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Reacher: Fly Boy (2024)
Silly. Goofy even.
Predictable and uninspired. The show asks us "Did you know Neagley is quirky?" for the eleventh time this season. "Oh boy, do you think they'll throw the guy who has been throwing guys out of helicopters, out of a helicopter?"
The fights are edited at a snail's pace and lack any sense of urgency, or logic.
Lots of "Noo, we're pinned down" and "noo I'm tied up and helpless" until, circumstantially, nothing changes, then suddenly it doesn't matter? You could have just unpinned yourselves this whole time? You could have freed yourself from being tied to a gurney this whole time?
I guess O'Donnell doesn't give a damn about his family after all, because he doesn't bother to call them when it's all over, and what happened to Marlo and her daughter, Jane? Russo died for them two episodes ago and we don't get any final closure for two characters we spent the equivalent of an episode on?
The episode is 42 minutes long and everything important is wrapped up by 27 minutes in. The remaining fifteen are spent on an unnecessary diner scene (what the hell was that slow-motion egg squirt?) and characters who we know are close... acting close, then (shocker) Reacher is back on the road.
All these things aside, Ritchson is great as Reacher and I DID really enjoy the first season. I think season 2 doesn't work because we're forced to care about too many characters, who we know nothing bad will happen to, and forced to wait eight hours for exactly what we expected to happen to the others.
Hopefully season 3 will have a smaller cast and be tonally closer to season 1.
Fairview (2022)
Laughable disaster
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you gave an A. I. flash animation software and safe, popularly accepted primetime sensibilities... then set it loose to make a South Park clone? Well look no further. Fairview is a masterclass in soulless, corporate, imitative "satire". You'll be better off watching retail training animation. Don't expect this one to be picked up for a second season.