Reacher
Warning ! This clause contains spoilers for Reacher season 3 ’s finale . A close scrutiny of Jack Reacher ’s nigh - destruction experience inReacherseason 3 finale reveals a darker truth about his arch over purpose and history . AlthoughReacherseason 3 gives looker a lot to take care fore to , one of its big highlights is Jack Reacher ’s brewing rivalry with Paulie . After paving the way for their one - on - one confrontation almost throughout its runtime , theAmazon Prime Video detective seriesfinally give up a slam - bang battle between the two characters in its finale . Even though the conflict takes up almost half of the episode ’s runtime , it does not disappoint .
Despite Reacher ’s best efforts to take Paulie down , he ab initio struggle to hurt the behemoth . Paulie bring off to eat all of Reacher ’s attacks while retaliate with some brutal blows . The fight even get hold of a degree where Paulie nearly wins and leave Reacher hanging by a chain in the shed on Zachary Beck ’s compound . The hanging prospect not only highlight Paulie ’s brutality but also points toward something far deeply inReacher ’s season 3 story .
Paulie Hanging Reacher In Their Season 3 Battle Mirrors How Dominique Kohl Died
Quinn Had Killed Kohl In A Similar Manner
Paulie and Reacher ’s battle almost end when Reacher gets knocked unconscious , and Paulie takes the opportunity to give Reacher a ho-hum , painful death . Instead of killing him off there and then , Paulie takes a chain of mountains and hang Reacher by his cervix in the central sign of the zodiac ’s shed . Jack Reacher almost meets his doom as he struggle to break complimentary from the chain around his neck . Although Reacher eventually manages to free himself from the mountain range ’s noose , it is punishing not to see how his near - death experience is reminiscent of how Dominique Kohl was killed by Xavier Quinn .
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Aflashback inReacherseason 3 ’s early moments reveals that the titular Alan Ritchson character had set about to save Kohl from Quinn . However , when he finally pass over Quinn down and arrived where he expected to happen him , he discovered Kohl hang by the ceiling . Before Reacher could have saved her , Quinn had kill her in the most fell way . Reacher , too , would have met a similar fate in the shed sequence fromReacherseason 3 ’s finale , but he make do to channel his rage toward people like Quinn and Paulie and bankrupt free before it is too late .
The Hanging Easter Egg Is A Brutal Reminder Of Reacher’s Motivation In Season 3
It Highlights That Reacher Seeks Vengeance
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In season 3 ’s other moments , Jack Reacher does not even agree to help the DEA with their surreptitious mission until they mention Xavier Quinn . This lay down that even though Reacher has a strong mother wit of justice , he only correspond to get sweep up in the DEA ’s operation because it gives him the opportunity to seek retribution . Reacher actualize he missed his chance to kill Quinn for good the first time he encountered him , but he must do everything to ensure he does it right the second prison term .
When Paulie hangs Reacher by his cervix inReacherseason 3 ’s finale , the scene becomes a vicious monitor of how ruthlessly Quinn stamp out Kohl . It highlight how Quinn deserves no good destiny than what Reacher planned for him .
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Even towards the end of the season , Reacher makes it manifest that he desire revenge when Duffy seek to win over him to back off and allow the ATF to take over . When Paulie hangs Reacher by his neck inReacherseason 3 ’s close , the scene becomes a barbarous reminder of how ruthlessly Quinn killed Kohl . It highlights how Quinn deserves no better fate than what Reacher project for him . This reminder of his motivation even gives Jack Reacher the strength to free himself and exact the revenge he sought throughout the season .
Reacher follows Jack Reacher , a former military police tec , as he navigate civilian living . Without a phone and carrying minimum belongings , Reacher drifts across the state , live the nation he once dish , and meet challenging challenge along the way .
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