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* RightForTheWrongReasons: When Reacher meets Finlay, he believes that his gaudy suits in a quaint Georgia town is due to the fact that his wife isn't around to help with his fashion choices. Reacher assumes this is due to Finlay being divorced due to his reaction [[spoiler:when in reality it's due to Finlay's wife having died prior to the series. Finlay merely never corrected Reacher when he assumed he was alone due to divorce.]]
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** When Reacher meets Finlay, he believes that his gaudy suits in a quaint Georgia town is due to the fact that his wife isn't around to help with his fashion choices. Reacher assumes this is due to Finlay being divorced due to his reaction [[spoiler:when in reality it's due to Finlay's wife having died prior to the series. Finlay merely never corrected Reacher when he assumed he was alone due to divorce.]]]]
** Reacher correctly figures that Margrave is a key location for an international counterfeiting conspiracy but his reasoning is backwards. [[spoiler: The money is not printed in Venezuela, smuggled to Margrave and then distributed across the US. The money is printed in Margrave, smuggled to Venezuela and then distributed internationally]].
** When Reacher meets Finlay, he believes that his gaudy suits in a quaint Georgia town is due to the fact that his wife isn't around to help with his fashion choices. Reacher assumes this is due to Finlay being divorced due to his reaction [[spoiler:when in reality it's due to Finlay's wife having died prior to the series. Finlay merely never corrected Reacher when he assumed he was alone due to divorce.
** Reacher correctly figures that Margrave is a key location for an international counterfeiting conspiracy but his reasoning is backwards. [[spoiler: The money is not printed in Venezuela, smuggled to Margrave and then distributed across the US. The money is printed in Margrave, smuggled to Venezuela and then distributed internationally]].
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** Reacher and Roscoe investigate the second murder victim and discover that he was a truck driver with a huge house who also paid off his parents' mortgage. When they confront his widow, she admits that she always knew that his money could not have been obtained legally and she suspected that he was stealing air conditioners that he was supposed to be transporting. Reacher and Roscoe quickly realize that the guy had way more money then he could obtain from stealing a few air conditioners every month and he had to have been involved in crimes that were way more lucrative than that.
** Reacher quickly realizes that there is something off about Margrave because it is much nicer looking and well maintained than a small Georgia town like that should be. Kliner's foundation donates a lot of money to the town and makes sure that the town stays prosperous. This way the locals have a strong disincentive to look closer and Kliner's operations.
** Reacher and Roscoe investigate the second murder victim and discover that he was a truck driver with a huge house who also paid off his parents' mortgage. When they confront his widow, she admits that she always knew that his money could not have been obtained legally and she suspected that he was stealing air conditioners that he was supposed to be transporting. Reacher and Roscoe quickly realize that the guy had way more money then he could obtain from stealing a few air conditioners every month and he had to have been involved in crimes that were way more lucrative than that.
** Reacher quickly realizes that there is something off about Margrave because it is much nicer looking and well maintained than a small Georgia town like that should be. Kliner's foundation donates a lot of money to the town and makes sure that the town stays prosperous. This way the locals have a strong disincentive to look closer and Kliner's operations.
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* ItsPersonal: Played with in the series premiere. Throughout the episode Reacher protests that he has no personal stake in what is happening in Margrave and he just wants to get out of town as soon as possible. Then he finds out that [[spoiler: the murder victim is his brother]] and he realizes that it has been personal all along and he vows to kill everyone responsible.
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* GenderBlenderName: Officer Roscoe Conklin. Reacher at first assumes Roscoe is her last name and is clearly a bit surprised, noting that he never met a woman named "Roscoe" before.
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* LastNameBasis: Reacher is always addressed as "Reacher". Flashbacks show even his own mother and brother called him that. He even corrects people who refer to him as "Mr Reacher", preferring to just be addressed as "Reacher".
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* WalkingTheEarth: What Reacher was doing at the start of the series, with nothing but the clothes on his back, his passport and wallet. [[spoiler: He returns to this life at the end of the season, continuing to go wherever the road may take him.]]
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* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: KJ does this to his father.]]
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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: KJ killing his father and taking over the operation.]]
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* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The final battle in the warehouse.
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* ReasonBeforeHonor: When Finlay warns Reacher not go off and kill Kliner Sr before they get all the information about his operation, Reacher tells him he has no intention of doing that just yet as killing Finley won't put a hault to whatever he's doing. First he intends to dismantle whatever is going on, then he'll kill him.
