This wasn't terrible, but it most definitely wasn't great. The story in this opening episode is kind of OK, but so far it didn't really hook me. I didn't really feel suspense nor tension. I also didn't feel the supposed connection between the members of the 110th. They speak as if there is a strong bond between them, but so far it feels like just empty words. Maybe it will feel more real as we get more of their backstory. We'll see how it goes from here, but I really wished that this first episode got the heat up more than just lukewarm.
It is still cool to see Reacher kicking butt, but there were also a few dumb moments. Then again, that was also the case in many episodes of season 1.
Reacher is not only a Hulk on steroids, he is also a Sherlock Holmes on steroids, able to deduce everything from minuscule information and in a fraction of a second. Then Neagly does the same thing, just so that nobody would be offended.
The unnecessary and meaningless fake suspense in the post office brought back the memories of searching psycho redneck's truck from season 1. Not good.
The mysterious AM bad guy has so far not been convincing, looking more like a try hard than a scary villain. And why would he kill the guys who made him the fake documents? Wouldn't that hurt his business long term? There can't be too many people who can make perfect fake documents, and if you go killing them every time you do business with one of them, pretty soon there would be nobody left, or at least nobody who would want to work with you. Speaking of killing, how did he manage to kill a guy by stabbing him in the stomach with the blade the size of a paperclip?
By the way, Alan Ritchson didn't look good. Neagly says that he looks "road worn", but to me he looked tired, bloated in the face (probably from gaining so much weight for the role) and like he is one PED dose from a heart atack.
It is still cool to see Reacher kicking butt, but there were also a few dumb moments. Then again, that was also the case in many episodes of season 1.
Reacher is not only a Hulk on steroids, he is also a Sherlock Holmes on steroids, able to deduce everything from minuscule information and in a fraction of a second. Then Neagly does the same thing, just so that nobody would be offended.
The unnecessary and meaningless fake suspense in the post office brought back the memories of searching psycho redneck's truck from season 1. Not good.
The mysterious AM bad guy has so far not been convincing, looking more like a try hard than a scary villain. And why would he kill the guys who made him the fake documents? Wouldn't that hurt his business long term? There can't be too many people who can make perfect fake documents, and if you go killing them every time you do business with one of them, pretty soon there would be nobody left, or at least nobody who would want to work with you. Speaking of killing, how did he manage to kill a guy by stabbing him in the stomach with the blade the size of a paperclip?
By the way, Alan Ritchson didn't look good. Neagly says that he looks "road worn", but to me he looked tired, bloated in the face (probably from gaining so much weight for the role) and like he is one PED dose from a heart atack.