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Season 1

1.5 No Apologies

Throughout the show, Reacher is almost hyperfocused on the amount of animal feed that Kliner ships despite only having 116 cattle in his property, frequently mentioning the amount of feed to Roscoe to the point of it becoming a Running Gag. Roscoe is nothing but exasperated at his focus on the feed, and finally threatens to cut his testicles off herself if he mentions it to her one more time. The next time Reacher discusses it is with Neagley, who automatically reaches the same conclusion as him about it being "a hell of a lot of animal feed" without him saying the line to her.

Finley, listening to Kansas' "Carry On Wayward Son": "Got to say, white guys don't get their due. They can rock out."

Season 2

After Reacher deals with the carjacking, he goes back to the thrift store.
Reacher: I need another jacket
Clerk: What's wrong with the one you just bought?
Reacher: It has blood on it.
The season-long Running Gag of Reacher telling Neagley, "I ever tell you that you're smart?" and she smiles and always replies, "Not nearly enough." Doubles as a heartwarming gag, too, as it is very clear how much these two care about each other.

At one point a henchman tells his boss that Reacher' friend checked in into hotel under the name Sarah Connor. Boss replies that he does not care about that. What makes it funny is that boss is played Robert Patrick who most famous role is of Terminator hunting ... Sarah Connor.
Reacher takes advantage of an "All You Can Eat" offer and loads up a massive plate full of food. The server asks if took the offer as a challenge, only for Reacher to reply, completely seriously, that this is just him getting started.

After a badass chase scene through Queens, Reacher catches up to a (very) fat man driving frantically away from him by throwing a grill through the guy's windshield. When the man then immediately starts dying of a heart attack due to the stress, Reacher's initially incredulous, then more annoyed than anything, even calling the guy an asshole. While he's no doubt used to hardened professionals refusing to talk until death, Reacher's bad luck results in the possible lead drying up because they sent a guy who was too unfit for field work, of all things.

In the motel room after the events of the previous episode, Marlo's daughter Jane asks, "Can we have candy, or do we need to talk about murder some more?"
Reacher and Neagley pose as doctors to interrogate the hitman that was run over in the previous episode. Before he can scream, Reacher starts choking him and tells him, " Hi Grant! Yell or make noise and I'll tear your trachea out and your last thought will be ' Holy shit he really did it ' "

Dixon trolling Reacher that she wants him to meet her parents. The look of pure fear on his face as he scrambles for a way out must be seen to be believed.
Neagley orders breakfast in a diner: "Pops, Puffs, or Pebbles, in that order of preference . . . and a chocolate milkshake."