Reacher season 4

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The fourth season of the American action crime television series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on August 12, 2026.

ShowrunnerNick Santora
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Original networkAmazon Prime Video
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ShowrunnerNick Santora
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Original releaseAugust 12, 2026 (2026-08-12) 
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The season, based on Gone Tomorrow (2009), stars Alan Ritchson, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Christopher Marquette, and Kevin Corrigan. The story follows Reacher, a former major in the United States Army Military Police Corps, who has an encounter with a troubled woman named Anna Merrick on a train that takes a dangerous turn, and finds himself caught up in a complex and deadly conspiracy involving a missing USB drive, and enemies at the highest rank of power.

In May 2026, the series was renewed for a fifth season.

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251"City of Brotherly Love"Sam HillNick SantoraAugust 12, 2026 (2026-08-12)
During a subway ride in Philadelphia, Jack Reacher questions Anna Merrick, believing her to be a suicide bomber, but ends up witnessing her suicide. Philadelphia detectives Tamara Green and Shaun Docherty interrogate Reacher and reveal that Anna worked for the government. Federal agents then ask him if Anna gave him anything, but he denies it. Two thugs demand a USB drive from Reacher they believe Anna gave him, but he fights them off. He then meets Anna's brother, Jacob, who tells him he believes Anna did not commit suicide willingly. Reacher uses a fake USB drive to obtain information, leading him to Lila Hoth, who has leukemia and discovered that Congressman John Sampson is her biological father. The USB drive was for Lila to blackmail Sampson into helping her. While investigating Sampson with Jacob, Reacher fights another attacker and kills him. After the attack, Reacher realizes Lila is in danger and goes to her hotel room, where he fights a man who manages to escape. Later, men in suits drug Reacher in an alley and take him away in a van.
262"Cage Fight"Sam HillScott SullivanAugust 12, 2026 (2026-08-12)
Reacher wakes up in a cell with Jacob and Tamara and claims their kidnappers are CIA agents. When interrogated about the USB drive, he pretends to cooperate, then incapacitates them and frees Jacob and Tamara. They escape with help from journalist Russell Plum and discover they have been taken to Washington, D.C. Reacher decides to find Sampson, while Tamara and Jacob search Anna's house, where they find it ransacked and knock out an armed man. Reacher meets Sampson's wife, Elsbeth, who gives him Sampson's address. There, the same federal agents who questioned him in Philadelphia warn him to stop investigating. Tamara and Jacob tell Reacher that Anna's son, Ben, has disappeared. Back in Philadelphia, they find Colin at a fraternity house, who says Ben left with an OnlyFans model. They find the woman dead in her apartment and that Ben has been kidnapped. In Washington, Reacher confronts Sampson, who denies having an illegitimate child, and then locates Nolan Cahill, Sampson's chief of staff and a witness of Anna's suicide.
273"One Small Step"Sam HillSeth Cohen & Amy PochaAugust 12, 2026 (2026-08-12)
The trio returns to Plum's office to learn more about Cahill, but agents arrive searching for the USB drive after Plum falsely claimed online that he had it. The group kills the agents and escapes. Tamara manages to get a new car to avoid being tracked. Reacher meets Lila alone, and she reveals that she lied about everything: she is actually a journalist investigating the torture and killing of protesters in Indonesia, which her colleague Amisha survived, by the military, among whom was Sampson, lead by General Putra. Reacher then fights off attackers targeting Lila and Amisha at a bowling alley. Meanwhile, Jacob, Tamara, and Plum find Anna's car and discover a job card that's different from the one from the Pentagon. After Lila opens up to Reacher, they have sex at the hotel. Reacher travels to Baltimore to confront Sampson, who denies torturing or killing Indonesian civilians. When Reacher and Sampson question Cahill about his presence on the train, Cahill commits suicide.
284"Karambits and Pieces"Gary FlederPenny CoxAugust 19, 2026 (2026-08-19)
Plum learns that Anna had been digitizing ten years old documents for the U.S. State Department. Sampson tells Reacher that he was in Indonesia to escort some scientists and that the torture and murders took place after his departure. Tamara infiltrates the building and finds a deleted file on Anna's computer. Reacher is found by CIA agents and knocks them out before escaping. The group later theorizes Anna intended to give the USB drive to Ben's kidnappers, but after learning he was dead, she sought revenge and carried a gun instead in the subway. Docherty tells Tamara that Ben has been found dead. Reacher suspects Anna mailed the USB drive to Lila, and, while searching for it, they are attacked; Reacher gets Lila onto a subway train before killing one attacker and fleeing. Jacob and Tamara discover that Ben was killed with an Indonesian karambit. Lila and Amisha kill other attackers with karambits in their hotel room and, when Reacher arrives, he finds the attackers dead and is arrested.
295"Bridge"TBATBAAugust 26, 2026 (2026-08-26)
306"Plum Out of Luck"TBATBASeptember 2, 2026 (2026-09-02)
317"Vote for Sampson"TBATBASeptember 9, 2026 (2026-09-09)
328"Cut"TBATBASeptember 16, 2026 (2026-09-16)
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Cast and characters

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Guest

  • Dean Armstrong as Foster
  • Jason Diaz as McMichaels (Snap)
  • Kerby Darius as Jarvis (Crackle)
  • Michael Gaty as Buhner (Pop)
  • Kevin Weisman as Russell Plum, a freelance journalist in Washington, DC
  • Marc Blucas as Congressman John Sampson
  • Kathleen Robertson as Elspeth Sampson, John's wife
  • Aaron Poole as Springfield
  • Richard Walters as Cyrus
  • Raven Dauda as Cheryl Brewster
  • Edie Inksetter as Chester
  • Jay Hieron as Bennett, an assassin

Production

Development

During the third season press tour, author Lee Child announced the book the fourth season would be based on was decided and its script was done.[3]

Casting

On June 13, 2025, Jay Baruchel, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, and Kevin Corrigan were cast as series regulars for the fourth season while Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, and Kathleen Robertson were cast in recurring roles.[4] Later that month, Baruchel was replaced by Christopher Marquette after exiting the series due to a personal matter.[5]

Filming

Principal photography for the fourth season began on June 16, 2025, with former US President Joe Biden and his son visiting the set in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia.[6] Filming wrapped by November 18, 2025.[7]

Release

The season premiered on August 12, 2026, with its first three episodes. The remaining five episodes will be released weekly until September 16.[8]

Reception

The fourth season has a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Reacher maintains its formula for maximum entertainment, serving more brawn, enough narrative brains, and always the right amount of Alan Ritchson to keep the operation up and running for seasons to come."[9] Metacritic assigned a score of 77 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[10]

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