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** A minor case in Season 2. Reacher's life as [[WalkingTheEarth a wanderer going from place to place]] and having no social media means by which he can be contacted or tracked, save coded messages sent via the bank account he withdraws money from, means he is ''very'' out of touch even with his closest friends form the Army. It was noted to be complete serendipity that he happened to turn up nearby so soon after Joe's death to learn about it, and when reuniting with the Special Investigation unit, he discovers one of their members had died in a car accident the year before, and nobody bothered to contact him about it because it wasn't an emergency. Likewise, save for Neagley, none of the others were aware Joe had died because Reacher never broadcast that information.

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** A minor case in Season 2. Reacher's life as [[WalkingTheEarth a wanderer going from place to place]] and having no social media means by which he can be contacted or tracked, save coded messages sent via the bank account he withdraws money from, means he is ''very'' out of touch even with his closest friends form the Army. It was noted to be complete serendipity that he happened to turn up nearby so soon after Joe's death to learn about it, and when reuniting with the Special Investigation unit, he discovers one of their members had died in a car accident the year before, and nobody bothered to contact him about it because it wasn't an emergency. Likewise, save for Neagley, none of the others were aware Joe had died because Reacher never broadcast that information. On the flip side, they all have to clear things with their families and make sure they're protected before going out for revenge, having regular lives and not being able to simply pick up and leave like Reacher can if things go wrong.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: When the non-corrupt prison guards find Reacher and Hubble in the general population, they quickly relocate the pair to Holding and then pointedly demand that the pair pretend they were always there, no doubt wanting to avoid the many uncomfortable questions that would arise from either man outing their evident incompetence.
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** In the pilot episode, Jack and another man are in prison and were placed into a cell block with convicted criminals. They should have been placed into a holding area, since they have not been convicted of any crime. This part is justified; a crooked guard dropped them there on purpose, and the non-crooked staff are appropriately horrified that such a mistake would have been allowed (partially because of how it reflects on ''them''). The fact that it happens in the dead of night makes it more likely the crooked guard could sneak them in without others questioning it.
** While in the general population, Jack beats the crap out of one convict who entered his cell looking to rape Hubble. One of the convict's gang is wearing sunglasses, which Jack makes him give up. The only eyewear prisoners are allowed to wear are prison-issued corrective glasses. Sunglasses are not allowed for two reasons: they prevent guards from being able to tell where a prisoner is actually looking, and the lenses and frames can be crafted into weapons.

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** In the pilot episode, Jack Reacher and another man Hubble are in sent to prison and were placed into a cell block with the general population, i.e. convicted criminals. They should have been placed into a holding area, since they have not been convicted of any crime. This part is justified; a crooked guard dropped them there on purpose, and the non-crooked staff are appropriately horrified that such a mistake would have has been allowed (partially because of how it reflects on ''them''). The fact that it happens in the dead of night makes it more likely the crooked guard could sneak them in without others questioning it.
** While in the general population, Jack Reacher beats the crap out of one convict who entered his cell looking to rape Hubble. One of the convict's gang is wearing sunglasses, which Jack Reacher makes him give up. The only eyewear prisoners are allowed to wear are prison-issued corrective glasses. Sunglasses are not allowed for two reasons: they prevent guards from being able to tell where a prisoner is actually looking, and the lenses and frames can be crafted into weapons.

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The term “carpetbagger” is still in use to this day. A prominent example is when Dr Oz was ostensibly running for a senate seat, he was referred to as a carpetbagger. Among other things.


* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics:
** The use of "carpetbagger" by a white Southerner who at most might be thirty years old. This term hasn't been spoken aloud by anyone from the South in a ''very'' long time, as the term was referring to the Reconstruction Era and at most, maybe someone elderly would say it, but certainly not the snot-nosed psycho KJ.
** The use of Yankee while describing Finlay isn't accurate. Most Georgians refer to anyone from anywhere north of Virginia as simply a Northerner. Yankee phased out sometime around the 1960's as a common term for non-Southerners.