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* ReasonBeforeHonor: When Finlay warns Reacher not to go off and kill Kliner Sr before they get all the information about his operation, Reacher tells him he has no intention of doing that just yet yet, as simply killing Finley won't Kliner wouldn't put a hault halt to whatever he's doing. First he Reacher intends to first dismantle whatever is going on, then ''then'' he'll kill him.Kliner.
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* RightFortheWrongReasons: When Reacher meets Finlay, he believes that his gaudy suits in a quaint Georgia town is due to the fact that his wife isn't around to help with his fashion choices. Reacher assumes this is due to Finlay being divorced due to his reaction [[spoiler:when in reality it's due to Finlay's wife having died prior to the series. Finlay merely never corrected Reacher when he assumed he was alone due to divorce.]]
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* RightFortheWrongReasons: RightForTheWrongReasons: When Reacher meets Finlay, he believes that his gaudy suits in a quaint Georgia town is due to the fact that his wife isn't around to help with his fashion choices. Reacher assumes this is due to Finlay being divorced due to his reaction [[spoiler:when in reality it's due to Finlay's wife having died prior to the series. Finlay merely never corrected Reacher when he assumed he was alone due to divorce.]]
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* FireForgedFriends: Reacher and Finlay are this by the end, with both admitting they couldn't have seen it through without the other.
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* MookHorrorShow: Reacher to the "Cleaners" in episode 4. [[spoiler:given that they had just tortured and killed a young couple that were expecting their first child in an inhuman fashion even for them, it's hard to feel sorry for them as Reacher picks them off one by one.]]
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* [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo:]] [[spoiler: Reacher at the end of the season. Once everything has been settled, he leaves town to continue his wandering ways.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: True to form, Reacher regularly demolishes any opponent he faces with frightening ease.
** Played with in that while normal people hold no real threat to Reacher, he's not completely invincible. He can be overwhelmed by superior numbers given enough time, and when facing an opponent with skill and training it's a lot harder for him to take them down, often resorting to desperate measures to take them out.
** Played with in that while normal people hold no real threat to Reacher, he's not completely invincible. He can be overwhelmed by superior numbers given enough time, and when facing an opponent with skill and training it's a lot harder for him to take them down, often resorting to desperate measures to take them out.
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**ease. Played with in that while normal people hold no real threat to Reacher, he's not completely invincible. He can be overwhelmed by superior numbers given enough time, and when facing an opponent with skill and training it's a lot harder for him to take them down, often resorting to desperate measures to take them out.
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* GeniusBruiser: Jack is as big as a house, can take apart multiple opponents with alarming ease, and is able to make brilliant deductions based on only a limited amount of evidence.
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* GeniusBruiser: Jack is as big as a house, can take apart multiple opponents with alarming ease, and is able to make brilliant deductions based on only a limited amount of evidence.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the [[Film/JackReacher two]] [[Film/JackReacherNeverGoBack movies]] with Creator/TomCruise, with more [[BloodierAndGorier violence]] and [[RuderAndCruder swearing]].
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* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: [[spoiler: Once KJ is revealed to be Joe's killer.]]
* SingleTear: [[spoiler: Reacher in the finale.]]
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* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: KJ was responsible for Joe's death.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The fact that Reacher finds himself in Margrave on the morning after [[spoiler:his brother Joe is killed in the town]]. Finley brings it up out at one point, but it is never addressed.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The fact that Reacher finds himself in Margrave on the morning after [[spoiler:his brother Joe is killed in the town]]. Finley Finlay brings it up out at one point, but it is never addressed.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Cross the bad guys and you'll end up [[spoiler: crucified to a wall literally eating your balls, and/or watching your family be tortured with mirrors placed all around you so you can't look away.]] Everyone coming across the crime scenes is suitably disturbed to see such a level of brutality reach a quaint old Georgia town... Of course, [[TownWithADarkSecret Margrave turns out to be anything but.]]
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* HeroesLoveDogs: Reacher gets repeatedly sidetracked by the plight of a mistreated dog. Finley is annoyed at first, but eventually takes up the dog's cause as well.
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* InsistentTerminology: When Finley calls him a vagrant, Reacher corrects him and says he's a hobo[[note]]hoboes are distinguished by being travelers who are willing to work wherever they stop[[/note]].
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* HeroesLoveDogs: Reacher gets repeatedly sidetracked by the plight of a mistreated dog. Finley Finlay is annoyed at first, but eventually takes up the dog's cause as well.
* InsistentTerminology: WhenFinley Finlay calls him a vagrant, Reacher corrects him and says he's a hobo[[note]]hoboes are distinguished by being travelers who are willing to work wherever they stop[[/note]].
