The Reel Rejects - REACHER Season 2 Episode 5 REVIEW & BREAKDOWN

Episode Date: December 29, 2023

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We get the full length of your watch along where you sync up with your own copy of Reacher. John and I also cover several things exclusively there with highlights. and watch-alongs included. John, are you ready to get jacked up? I'm reaching for a pun that means, yes, I am. That's what I like to hear? I completed the job. Yeah.

Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. Swan just going to be standing in the middle of it all. Yeah, it's staring down, reacher. This is the sunshine villain now. warped Freddy Krueger guy. Oh. God, what a note to end on, too. I don't know this swan guy,

but it's about to be his swan song. Oh, yes, sir. You know what I'm saying? I do know what you're saying. This is the end of swan. You're about to be gone, swan. Oh, your time is dawn. Darkest, oh shit, you did it.

You did it. Okay. It's okay. here for you yeah that's what i wanted you to be there for me i didn't want to say it myself i'm your neely me and my cereal anyway yeah i really like this episode uh it's a really good one they're setting up the personal stakes we were with o'Donnell and his family so that way we saw that there's something to lose for o'Donnell at the beginning here that if you were to die i i do think one of them has to they're still

they're still pretty much a team of Avengers and I think we need to get one of them severely injured on the brink of death okay I do think we need to get there however I still thought this episode was fun engaging I'm really into the whole

it's weird like we don't really see Swan like only in flashbacks yeah and because we see how much it affects Jack it makes me really want that comfort I I'm craving that confrontation definitely i really want that and the show is doing a great job at pulling that out of me like oh i'm seating for that and i'm craving it i'm craving i'm craving i'm like at a buffet

and i'm like what do i want all i see is this swan dish that i want and it's that that i don't care about the potatoes this metaphor is going terribly guys it's like when you're at the then when they wrap your food up and they make the swan out of it with the foil Yeah, we need to move on from the swan metaphors. Anyway, swan metaphors. Done. Done. Check.

Check. And, you know, like a reminder of how, like, all of Reacher's family is gone. And, like, this is essentially his last living family. Yeah. You know, so he'll do whatever he can to protect them. And that's why this is so personal for him. So that, that, that, uh, the real showdown at the funeral to me in a lot of ways, because I'm deepest shit is.

the confrontation between him and bald New York cop car rousseau i think is yeah uh when they're when they're arguing with each other i love them together yeah they have a great back and forth because it does remind you a little bit of um black boston cop finley yeah yeah not white southern girl blonde cop uh yes uh oh goodness i know her name uh I'm going on all their names, and you can't pull this one. I'm going on all their names. Oh, God. I've been setting you love.

I'm just having a blank right now. Oh, come on, John. Chicken and Waffles. Finlay and Roscoe. There you go. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway.

You put me on the spot, and then my brain cleared out. Oh, no. Yeah. So. Still no, cameo from her. No, no. At the very end. She'll come back pregnant with Reacher.

Yeah. We're starting a team. A family. A family. Reacher. Yes. Oh, I love it. Oh, my God. But the, yeah, that whole funeral scene I thought was really strong. The way they paid the military tribute seemed very well orchestrated. And then to go, like, I just thought it was a really solid sequence of showing up at the funeral, then deliberating over, you know, what do they, what is the next plan of action here? What could really be going down? You know, reach your dialogue. And then the comprehensive. confrontation with the cop after he's confronting. Then it was a great way to pull out some personal stuff with the characters, that moment saying goodbye solemnly,

then leading to a great shootout that kind of reminds me of like a sequence from way of the gun, leading to a cool car chase to an epic for like the last like 15 to 20 minutes of this, I thought was just perfectly executed. Yeah, I thought was really, really, really well executed. It was like a strong action political thriller show in that moment And just seeing how Reacher is just getting pushed to the brink of, like, he's becoming so impatient. And I love it.

I love it. Because he has to keep. Agitated. He just has to keep that suit on in the whole time. That same smelly, stinky suit. He's going to be Colorado to New York funeral. Way more once he takes the suit off. It's cutting off the circulation to his head.

He just needs a change of clothes. Yeah, of course. Anyway, John, what do you think of Robert Patrick's role? No, he's great, man. The boss baby is killing. I mean, you know, Robert Patrick is so far in this show, he's mainly... He's on the phone. The presence of Robert Patrick being on the phone, swearing at people.