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* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics:
** The use of "carpetbagger" by a white Southerner who at most might be thirty years old. This term hasn't been spoken aloud by anyone from the South in a ''very'' long time, as the term was referring to the Reconstruction Era and at most, maybe someone elderly would say it, but certainly not the snot-nosed psycho KJ.
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ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: The use of Yankee while describing Finlay isn't accurate. Most Georgians refer to anyone from anywhere north of Virginia as simply a Northerner. Yankee phased out sometime around the 1960's as a common term for non-Southerners.
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* BitchinSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Agent Picard initially appeared to be a friendly ReasonableAuthorityFigure and friend of Finley who helps Reacher and Co. anyway he can. The final episode reveals he is a DirtyCop who is in on the operation and his true Jerkass personality comes out.]]

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* BitchinSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Agent Picard initially appeared to be a friendly ReasonableAuthorityFigure and friend of Finley Finlay who helps Reacher and Co. anyway he can. The final episode reveals he is a DirtyCop who is in on the operation and his true Jerkass personality comes out.]]
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* CelebrityParadox: Played with in Season 2, when Neagley uses the pseudonym "Sarah Connor". Robert Patrick, who plays the main villain of the season, also played the antagonist in ''Film/Terminator2''. This leads to a meta-gag when Patrick's character is asked who Sarah Connor is, and replies "I don't give a shit".

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* CelebrityParadox: Played with in Season 2, when Neagley uses the pseudonym "Sarah Connor". Robert Patrick, who plays the main villain of the season, also played the antagonist in ''Film/Terminator2''.''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. This leads to a meta-gag when Patrick's character is asked who Sarah Connor is, and replies "I don't give a shit".
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* {{Asexuality}}: Implied by Neagley in the first episode of season 2. She mentions that she doesn't find anyone attractive. In addition to that, she HatesBeingTouched - when she's offered a handshake, she keeps her hands to herself, saying that "it's not my thing".
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* AndYourLittleDogToo: A very cruel example. When Langston reveals [[spoiler: Swan’s true fate]] and the cover story he made for Swan’s sudden disappearance, he very gleefully points out that Swan “even left his poor dog behind.” The fact Langston points this out after the audience already knows the inhumane fate of Swan’s poor dog shows that he and his crew knew they were leaving an innocent dog to a cruel grim fate just for the sake of their cover story.
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** The villains in the first season have relatively recently taken to regularly using [[MurderIsTheBestSolution extreme violence]] in order to remove enemies and make an example of those who oppose them. This draws heavy attention to them, makes them more enemies than they can chew off (including Reacher himself due to his brother now being a murder victim) and makes it increasingly obvious who is/was involved in their conspiracy (and that such a conspiracy exists in the first place). Furthermore, whereas before they were simply being investigated, it's now increasingly acceptable to deal with them via violence as well, placing even their own lives in danger. It turns out this is due to [[spoiler:KJ Kliner performing a de facto (and later actual) coup on his father, who KJ mocks for preferring [[PragmaticEvil more quiet]] criminal methods]]. As it turns out, having an actual psychopath run [[TheConspiracy such an operation]] [[StupidEvil does not end well]]. In less than a year of their takeover, [[spoiler:KJ and Dawson had to burn through all of the resources KJ's father spent decades building to fight off the numerous foes and public infamy the Margrave operation had drawn, and in the end it still collapsed.]]
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** In season 2, Reacher mentioned that he'd encountered James Barr in Indiana a year earlier, and that Barr owes him a favor as a result, implying that the events of ''One Shot'' (the basis of the 2016 ''Film/JackReacher'' film) happened between seasons 1 and 2, without being shown.

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** In season 2, Reacher mentioned that he'd encountered James Barr in Indiana a year earlier, and that Barr owes him a favor as a result, implying that the events of ''One Shot'' (the basis of the 2016 2012 ''Film/JackReacher'' film) happened between seasons 1 and 2, without being shown.

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