# Reacher - the full-sized version is a vast improvement {Season 2, 1st 3 episodes available 2023-12-15}

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978/21 "2022-02-06T16:12:23Z")

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Here’s what I posted in a thread I started about new shows:

[quote=“solost, post:22, topic:958799, full:true”]

> [@What shows have you either begun to watch or are looking forward to watching (Feb. 2022 Edition)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-you-either-begun-to-watch-or-are-looking-forward-to-watching-feb-2022-edition/958799/18):
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> > [@What shows have you either begun to watch or are looking forward to watching (Feb. 2022 Edition)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-have-you-either-begun-to-watch-or-are-looking-forward-to-watching-feb-2022-edition/958799/1):
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> > > **Reacher, Amazon** (Feb. 4)  
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> > > I’ve read several of the books years ago and liked them well enough, but they became so formulaic I just quit.
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> > > I just watched the first three episodes of this and it’s well worth the time. The guy that plays Reacher is totally spot on. They’ve also added small bits of humor that I don’t remember from the books. I could see myself watching 8 episodes of this every year. Recommend you give it a try.
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> Yep, watched the first two episodes last night. That is the Reacher we all deserve. Nothing against Cruise’s tiny Reacher, or maybe I should say nothing against his action career in general, which we all know he works very hard at, does his own stunts, etc.
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> But one of the defining characteristics of Reacher is that he’s a big, imposing guy. A cop compares him to Frankenstein’s monster at one point, which is an apt comparison, because nobody would make a movie with a tiny Frankenstein monster.
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> As you said @mordecaiB, it’s very watchable; well paced, with little bits of humor between the action. Very bingeable. Each of the two eps I saw end in a mini-cliffhanger designed to draw you into the next ep. I had to stop myself from binging a third one because it was getting late.
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> It ain’t Shakespeare, but it’s good at what it is.

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