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* SherlockScan: Reacher can deduce minute details just through observation, such as when he is able to figure out that Finley is a Harvard graduate, an ex-smoker, and estranged from his wife after spending just a few minute together in a conference room. [[spoiler: And just like Sherlock, Reacher can get things wrong since he usually goes by an assumption of details that are close to being right, but not exactly. Case in point, he deduced Finlay's wife was either dead or had divorced him. The way Finlay played it made Reacher conclude it was divorce, only for Finlay to later reveal she had passed away.]]
* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Finley wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show doesn't make it clear exactly where in Georgia the town of Margrave is located. It's an hour away from Atlanta, but also close enough to the Alambama border that Conklin can take Reacher to a bar there and expect to be back in the same evening.
* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Finley wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show doesn't make it clear exactly where in Georgia the town of Margrave is located. It's an hour away from Atlanta, but also close enough to the Alambama border that Conklin can take Reacher to a bar there and expect to be back in the same evening.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: KJ]] is revealed to be [[spoiler: Kliner Sr.]]'s assassin. [[spoiler: He felt he was to weak to run their operation.]]
* SherlockScan: Reacher can deduce minute details just through observation, such as when he is able to figure out thatFinley Finlay is a Harvard graduate, an ex-smoker, and estranged from his wife after spending just a few minute together in a conference room. [[spoiler: And just like Sherlock, Reacher can get things wrong since he usually goes by an assumption of details that are close to being right, but not exactly. Case in point, he deduced Finlay's wife was either dead or had divorced him. The way Finlay played it made Reacher conclude it was divorce, only for Finlay to later reveal she had passed away.]]
* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization:Finley Finlay wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's Finlay's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show doesn't make it clear exactly where in Georgia the town of Margrave is located. It's an hour away from Atlanta, but also close enough to theAlambama Alabama border that Conklin can take Reacher to a bar there and expect to be back in the same evening.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show doesn't make it clear exactly where in Georgia the town of Margrave is located. It's an hour away from Atlanta, but also close enough to the
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* AssholeVictim: The villains are a brutal group of bad guys where MurderIsTheBestSolution, who will not only kill anyone who opposes or fails them, but will do so in a brutal and horrific way in order to send a message for others to stay in line. This includes threatening kids [[spoiler:as well as murdering a mother and her unborn child in front of their father, and doing so in a way where he can't look away.]] Suffice to say when Reacher starts dispatching them, no one feels sorry for their fate.
* [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo:]] [[spoiler: Reacher at the end of the season. Once everything has been settled, he leaves town to continue his wandering ways.]]
* DirtyCop: As things unfold, it becomes clear that most of the Margrave police force is working for the bad guys. [[spoiler: This even extends to the FBI, as Finlay's friend Picard is also on the take.]]
* TheDragon: KJ is this to his father. However....
** [[spoiler: DragonAscendant:]] [[spoiler: He eventually kills his father as he feels he was to weak to run their operation.]]
* TheDragon: KJ is this to his father. However....
** [[spoiler: DragonAscendant:]] [[spoiler: He eventually kills his father as he feels he was to weak to run their operation.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: KJ takes it hard when he learns his father was killed, blaming Finlay for not doing a good enough job of protecting him. [[spoiler: Except it's all an act. KJ was the one who killed his father because he thought he was weak and wasn't capable of doing what was necessary to maintain their operation.]]
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: KJ proves that he is this to his father, killing him in a gruesome manner in order to take control of his operation.]]
* FriendOnTheForce: Picard is this to Finlay. [[spoiler: He's also TheMole, working for the bad guys.]]
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: KJ proves that he is this to his father, killing him in a gruesome manner in order to take control of his operation.]]
* FriendOnTheForce: Picard is this to Finlay. [[spoiler: He's also TheMole, working for the bad guys.]]
* [[spoiler:ManOnFire:]] [[spoiler:How KJ meets his end.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: The villains are fond of not only killing those that fail them, but doing so in an over the top and brutal way in order to keep everyone else in line.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: The villains are fond of not only killing those that fail them, but doing so in an over the top and brutal way in order to keep everyone else in line.
