Spoilers for the primary three episodes of Reacher Season 3, and particularly, Episode 3 – “Quantity 2 with a Bullet” – are forward. To atone for the present, you may stream it with an Amazon Prime subscription.
To cite Reacher newcomer Sonya Cassidy, we adore it when a present “winks at itself,” and that’s precisely what this sequence did in Season 3, Episode 3 when Alan Ritchson walked down the highway in solely his underwear towards the Susan Duffy actress. Her character’s response to the entire state of affairs is what made this second so humorous and meta, and fortuitously, I received the within scoop on what made this scene so wildly entertaining for each Cassidy and viewers.
So, this is the context of the scene, to get to Duffy and escape the home, Reacher needed to go for a swim. So, he stripped right down to his boxer briefs on the facet of a cliff, dove into the water, and swam to the place his companion for the season was ready. Sonya Cassidy’s character, understandably, was floored by her colleague’s physique, and proper earlier than the opening credit slammed down she mentioned – with a dropped jaw – “Fuck me” when she noticed him.
So, once I had the possibility to talk with the Duffy actress about Reacher’s third season forward of its premiere on the 2025 TV schedule, I needed to ask her what was going by Duffy’s head throughout that second. She humorously replied with:
It was very humorous. I like that second as a result of I really feel like Duffy is the complete viewers in that second. I like when the present winks at itself, and in that second, that is like a serious wink of like ‘Everyone knows.’ And Duffy will get the pleasure of experiencing it firsthand and has such a pure response of type of delighted shock. Yeah, I believe she’s mighty impressed.
I imply, how will you not be “mighty impressed?’ Alan Ritchson is in outstanding form, and he’s very invested in creating epic motion for Reacher (which typically means getting thrown by partitions). Which means Reacher appears unbelievable, and Duffy received to expertise his beauty for the primary time in that second, reacting in a manner that I believe quite a lot of the viewers would in the event that they had been in her sneakers.
Nevertheless, there’s extra to this interplay than meets the attention. Cassidy continued to speak about this scene between Duffy and Reacher by explaining that it was enjoyable to see this flash of awe in Episode 3. Her character was not instantly impressed by Ritchson’s titular hero. Oh, no, it took a while, as she defined:
What I additionally assume is nice about it being delayed for that second is that when Duffy first meets Reacher, she’s not swooning for him, she’s not impressed by him. She’s like, ‘Who the fuck are you? Why you might be my turf? What are you aware? Can I belief you?’ She has a complete different job to do, and he is simply come into the combo and sophisticated issues. In her intestine, she appears like she will be able to belief him. So she’s like, ‘Okay, properly, let’s have a look at the place this goes. And he appears like he could possibly be fairly helpful.’
Reacher is beginning to show himself to her although, and I’m certain the nice appears assist a bit. To that time, Sonya Cassidy teased what’s to return for Duffy and Reacher, saying:
However I like that by the season, we see a form of belief and a respect. And, you understand, her form of letting her robust guard down and her professionalism of, you understand, ‘Yeah, we’re right here to work collectively, however my God, properly carried out.’
“Nicely carried out” is true, Alan Ritchson appears unbelievable within the scene, and him taking part in the second straight and never even blinking over her response is actually iconic. That, blended with Duffy’s little “Fuck me” and the title card slam proper after makes for a hilarious scene that additionally tells us so much in regards to the relationship between these two.
Truthfully, it’s enjoyable cases like this blended with the epic motion of Reacher that makes it one among Prime Video’s greatest reveals. It is aware of poke enjoyable and wink at itself, which makes for an entertaining expertise for viewers and the forged too. Now, we’ll must maintain our eye out for extra examples like this one that may go away our jaws on the ground, like Duffy’s was when she noticed Reacher stroll round that nook.