Reacher Character Return Is Another Brutal Insult To Season 1's Roscoe
Reacher season 2 brings the return of a season 1 character, but it indirectly insults Roscoe. Find out how the character's return snubs Roscoe and what it means for the series.
The Complex Dynamic of Reacher, Roscoe, and Finlay
Reacher season 1 took its time to develop Roscoe, Finlay, and Jack Reacher as its primary characters. In its initial episodes, the complex dynamic between the three was often a source of conflict and comic relief.
Jack Reacher and Roscoe as seen in Reacher season 1
As Roscoe and Finlay grew accustomed to Reacher's aggressive methods of crime-solving and even adopted some of his ways, the three became a force to be reckoned with.
Willa Fitzgerald as Roscoe and Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher in Amazon's Reacher
Reacher's Indifference to Roscoe in Season 2, Episode 4
In Reacher season 2's episode 4, Jack Reacher reunites with Finlay after asking him for help during his investigation of his former team members' murders. Reacher asks him about everything from Magrave to his decision to stay in the force after planning to retire.
Jack Reacher with Finlay and Roscoe from season 1 of Reacher - collage
However, despite briefly discussing everything they could recall about their past collaboration in Magrave, Reacher says nothing about Roscoe. He does not even bother asking Finlay how she is doing and where she currently ranks in the police force.
Alan Ritchson as Reacher and Willa Fitzgerald as Roscoe
Given how Reacher season 1 established that the titular character's relationship with Roscoe was not just a casual fling, it is strange how Alan Ritchson's character does not even mention her once around Finlay. It is almost an insult to Roscoe because season 2 makes it look like she did not even exist.
Reacher Alan Ritchson Roscoe
Roscoe's Snub in Reacher Season 2, Episode 1
In Reacher season 2's episode 1, there is a brief scene where Neagley and Reacher discuss the recent developments in their respective lives.
Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher and Willa Fitzgerald's Roscoe Conklin in Reacher
When Neagley asks Reacher if he has been with anyone special lately, Reacher says nothing by answering with a firm 'No!' Despite seemingly knowing about Reacher's relationship with Roscoe, Neagley starts teasing him about his feelings for Karla Dixon.
The fact that she, too, refuses to even acknowledge Roscoe is a massive insult to the Reacher season 1 character because it portrays her as an insignificant part of Jack Reacher's past.
