{"id":118534,"date":"2025-03-07T20:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/acting\/reacher-season-3-eps-5-smackdown-brutal-revenge\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T20:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:38:08","slug":"reacher-season-3-eps-5-smackdown-brutal-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=118534","title":{"rendered":"Reacher Season 3 Eps 5: Smackdown Brutal Revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Episode 5 of Season 3 of Reacher:Smackdown<\/strong><\/em> is about brutal revenge and death that dismays as much as it confuses. It turns out that Reacher is not alone in Beck\u2019s house of gun runners. ATF also has someone undercover. The surprise is almost as shocking as the character\u2019s death. <\/p>\n

The story Continues<\/h4>\n

Smackdown<\/em><\/strong> begins with Duffy and her partner about to be blindsided by Beck\u2019s, or McCabe\u2019s gun toting baddies. Eliot is still babysitting the bodyguard and Reacher asks me to call Duffy and Villanueva and warn them to get out of the warehouse. <\/p>\n

Reacher<\/a> arrives just in the nick of time. <\/p>\n

The Cast<\/h4>\n

Alan Ritchson<\/a>\u00a0is Jack Reacher, aka; Reacher.<\/p>\n

Sonya Cassidy<\/a>\u00a0is Susan Duffy.<\/p>\n

Roberto Montesinos<\/a> is Guillermo Villanueva. <\/p>\n

Anthony Michael Hall<\/a>\u00a0is Zachary Beck.<\/p>\n

Johnny\u00a0<\/a>B<\/a>erchtold<\/a>\u00a0is Richard Beck.<\/p>\n

Brian Tee<\/a>\u00a0is Quinn.<\/p>\n

Daniel David Stewart<\/a> is Stephen Eliot.<\/p>\n

Olivier Richters<\/a> is Paulie.<\/p>\n

Caitlin McNerney<\/a> is Annette.<\/p>\n

Helen T<\/a>aylor<\/a> is Agnes.<\/p>\n

Brendan Fletcher<\/a> is Harley.<\/p>\n

Simon Northwood<\/a> is Rusty.<\/p>\n

Ronnie Rowe<\/a> is John Cooper.<\/p>\n

It works<\/h4>\n

It all works. The bodyguard; John Cooper is no longer under watch. Reacher\u2019s surprise at finding another undercover agent already in the house. That sucker punch of Paulie\u2019s. *A real smackdown for Reacher here as the giant could not wait to pay him back for that trick shot in the gym.* There is a new agent\u2019s death and everything is ramping up like rocket fuel in overdrive. <\/p>\n

Reacher rescuing the two agents; Duffy and Villanueva then starts following a trail of information. Harley revealing that he thinks everyone apart from himself is \u201ccannon fodder.\u201d McCabe is now on the way and Reacher learns that Annette was killed by Paulie. I just gave her a, \u201cslap to the head,\u201d the monolith intones before giving Reacher his own \u201cslap.\u201d<\/p>\n

*Duffy\u2019s dream. She believes fervently that Teresa will show up alive. Just like little Marco Menjivar back in the day. In her dream, the kidnapper may not walk into a shop for ice cream with the missing Teresa, but she still dreams that her reluctant informant is alive.*<\/p>\n

Will he or won\u2019t he<\/h4>\n

Episode 5 of Reacher ends with a body trail that would impress the most ardent Sylvester Stallone fan. We also wait with baited breath to see if Quinn, aka; McCabe remembers the man who \u201ckilled\u201d him. Is another Smackdown on the horizon?<\/p>\n

the verdict<\/h4>\n

Rancher \u201cSmackdown\u201d is a real full 5 stars this week. It kept me on the edge of my seat, in the second half at any rate, waiting to see who is going into the sea\u2019s flushing toilet first. Harley, who really is not a nice chap, or Paulie; who is even less of a nice chap. <\/p>\n

Perhaps Reacher will toss them together for a \u201cdouble header.\u201d<\/p>\n

the trailer<\/h4>\n
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