Warning: Spoilers for Reacher season 3, episode 8 “Unfinished Business” below!The finale ofReacherseason 3 reveals what the book’s titlePersuaderactually means - and it’s oh so satistying.Persuaderis the seventh novel inLee Child’sJack Reachernovel seriesand it is one of the author’s best. There’s a reason season 3 earned a near-perfect score onRotten Tomatoes, with its streaming success practically guaranteeing the show will run for at least a few more years; Maria Sten will also frontan upcomingNeagleyspinoff.
The third season finale makes good on the long-teasedReacher vs Paulie fightand also sees Alan Ritchson’s anti-hero finally gaining revenge on Quinn (Brian Tee).The finale, “Unfinished Business,” is the most action-packed episode of the series, featuring multiple fights and shootouts, including Reacher grabbing a shotgun and massacring most of Quinn’s men. It’s a very cathartic ending to a solid season, and it’s only fitting that Reacher delivers the literal killing blow to Quinn with the aforementioned shotgun.
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The Gun Reacher Used in Season 3’s Final Battle Is A Persuader
The book’s title is more than a play on words
The titles of most of Child’sReachernovels are often delightfully straightforward and blunt, includingThe Enemy,Die TryingorPersonal.Persuaderis one of the more enigmatic titles, and seemingly refers to Reacher’s undercover mission where he has to convince his new employers he’s on their side. It’s easy to picture the author having a wry smirk as he wrote this book’s title down because, while it partly refers to the mission,the shotgun Reacher wields in the ending of the book and show is the Mossberg Persuader.
The series even improves slightly on the source material in this regard.In the closing chapters of the novel, Reacher kills Quinn by stabbing the psychopathic arms dealer in the brainwith a chisel. The show changes the instrument of Quinn’s demise to the Persuader shotgun. See, years prior, Reacher failed to kill Quinn with a small-caliber bullet to the brain, but with the Mossberg Persuader, he can be sure the job is done right the first time.
Reacher’s Epic Finale Rampage Was A Great End To Season 3
Exploring Reacher’s roaring rampage of revenge
Episode 7, “L.A. Story,” was the lamest episode of season 3 and acted as an extended teaser for the finale. “L.A. Story” featured a lot of exposition that set up “Unfinished Business,” but the finale was worth the long buildup. The final episode is one great setpiece after another, opening on a tense shootout and closing on Reacher “persuading” his way through Beck’s (Anthony Michael Hall) mansion with his trusty shotgun.The final episode is the closestReacherhas come to transforming into a straight-ahead 1980s action movie- and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Alan Ritchson and Brian Tee previously played enemies in the 2016 sequelTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, where they played Raphael and Shredder respectively.
While Reacher doesn’t verbally identify the model of the shotgun he’s using, “Unfinished Business” still makes a meal out of the moment he finds it. It’s likeReacherhas found his very own Excaliber, and he puts it to similarly devastating effect. Season 3 had the best finale of Amazon’s adaptation to date and one that hopefully will set a high bar for future series to come.
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Reacher follows Jack Reacher, a former military police investigator, as he navigates civilian life. Without a phone and carrying minimal belongings, Reacher drifts across the country, experiencing the nation he once served, and encounters intriguing challenges along the way.
Reacher - Season 3
Based on Lee Child’s novel ‘Persuader,’ Season 3 finds Reacher tangled up in a DEA investigation of an import business owned by Zachary Beck. As is often the case, Reacher has a personal stake in the investigation, when he realizes someone he investigated years ago for a crime during his time in the Army has resurfaced in connection to Beck’s operation. To unravel what’s happening in Beck’s business, the DEA collaborates with Reacher and attempts to send him in undercover to help rescue another undercover DEA informant and put a stop to Beck’s business practices.
