Reacher Season 2 Showrunner Discusses Which Book The Show Could Follow

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Reacher showrunner Nick Santora opens up about the potential plot for the season 2. Amazon Prime Video has found another hit series in Reacher, which earned a season 2 days after the premiere of the first. Reportedly, the series was one of the streamer's 5 most-watched ever in the US and globally within a mere three days of its release, the majority of viewers streaming all eight episodes of season 1 within the first 24 hours.

Adapting the first novel, Killing Floor, from Lee Child's Jack Reacher series in a mostly faithful manner, season 1 finds the hulking military man and perpetual drifter (played by Alan Ritchson) in the quiet town of Margrave, Georgia. Initially there to visit the grave of blues musician Blind Blake, Reacher quickly finds himself entangled with local law enforcement after he's framed for a murder. Eventually, he ends up working with the law to uncover a conspiracy involving a counterfeiting ring. The season ends, as the book does, with every loose end in Margrave mostly wrapped up, and Reacher off to his next adventure.

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While Ritchson believes the show should follow the books chronologically and adapt Die Tryingfor season 2, Santora cautions fans not to assume this will be the case. Although Die Trying was Child's second novel, the books are so episodic in nature that the showrunner doesn't feel beholden to follow them so strictly. Speaking to TVLine in a recent interview, Santora seems excited by his bounty of prospects. He's mentioned in the past that the near-immediate renewal for season 2, while a blessing, came so whiplash-quick that it caught him and his writing team off guard. Regardless, he doesn't seem dissuaded, but rather