaw is Reacher lacks the allure he had in the first season.

It's not a terrible season, it's just an eye-watering slog to get through, because there's so little here that grabs you. I hope to god they correct course for the next season and make something in line with what made the 1st season so good, because this ain't it.

I think they ran out of script about half way through this episode, and then tread water for the remaining time. Total anticlimax here. When the major plot threads are wrapped up, we had a lot of feel-good but rather inconsequential "farewells" between cast members. And weren't you expecting just a bit more explanation of what became of Swan? Also the exits of some other villains, while satisfying, was a bit hurried, but perhaps an earlier version of this episode was thought to be burdened with too much explanation.

I preferred the former season, when Reacher was more of a loner, mentally and physically, and that character trait figured significantly in the plot. The first several episodes of this series promised a lot more than what was delivered here.