Reacher Season 2: Alan Ritchson Breaks One Major Record for Character That Was Unfathomable With Tom Cruise in Lead
The first three episodes of the action crime TV series Reacher Season 2 are out now and have already taken the world by storm as the show is off to a roaring start. The first season of the show was also a massive hit, which led to the making of this second season.
Reacher Season 2 is based on Lee Child’s eleventh book in the Jack Reacher series, namely Bad Luck and Trouble. The announcement of the show’s renewal for a second season was made on February 7, 2022. The first three episodes were released on Amazon Prime on December 15, 2023.
Reacher Season 2 is Back in Full Swing
Reacher is centered on the titular character Jack Reacher (portrayed by Alan Ritchson), a former U.S. Army Military Police Major with great investigative and combat skills. He is now a drifter who keeps coming across dangerous criminals to fight with during his travels.
In Reacher Season 2, a former member of the Military Police unit from New York City informs Jack that one of their co-workers has been murdered under bizarre circumstances. This leads to Jack bringing together his old team and embarking on a journey to track down the murderers of their old friend and avenge his death.
Reacher Season 2 has reached new heights in terms of audience viewership as Deadline reported that this season’s viewership has gone above Season 1’s viewership by 50% in the first three days. One can only imagine what it will be like when the entire season is out. As of now, the show is the No. 1 title of the year for Prime Video based on the viewership of all the shows and movies released on the streamer.
That being said, this is a feat that the show might not have been able to reach if Tom Cruise were to play the lead character. This would be because, with Alan Ritchson’s portrayal of Reacher, the show classifies into the subgenre of dad shows, which would not be possible with Cruise who is more inclined to make projects targeted for a different demographic.
Alan Ritchson on Why Reacher Attracts Such a Large Audience
Reacher is the most-watched original series on Prime Video (via The Hollywood Reporter). This huge success of the series brings us to the question of what is it about Reacher that attracts so many viewers. Thankfully, Alan Ritchson has an answer for it.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ritchson explained his take on why everyone likes Reacher so much, saying:
“We wish our judicial systems and law enforcement were less clumsy and maybe even [not] unethical at times. In Reacher, you have the embodiment of that wish being fulfilled in a single person who’s capable of doing something for us. And that’s exciting for us to think that, maybe somewhere out there someday, we’ll see justice done before we pass.”
The Smallville star’s reasoning is absolutely valid. People get a break from their disappointment in their judicial system by watching Reacher do all that an individual from an ideal juridical system would do.
The first three episodes of Reacher Season 2 are available for streaming on Prime Video.
