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Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher
Played By: Alan Ritchson
A nomadic veteran who tends to find trouble wherever he goes.- The Ace: A brilliant investigator and terrifying effective combatant.
- Cathch Phrase:
- "In an investigation, details matter."
- "In an investigation, assumptions kill."
- Deadpan Snarker
- Genius Bruiser: An imposing, formidable man with a sharp mind and outstanding detective skills.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Blunt, taciturn, somewhat anti-social and definitely rude. But he never hesitates to protect someone in need.
- Last-Name Basis: Prefers to simply go as "Reacher". Even his mother and brother didn't call him by his first name.
- Off the Grid: A self-described hobo, Reacher doesn't have any social media, license, phone number or permanent address.
Season 1 Characters
Oscar Finlay
Detective Oscar Finlay
Margrave's PD Sergeant.- Deadpan Snarker: can match Reacher snark for snark.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Too sharp, even. Finlay wears expensive three-piece suits: while they're not gaudy per se, he looks more like a professor than a police detective, and wearing it in a Southern small town makes him stick out like a sore thumb.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Has this dynamic with Reacher.
Roscoe Conklin
- Gender-Blender Name: Lampshaded: Roscoe isn't exactly a feminine name.
KJ Kliner
KJ Kliner
Son of Kliner Sr.- Ax-Crazy: KJ Kliner seems fairly put together at first but after revealing his true colors, he is unquestionably this, gleefully talking about all the people he's killed or had killed, including his own father, and salivating at the thought of murdering Charlie and her two kids.
- Bad Boss: The leader of the counterfeiting organization, he frequently kills his own men in brutal fashion for failure or outliving their usefulness.
- Dragon Ascendant: KJ is the main muscle behind Kliner's operation, but his methods are brutal even by Kliner's standards. KJ eventually kills his father as he feels he was too weak to run their operation.
- Faux Affably Evil: KJ Kliner never drops his polite tone but it's always laced with condescension and smugness as he is eager to let people know they can't touch him. Even after he's gone off the deep end, he never drops his manners, even as he tries to kill Reacher.
- Patricide: KJ is revealed to be Kliner Sr.'s assassin. He felt his dad was too weak to run their operation.
- Smarter Than You Look: Due to his unimpressive build and casual arrogance, people are quick to assume KJ is just the smarmy Spoiled Brat son of Kliner Sr, and Reacher is quick to confront him under the belief he's a simple would-be "Alpha Male" sort. Reacher is visibly surprised when KJ then lists private information about Reacher's own service record, and is a few times caught off-guard by both how smart and how sociopathic KJ actually is. Reacher is still more than a match for him, but the underestimation gives KJ a surprising advantage.
- Villainous Valor: KJ's one redeeming trait is that he isn't a coward. He never backs down from facing Reacher despite knowing full well how dangerous he is and when Reacher finally hits him and his buddies, KJ manages to make him back down by pulling a knife, catching Reacher off guard. Even after Reacher has wiped out his whole operation, KJ doesn't cut and run and determines to face him down.
Mayor Teale
Mayor Grover Teale
Margrave's mayor. Kliner Sr.
Kliner Sr.
A businessman responsible for Margrave's economic well-being.- Asshole Victim: May not have been involved in or even approved of the murders committed by KJ (hence KJ slitting his throat), he did still run a shady counterfeiting operation and cruelly forced Hubble to be a part of it.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the book, Kliner Sr. was shot in the chest by Reacher with the Desert Eagle during the climax; he’s killed much earlier here, getting his throat slit by his own son.
- Faux Affably Evil: Kliner is quite magnanimous and friendly to people, but it's a transparent mask and quickly fades when people prove willing to stand up to him.
Paul Hubble
A banker arrested for the murder.
Picard
Season 2 Characters
Shane Langston
Played By: Robert Patrick
- Adaptational Name Change: Is named Allen Lamaison in Bad Luck and Trouble.
- Almighty Janitor: Langston is the head of security for New Age's New York facility, which is a responsible position, but not normally a powerful or influential one. He uses his position to build a security force mostly consisting of his old, corrupt precinct, and then bribes and threatens enough key people that he's able to use the company's resources for his own plots with impunity.
- And Your Little Dog, Too!: A very cruel example. When Langston reveals 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.
- Bad Boss: Langston is quite prone to killing his own men when they outlive their usefulness. When Reacher and Senator Lavoy's men invade his base, he immediately flees and leaves his men behind to die.
- Borrowed Biometric Bypass: When Langston is asked about Swan, he reveals that he amputated the man's eye and finger to access his computer at New Age and activate certain retinal scanners to create the appearance he was still active at the company.
- Dirty Coward: Langston's arrogance disappears the second his sense of security does. He cuts and runs when Reacher and co invade his base and his last scene has him desperately beg for his life after failing to kill Reacher.
- Disney Villain Death: How Langston is killed at the end of Season 2.
- Evil Old Folks: He's close to retirement age and is the main villain of the second season.
- Jerkass: Langston is already evil, but in contrast to his Affably Evil partner A.M., Langston is quite coarse and rude even to his own men.
- Mean Boss: Langston repeatedly insults and berates his men for any failures.
- Non-Action Big Bad: Subverted by Langston. He spends most of his screentime staying in his office while ordering his men to go after Reacher and looks out of shape, but when the time comes that he has to face Reacher in a fight, he proves a competent brawler and holds his own quite well against the much bigger and younger opponent.
- Would Hurt a Child: Langston is willing to pit a hit on children, but to the credit of the hitman, he at least acknowledges it's dirty business and doesn't take any pleasure in it.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Langston's last desperate gamble to save his life is offering to give up A.M. as long as Reacher spares him. Reacher doesn't even entertain the thought, because he doesn't need to: Langston's pilot knows the rendezvous location.
