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Reacher's Biggest Challenge Will Actually Help It Succeed
Amazon Prime's Reacher faces a serious production challenge, but this could help the show succeed long term. Based on Lee Child’s bestselling Jack Reacher book series, the show’s first season was a runaway success for Amazon, with the mystery thriller drawing more viewers than bigger-budget epics like The Wheel of Time. While Alan Ritchson shone as the show’s titular hero, Reacher also benefited from a strong and sympathetic supporting cast, including standout performances by Willa Fitzgerald and Malcolm Goodwin as smalltown cops turned gung-ho vigilantes, Roscoe Conklin and Oscar Finlay.