I like him, and I'm excited for the eventual showdown or whatever confrontation comes with him. But for... It's, you know, like watching, especially the past couple of episodes, have been really nice because as I was hoping, the season has grown, and I have gotten more and more tuned to what it's doing this time around. I really like all that stuff. And Robert Patrick is maybe the one element that still feels a bit detached

from the flesh of everything else because when he shows up, it does seem like we're mainly just having Robert Patrick show up and be intense. But also, I get the sense... And stressed. Intensive stress. And I get the sense that...

And not in a... Not to like slight the performance of the writing, but like in context of the story, I get the sense that this is going to be a guy who probably ain't shit at the end of the day. and it's probably going to go down pretty easy. So I'm curious to see how they build his formidability by the end of the season because it seems like AM is the guy on that side of things who's like the real threat.

And now we have Swan at least looking to be pretty dang guilty in all of this. And hey, maybe they'll still pull a twist on us where it's like, oh man, I had to go so deep under cover and I had to let so many things happen not to blow my cover. you know there's all sorts of stuff i know because i've been an undercover cop for many years of course you know you got to let certain things play out you can't just bust in immediately and start taking people down because they're bigger fish i know you've been an undercover cop for blind wave this entire time that's right man people ask me if i am that guy i am that guy he is that guy he is that guy eric whiteley anyway uh yeah i've been very much uh just yeah the the the

the mood of this really gripped me. And like you said, the snow and the air and that feeling of, yeah, like an insomnia or one of those like snow-based. This was the most atmospheric episode. Absolutely. I think out of every episode, this is all I've been craving. I haven't been craving like the Southern Gothic grit of season one. I've just been wanting a specific flavor. And I think I think this episode really provided that.

Like, oh, you really feel the cold. Yeah. You really. And as it's getting colder for them physically. the emotional turmoil is also withering away throughout them. Yeah, and you feel like the... Reacher gets colder.

Jack gets colder. He's going to need a jacket. Warm down how cold he's getting. Yeah, he's going to need one of those fleece jackets. Jacketreecher. The sheep, yeah, the wool kind of call. You know what I mean. Yeah, lion's mane.

That's exactly it. He's going to skin a lion and wear its mane. He's going to go back to the zoo. I'm a hunter by the end of this one. Yeah, Craven the Reacher. I like that scene when they go into the gorilla house or whatever that was, and they have the meeting with the politician guy. Fun fact, is a deleted scene where he fought a gorilla.

Oh. Or did Alan Richardson just pick a fight with a gorilla? Both. I think they tried using it as footage, but then they realized. Keep rolling on this. Don't stop rolling on it. I think he's winning. I think this gorilla is about to go extinct.

Alan Richon's now He's on all fours and he's crawling into the cave and he's claiming dominance over the rest of the girl He's beating his chest and he's making all these strange noises and all the gorillas are gathering around him He's a girl who's gonna pull Alan out of there Does anybody speak sign language? What do we got? Alan has officially murdered our AD here He directs the show now

Just tells people where to point the camera and everybody else just says you Mr. Jack, Mr. Reacher, Mr. Richardson, whatever you want me to call you, it's fine. No eye contact. I would pay good money for... I would pay good money to watch a gorilla versus Alan Hirsten. Watch him rain dominion over a zoo.

Not just gorillos, but gorillas in a zoo. Watch him lift a gorilla above his head before he drops it down on his knee, Bain style. Your spirit or your body. Just in a loincloth living at the zoo. Yes. A loincloth. He would look good.

He would look really good in a loincloth. He would, man. We need someone from IG and just be like, would you play Jesus and be like, I would be interested in then, bam, we get a whole bunch of articles and headlines. Alan Richon interested in playing Jesus

and we get all that fan art of him and a loincloth. Yeah, I think it would look good in him with like the long hair too. Yeah. But still just as buff as he is right now. I mean, you've got to get a different interpretation. We've seen all kinds of Jesus rules.

He's got that buff where you have to just turn your whole body to look at people. Why wouldn't you listen? and like how this guy gets over in zero bc you know that's a good question i don't know you're the bodybuilder among us yeah and i know how to achieve that that physique even with all the modern gym technology we have today i definitely know how to achieve that you know just eat a hundred chickens a day never stop benching never stop never stop benching anyway uh yeah uh yeah AM, what do you think about AM?

He was here for a minute. Yeah, we saw him for a second. Got so many villains. Yeah, we do. We need a female villain. That way the women have someone to fight. Yeah. Well, there was that one lady from the New Age company,

but they already raided her house. She was just kind of like an annoying, you know. Look, when you have the big finale at the end, the women fight the women. That's why you have a bad woman. Get at least like an evil female henchman. Yeah, yeah. For Robert Patrick.