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* SherlockScan: Reacher can deduce minute details just through observation, such as when he is able to figure out that Finley is a Harvard graduate, an ex-smoker, and estranged from his wife after spending just a few minute together in a conference room. [[spoiler: And just like Sherlock, Reacher can get things wrong since he usually goes by an assumption of details that are close to being right, but not exactly. Case in point, he deduced Finlay's wife was either dead or had divorced him. The way Finlay played it made Reacher conclude it was divorce, only for Finlay to later reveal she had passed away.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The fact that Reacher finds himself in Margrave on the morning after [[spoiler:his brother Joe is killed in the town]]. Finley brings it up out at one point, but it is never addressed.
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* CombatPragmatist: Reacher doesn't really care for playing or fighting fair. He'll take cheap shots, break limbs and shoot people in the back if he has to. Essentially, he has no problem playing by the bad guy's own rules as he knows they wouldn't show him any consideration.
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* TheBigGuy: Reacher stands at six feet, five inches, and packed with muscle. He towers over everyone else he comes across and sometimes has difficulty finding clothes that fit him.
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* HeroesLoveDogs: Reacher gets repeatedly sidetracked by the plight of a mistreated dog. Finley is annoyed at first, but eventually takes up the dog's cause as well.
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* LastNameBasis: Reacher is always addressed as "Reacher". Flashbacks show even his own mother and brother called him that.
* RealMenDontCry: Reacher's brother, Joe, taught him from a young age not to cry in public. [[spoiler:In a flashback, Reacher holds back his tears while visiting his dying mother and only starts crying when Joe gives him the go ahead when they're in private.]]
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show doesn't make it clear exactly where in Georgia the town of Margrave is located. It's close enough to Atlanta for Hubble to commute there for work every day, an hour away from Atlanta, but also close enough to the Alambama border that Conklin can take Reacher to a bar there and expect to be back in the same evening.
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* CoolCar: The Hubble's Bentley is such a cool and impressive car that [[spoiler:Reacher has to eventually stop driving it because it draws too much attention.]]
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* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Finley wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The show doesn't make it clear exactly where in Georgia the town of Margrave is located. It's close enough to Atlanta for Hubble to commute there for work every day, but also close enough to the Alambama border that Conklin can take Reacher to a bar there and expect to be back in the same evening.
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* TheAce: Reacher. He's a brilliant investigator whose cases led to a 100% conviction rate, makes deductions easily with limited information, has multiple medals for acts of heroism in combat, including two Silver Stars and is a terrifyingly effective combatant who takes out multiple opponents without breaking a sweat.
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* ByTheBookCop: Finlay is this, trying to do things the legal way. He'll bend the rules to get what he wants, but as he emphasizes, everything he does is legal.
* TheConspiracy: Becomes clear quite early in Season 1 that things in Margrave aren't as simple as they appear, and there are agents of a larger power everywhere, pulling the strings...
* CowboyCop: Subverted in that Reacher is not a cop and has long stopped being a military investigator, but he pretty much plays the same sort of role. He has no care for the rules or restrictions in any situations, and has no problem breaking the law to get what he wants. As he's fond of pointing out to others, they have rules and regulations, but he doesn't.
* TheDrifter: Reacher pretty much goes wherever he wants, solely on what intrigues him at the moment. The reason he's in Margrave in season 1 is because he wanted to find out more about a blues signer he had recently heard on the radio a few towns over.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Reacher is introduced in the first episode by getting off a bus and walking to a diner where he comes across a JerkAss husband violently accosting his wife. Reacher silently stares the guy down without saying a word, and then goes in to order some pie. But before he's allowed to even eat, he notices police cars pulling up and correctly assumes they are for him, placing his hands on the counter before they even burst into the diner. All this shows that Jack is a figure of few words, a consistent morality, and incredible deductive skills.
* GeniusBruiser: Jack is as big as a house, can take apart multiple opponents with alarming ease, and is able to make brilliant deductions based on only a limited amount of evidence.
** In the first episode of season 1, Jack is able to conclude that there were three people responsible for a suspect's death based solely on hearing a brief description of the victim and how he was disposed of.
* TheConspiracy: Becomes clear quite early in Season 1 that things in Margrave aren't as simple as they appear, and there are agents of a larger power everywhere, pulling the strings...
* CowboyCop: Subverted in that Reacher is not a cop and has long stopped being a military investigator, but he pretty much plays the same sort of role. He has no care for the rules or restrictions in any situations, and has no problem breaking the law to get what he wants. As he's fond of pointing out to others, they have rules and regulations, but he doesn't.
