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admonition : Spoilers ahead forReacherseason 3 , episode 5 , " Smackdown . “Reacherseason 3 , instalment 5 , " Smackdown , " admit a second that could easily be a narrative supervision , or it could be a worrying sign of the zodiac of the genial province of Alan Ritchson ’s character . Although Ritchson has returned to lead theReacherseason 3 cast , his eccentric retrieve himself surrounded by a ocean of raw fount after parting slipway with the110th Special Investigations Unitat theend ofReacherseason 2 . As such , the current season has once more undergone another transformation , resulting in some new challenges forReacher ’s titulary fiber .
As a unrecorded - military action version of Lee Child’sPersuader , the Amazon show ’s third season is heavily establish on the author ’s reservoir material . As with the previous two season , there have been pocket-sized change and additions so far , but nothing to take the show too far from the original version of the story . “Smackdown " manages to uphold and increase the tensionthat exists due to Reacher ’s fortune of being identified as a DEA infiltrator in a criminal organisation , and it ’s that nail - biting scenario that may have just resulted in a writing error .
Reacher Should Have Taken Duffy’s Badge With Him When He Left To Meet Villanueva
Ritchson’s character missed a chance to offload the sensitive item
After managing to thwart Zachary Beck ( Anthony Michael Hall ) and his gild to take out Susan Duffy ( Sonya Cassidy ) and Guillermo Villanueva ( Robert Montesino ) , Reacher deal to recoup Duffy ’s badge , which the DEA agent loses during the gunfight . Although it ’s great that Reacher is preventing Duffy from being identified and hunted down , he ’s then entrust with an fabulously sensitive item in his possession that would see him kill by Beck ’s men if he were found with it . Weirdly , Reacher misses his best chance to ditch the badge .
Reacher time of year 3 ’s sequence 5 introduces a lurid twist about the maid ’s indistinguishability , which establishes how severe the show ’s new scoundrel can be .
After returning to Beck ’s house in the company of Harley ( Brendan Fletcher ) , Reacher stow the badge in his pillow slip , which is about as good of a concealing place as he can trust for , give the setting . However , when Duffy later takes the hazard of calling her inside adult male to alarm him to their captive ’s escape , Reacher does n’t take the badge with him when he forgather up with Villanueva , who could have take it off his hand . Sure , time was of the essence , but retrieving the badge from the slip would have engage mere moment .
Reacher Not Thinking To Take Duffy’s Badge Away From Beck’s House Proves How Under Pressure He Is In Season 3
Alan Ritchson’s character is in a much scarier scenario than usual
find himself behind enemy billet with no lineal documentation is novel district for Ritchson ’s character . In former seasons , he ’s always had ally by his side rather than just on the other end of the telephone set , soit would make sense that Reacher is nervous and a little off his secret plan . Although his Sherlock Holmes - esque analytic thinking of sealed scenario seems to be running on overdrive this season , his lapse in judgment regarding Duffy ’s badge proves the pressure of his situation is impacting his determination - making .
If he had cover to operate as he always had done while appease at Beck ’s sign and helping the DEA inReacherseason 3 , it would n’t have made any good sense .
As such , Reacherseason 3 is demonstrate a young side to the character . For a figure who has been immovably uniform across the show ’s first two time of year , it ’s great to see how Ritchson ’s operation has been forced to adaptby his fiber ’s unexpected and especially life - threatening circumstances . If he had continued to operate as he always had done while stay at Beck ’s house and helping the DEA inReacherseason 3 , it would n’t have made any sense .
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Why Reacher Might Have Not Taken Duffy’s Badge When Meeting Villanueva
Reacher’s fatigue is probably having an impact on his decision-making
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Amazon’sPersuaderadaptation takes pretty much everything that Ritchson ’s fictional character has present in the previous two time of year and pile it all on him at once . For instance , he ’s grieving the loss of his blood brother inReacherseason 1 , and the death of Mariah Robinson ’s Dominique Kohl is still clearly quite in the raw in season 3 , despite her red pass geezerhood before . Most other challenges have been double inReacherseason 3 , only this time there is even more for Ritchson ’s character to take with . Therefore , Reacher clearly is n’t operating at peak efficiency .
One of the running exit for Reacher in time of year 3 is that he ’s often been unable to get any sleep , and when he has , it ’s only been for a few hours at a prison term .
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One of the be given issues for Reacher in season 3 is that he ’s often been ineffectual to get any sleep , and when he has , it ’s only been for a few hours at a time . Instead , he ’s spend most of the sentence he should have been getting some shuteye by either further exerting himself in the name of the mission , or star thoughtfully at the ceiling . With the insistency of being behind enemy lines , this potent combining of circumstances could easily explain why he would neglect to take Duffy ’s badgewith him to touch Villanueva .
Reacher is quite often unfairly shove into a specific fiber class , but season 3 proves the towering anti - hero is more nuanced than require .
Reacher’s Badge Plot Hole Was Worth It For The Great Maid Fake-Out
I almost believed Reacher was about to be identified as the infiltrator
I ’m jolly confident that there is an in - universe account of Reacher ’s enfeeblement and how that can account for him leaving Duffy ’s badge in his way . However , if it is a penning oversight , it ’s at least a mistake that allowed for a brilliant second in " Smackdown . “Reacher can be seen as visibly afraid , or at least nervous , during his conversation with Beck when Ritchson ’s character returns from his meeting with Villaneueva . Seeing him experience such an emotion is incredibly discomfit due to the fact he ’s usually unflappable .
Beck thankfully names the housemaid as an ATF agent before Ritchson ’s reference blows his own cover by attempt to fight his style out .
Almost every word of Beck ’s soliloquy about identifying the undercover agent sound like he ’s gearing up to name Reacher as the traitor . At this item , both Reacher and the hearing are fully aware that he left Duffy ’s badge hidden in his pillowcase , which is the only point that could result in him getting catch . The scene pushes Reacher to his bound , but Beck thankfully names the housemaid as an ATF agent before Ritchson ’s eccentric blow his own cover by render to fight his way out . Of of course , the death of state maid is crushing , but it was a well - writtenReachersequence .
Prime Video ’s Reacher Season 3 Release Schedule
Episode
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Release Date ( 2025 )
1
" Persuader "
Feb 20
2
" Truckin ' "
3
" Number 2 with a fastball "
4
" Dominique "
Feb 27
5
" Smackdown "
March 6
6
" fastball on the Water "
March 13
7
" L.A. Story "
March 20
8
" Unfinished Business "
March 27
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