Like, evil female henchman assistant who happens to be great at martial arts. Yeah, and who never speaks and who has some kind of eccentric weapon. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then, like, Neely confide her. Yeah, exactly. And then. That would great, right? Yeah, and then Dixon joins in and they both take her down.

Yeah, and then it's a message about girl power. And women are working together. Drive that home. Yeah, dude. Yeah, that's how you girls get it done. That's how you infuse progressive feminism into your show. Which is what I'm all about, especially when I show up for Jack Reacher. Oh, yeah.

You know, Jack Reacher's a feminist. Look at the team he assembled. There were intersectional. There were women on the team. People color. Various ethnicities. Yeah, people color. Not very many old people or disabled people, but, you know, it's the army.

And so, you know, what can you do, unfortunately? But with what he's given, Jack is a pretty enlightened cat. Yeah, totally. Based. Based Reacher. Anyway Am was great It was great man

Him on the phone Jack and Rousseau is my favorite thing Like I love the team together But the moment with Rousseau and the kid And the widow I thought was great And him and Jack And even though Especially throughout the chase and everything

They're so odd couple Jack is constantly busting his chops Like when they get to that moment And after everything made about like I'm not dirty you know that that that moment of convincing where jack is like look they're getting desperate and following the book is going to hurt this investigation in the long run like that that was a pretty compelling beat oh sure and the way they played that in the acting and the framing

i thought was nice it's him being like okay turn turn the cheek because i trust you you know and i trust that this is for a good reason and that whole thing with his dad his dad wouldn't take any bribes so he got whacked you know like yeah i mean and jack and rousse so they honor their legacies they do they respect where they come from legacy sure anyway um say john yeah One thing that I do feel is getting kind of lost here. It seemed like when they got to episode two, they were like Dixon, a Reacher.

And then they've like had a couple of conversations. And unless there's like a direct interaction, I don't feel like it's something that's in the air between them. Well, okay. Sexual attention or nor chemistry, nor romance. That idea of like when you get into like a life death situation they're not thinking about oh i gotta get back to reach or oh i gotta get back to dixon it's sort of just like whenever i'm really not sure what it is with them yeah it feels like a thing

that could happen but isn't necessarily it doesn't have that like propulsivity where you're like it's so casual gonna happen yeah it's like it could happen so casual yeah and i'm which i guess is nice to see portrayed that you can just be casual friends with benefits i'm waiting to see what the payoff is of that because when they're at the funeral and stuff there's like nothing with them you know that's true I'm not saying there has to be like like great romance

scenes or some shit making out at the few but it's been like a few episodes of nothing with them really other than like oh he sees her in her dress is like damn she looked good yeah and then they all bust his chops about that yeah Donald's like wow is that something in your pants reaching forward you know

oh hey it's penis Jack Jack Jack Weiner Weeacher Jack We grew up

Yep We grew up from when we met Yep Yep Yep We both literally We are men We are adults

We made a genitals It was childish We were like Hey It's so goofy Because they might do it They might Can't say that

We can't say that We can't say that What would have If on the show, they did it, like in the last episode, the last frame was them doing it together, just doing it. I like, I'm torn, and I think I'm, you know, I'm just sitting here way in for the end of the season to come because I'm like, I partly enjoy because I hate the show.

I hate everything about it and all the viewers who tune in every week to both the show and these reactions. We shouldn't have been meddling about the second and third episode. Now no one wants to watch our videos. You know, anytime I have that feeling, I'm just going to be like, I assume I'll like this later, so I love it now. But I mean, part of me is enjoying the fact that it isn't the point or it isn't like a major focal aspect. However, I do get what you mean and I am rooting for something to become of this romance.

I think the show is in a unique position because this first season had such a lovely kind of thing with Roscoe. but you also know that we're going to roll out of town and onto the next thing so you can't I can see how Dixon could have a relationship with him and they could trowel around together I just think that chemistry or whatever they hint at romantically or even sexually is kind of like completely absent unless they make like a scene about it you know yeah totally and I mean I buy parts of that because they're you know they're so professional whole their unit and everything and they have their group that is true but at this you know how to separate it yeah but at the same time i don't like whenever like all of us from the room i forget

about you and terra yes yes being we've been married for so long now being a long-term husband and wife couple that's right you know we like to be professional so professional that no one knows we're even involved with each other sometimes you guys forget yeah i'm like wait tara you can't be Making out with that guy, you're married to John. Can't go out on another date. She's like, oh, sorry, I'm being professional in public. No one will know. This is the best cover possible.

