In a Tree

This is the worst episode by far. This is a good show but this episode was just bad. Felt like watching some 2000 something movie. Every. Single. Minute.

A solid if unspectacular episode. Some good darkly violent moments but a step away from the suspense with a shoehorned-in romantic sub-plot and some gratuitous nudity to boot which I wasn't a fan of. A shame American shows resort to such a cookie-cutter approach.

So much packed into around 50 minutes. We don't know yet what the bad guys are up to, but they don't seem to care about revealing themselves. Our friendly mayor is in the pocket of that multi-tasker. And there is a lot of animal feed. We get to see the romantic thing developing but it is played very well. The threesome are developing some great chemistry. Very sad ending that will drive Reacher even farther to get the worst of the worst. This is a really good show--although the violence goes over the top at times.

This is a series that can't decide if it wants to be a war movie or a rescue dog melodrama and therefore falls into cinematic no-man's/woman's-land. Components are all in Reacher too familiar, and it doesn't put nearly enough effort into making them feel fresh, which is smart, the plot does. But still. For those not so inclined, the entertainment value could conceivably be derived from the brisk very good shootout scene from Reacher and very powerful punches, and the talently sexy hot officer Roscoe Conklin what bad guys used to call "an all-star cast"..!? Admirations to all cast and crew..!? With its extreme mixture of actions series suggests a very good side-scrolling video game.

Mainly for knowing that just saying "VIN" is enough. So many people use the redundant "VIN Number" (and also "PIN Number") that it was a nice surprise to hear the characters use the term correctly; also nice to hear their other snappy dialogue.