# Reacher - the full-sized version is a vast improvement {Season 2, 1st 3 episodes available 2023-12-15} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [February 5, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978 "2022-02-05T21:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/241 "2025-02-21T18:53:25Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I watched the first three eps yesterday: I liked them/I like this season’s setup. And, it’s always fun for this Gen X kid to see Anthony Michael Hall. 🙂 Holy shit that was AMH??? Damn now I feel old. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/242 "2025-02-21T20:37:28Z")
Has he ditched the team? I liked him better solo. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/243 "2025-02-21T21:24:35Z")
I enjoyed the first episode. Very cool to hear The Smithereens’ “Blood & Roses” in the background for the opening scene…the showrunner’s taste in music continues to impress. Nice to see Sonya Cassidy, I liked her in Lodge 49 – her accent and attitude are a lot different here! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/244 "2025-02-21T21:41:32Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Very cool to hear The Smithereens’ “Blood & Roses” in the background for the opening scene Yes, I meant to mention that! 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/245 "2025-02-21T21:46:35Z")
_Persuader_ is easily my least favorite Reacher novel, so this is a bummer for me. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/246 "2025-02-22T01:00:30Z")
I don’t like it much, either, but it’s miles better than any of the recent Andrew Child entries. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/247 "2025-02-22T20:24:45Z")
I read all the books once. I found them fun to read. It is amazing however, how often this action novel writer gets gun details wrong. (A .38 is more or less the same power as a 9mm, for example) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/248 "2025-02-22T23:21:06Z")
I read them all, but as I watch these series I’m surprised at how little I remember them. Is it actually possible that the Reacher actor was even MORE wooden than int he previous seasons? 😉 Quite the prosthetic on that one actor’s ear! 😱 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/249 "2025-02-25T06:19:54Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@blondebear](#): > > > > Very cool to hear The Smithereens’ “Blood & Roses” in the background for the opening scene > > Yes, I meant to mention that! 🎶 Nothing from the Ethel Merman Disco album, though. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/250 "2025-02-27T03:04:42Z")
I loved most of the books and enjoyed Season 1 a lot. Season 2 less so, and not liking this season at all. The female FBI agent is awful. The writing and dialog are terrible. Maybe it will get better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978.md?page=12)