I mean, it is. It is. Or you're just a brazen cheater. But, you know, as long as you don't enjoy any of it, then it's a good cover. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, team. I think this video is that. I think it was that a while ago.

Leave your best read your puns in the comments. Yeah. Bye. All right, John, pick a name. Oh, goodness. Who could it be? Well, you know, why don't we go with Kevin Smart? Why?

Just because I feel like that would be a smart thing to do here at the very end of our patron list for the month. I love hearing it. Ha, ha, ha. Kevin, right now you are our last patron of the day. Shout out. I cannot hear out of my left ear. Oh. And my right nose.

this right nostrils clog. It's a real weird ear and nose and throat experience of having right now. But I am so happy to be here with you because when I was outside, I bumped into the Hanukkah bear. Oh, yeah. And I don't even know about the Hanukkah bear,

but Santa comes through the chimney, a Hanukkah bear goes through your trash. Jesus. And Hanukkah bear, he, I don't know how he does it, but Hanukkah Bear goes all worldwide around and goes through everyone's trash and leaves, Yeah, oh yeah, that's the thing.

It's like saying it was 24 hours. Hanukkah bear has eight days to get it done. So it's kind of a cheat go for the Hanukkah bear. And the Hanukkah bear, he done left you some great things. But he had to give it all to you in one day. Oh. And so Kevin Smart, what did he give him, John? Oh, Kevin Smart.

The first day of Hanukkah Bear visits, he barfed up some body parts for you to sort through. I mean, those will come in handy, you know. And we are on the verge of an apocalypse. You hear about Biden and all them building bunkers, you know, that means that they're, we're on a verge of apocalypse. Pretty soon, cannibalism is going to become a normal thing. So there you go. What else are you get? Oh, he got a PS4.

That's great, man. PS4. They're much more valuable. You might, you get two PS4s. Put them together. You got PS8. Isn't that magical? Dude, this is so crazy.

And then you can upload your consciousness. Yeah, see. Yeah. Oh, on the third day. Oh, he brought you a nice bowl of Christmas punch somehow. That's great, man. You know, Christmas punch is good to get drunk while you're sipping on some limbs. Yes, definitely.

Oh, and then the fourth thing that the Hanukkah Bear brought you is one of those smoky, the bear, fire risk signs, so that you could always be aware of when you are a risk to, you know, causing a fire. Very true, especially in times of cannibalism. You might need to know if there's a fire going off. That way, and you need to get your sniper raffle ready and get ready to hunt down some people. Might want to take over your territory, but you got to look after your own. Yeah, and you might want to use that fire to cook them. So if you could, you know, like, snipe the people as close to the fire as possible.

It's just practical for planning. Amen to that. What else? Amen. Day days, John. He brought you a new electric toothbrush because, you know, you got to keep your teeth clean. It's always a good idea. I don't need to add on with six.

Yeah, six day. Oh, he brought you. he just took a dump on the driveway. You know, Hanukkah Bear is eating a lot of stuff and got to avoid that to keep limber. Believe it or not, that could be a great dessert for you and your future of family and then you've got to spread it out amongst your camp.

You're going to be a camp leader. You're going to need to spread out. Some people, you know, put the human remains into pies. You're going to have to put bear feces. Yeah. Seven. Olive Garden gift card, of course. Yes, that there will be the one thriving restaurant in the apocos.

Yeah. Just don't eat the breadsteads. They're not like they used to be. No, they're made of bear feces. Yes, of course they are. And, oh, the last day for Hanukkah Bear brought you new trash cans because, let's face it, the old ones are going to be wrecked by the time the Hanukkah Bear is done with them. It's an occupational hazard.

So, yeah, man, dude, Kevin's smart. It looks like you are going to be living the high life come 2024. One of us got their bunkers. Let's recap. I don't remember what the first thing is you got. Body parts, barfed up body parts. Uh, it's a PS4, uh, uh, some, something or other, an Olive Garden gift card and, and some tonka, some, some dinket logs and a tonka toy and some tidly winks and a new trash can.

Them some real shit in there. Some poop. All sorts of shit. All right. Oh, electric toothbrush in there somewhere. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Merry Christmas. So many good things.

And happy Hanukah. Love you, bud. Thank you.