The series is as much about revealing who Reacher is, as it is concerned with solving the crime at its center.
With its eight episodes, the series takes its time in uncovering who this mysterious six-foot tall veteran with unparalleled fighting skills is. His character is introduced as both enigmatic and intriguing. He is a lone drifter with quite the impressive military background. He is the biggest person in any room, as well as the strongest and the smartest. The series quickly establishes Reacher’s character as someone who never goes unnoticed. Written for television by Nick Santora, with Lee Child as one of the executive producers, Reacher is a gripping action series, due largely to Alan Ritchson’s performance as Reacher (and that’s not just because he is shirtless at some point in every episode). Reacher must now work to prove his innocence, uncovering a deep-seated conspiracy. As he is the only stranger in town, he is immediately suspected.
The body of a man, shot, beaten up, then covered with a cardboard box was found. An eyewitness claims to have seen Reacher at the scene of a gruesome crime. In this season of the series, Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, arrives in the small seemingly-quiet town of Margrave, Georgia, to be immediately arrested by the local police as he is about to enjoy a slice of peach pie at the town’s diner. Based on Lee Child’s first Jack Reacher novel, Season One of Reacher on Amazon Prime Video introduces viewers to the character of Jack Reacher, who prefers to be called just Reacher, no longer played by Tom Cruise as in the film franchise, but by a hulky Alan Ritchson, who has at least one scene per episode shirtless.