* TheDrifter: Reacher pretty much goes wherever he wants, solely on what intrigues him at the moment. The reason he's in Margrave in season 1 is because he wanted to find out more about a blues signer he had recently heard on the radio a few towns over.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Reacher is introduced in the first episode by getting off a bus and walking to a diner where he comes across a JerkAss husband violently accosting his wife. Reacher silently stares the guy down without saying a word, and then goes in to order some pie. But before he's allowed to even eat, he notices police cars pulling up and correctly assumes they are for him, placing his hands on the counter before they even burst into the diner. All this shows that Jack is a figure of few words, a consistent morality, and incredible deductive skills.
* GeniusBruiser: Jack is as big as a house, can take apart multiple opponents with alarming ease, and is able to make brilliant deductions based on only a limited amount of evidence.
** In the first episode of season 1, Jack is able to conclude that there were three people responsible for a suspect's death based solely on hearing a brief description of the victim and how he was disposed of.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Finlay makes a point of not only not swearing, but criticizing others for swearing as he feels it is a sign of a limited mind. It makes his cursing out of Kliner all the more shocking, which shows just how much Kliner pissed Finlay off.
* PetTheDog: Reacher literally does this to a dog tied up in a yard that has no water. He later returns in the season to make sure the animal is being fed.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Finlay makes a point of not only not swearing, but criticizing others for swearing as he feels it is a sign of a limited mind. It makes his cursing out of Kliner all the more shocking, which shows just how much Kliner pissed Finlay off.
* PetTheDog: Reacher literally does this to a dog tied up in a yard that has no water. He later returns in the season to make sure the animal is being fed.
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* WardrobeFlawOfcharacterization: Finley wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
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* WardrobeFlawOfcharacterization: WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Finley wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
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* AmateurSleuth: Although he's a trained investigator, Reacher is no longer affiliated with any law-enforcement agencies and participating in cases of his own volition.
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* LightningBruiser: Reacher's large size belies blistering speed, as he is able to move around quickly to fight multiple opponents while avoiding most attacks.
* RetiredBadass: Roscoe reads out Reacher's bio, which details dozens of investigations, a 100% prosecution rate, and acts of heroism in warzones. Reacher's actions in Margrave show that he hasn't slowed one bit since leaving the Army.
* RetiredBadass: Roscoe reads out Reacher's bio, which details dozens of investigations, a 100% prosecution rate, and acts of heroism in warzones. Reacher's actions in Margrave show that he hasn't slowed one bit since leaving the Army.
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Jack Reacher (Creator/AlanRitchson) is a wanderer who arrives in the small town of Margrave hoping to learn more about blues music. However, he's soon arrested on suspicion of murder and finds himself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy
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Jack Reacher (Creator/AlanRitchson) is a wanderer who arrives in the small town of Margrave hoping to learn more about blues music. However, he's soon arrested on suspicion of murder and finds himself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy
conspiracy that threatens to shatter the town's idyllic veneer.
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* SherlockScan: Reacher can deduce minute details just through observation, such as when he is able to figure out that Finley is a Harvard graduate, an ex-smoker, and estranged from his wife after spending just a few minute together in a conference room.
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''Reacher'' is a Creator/PrimeVideo original series based on the ''Literature/JackReacher'' novels by Lee Childs.
Jack Reacher (Creator/AlanRitchson) is a wanderer who arrives in the small town of Margrave hoping to learn more about blues music. However, he's soon arrested on suspicion of murder and finds himself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy
!!This series provides examples of:
* BullyHunter: Reacher can't abide bullies and flashbacks show that he'd pick fights with them wherever he went.
* InsistentTerminology: When Finley calls him a vagrant, Reacher corrects him and says he's a hobo[[note]]hoboes are distinguished by being travelers who are willing to work wherever they stop[[/note]].
* LastNameBasis: Reacher is always addressed as "Reacher". Flashbacks show even his own mother called him that.
* WardrobeFlawOfcharacterization: Finley wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
Jack Reacher (Creator/AlanRitchson) is a wanderer who arrives in the small town of Margrave hoping to learn more about blues music. However, he's soon arrested on suspicion of murder and finds himself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy
!!This series provides examples of:
* BullyHunter: Reacher can't abide bullies and flashbacks show that he'd pick fights with them wherever he went.
* InsistentTerminology: When Finley calls him a vagrant, Reacher corrects him and says he's a hobo[[note]]hoboes are distinguished by being travelers who are willing to work wherever they stop[[/note]].
* LastNameBasis: Reacher is always addressed as "Reacher". Flashbacks show even his own mother called him that.
* WardrobeFlawOfcharacterization: Finley wears expensive suits that are a bit too gaudy for a police detective. Reacher surmises that it's because Finley's wife isn't around to correct his fashion mistakes.
