'Reacher' Season 3 Has a Punchy Trailer, Slick Plot, and Fast-Approaching Release Date

Following the adventures of former military policeman Jack Reacher, the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher has emerged as one of the best action/thriller series on TV. If you're a longtime fan of Lee Child and his unique literary creation, then the style and world of Reacher are totally familiar: Reacher is a no-nonsense, slightly old-school hero. He can be cold and calculating, but he's got a very specific moral compass, and he can take down bad guys pretty easily.

If you're not familiar with Reacher's badassery—played brilliantly by Alan Ritchson—the nice thing about the series (and the books) is you can pick it up pretty much anywhere you want. Like great detective novels or spy stories, many of Reacher's narrative arcs are self-contained. With Reacher Season 3, we're about to dive into the events of the 2003 Lee Child novel Persuader. Here's what you need to know about the cast, the release date, and the story of Reacher Season 3.

Reacher Season 3 Release Date

The third season of Reacher will debut on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday, February 20. The first three episodes will debut all at once and, generally speaking, Prime Video shows become available to stream around 8:00 PM EST.

How Many Episodes Are in Reacher Season 3?

Reacher Season 3 will consist of eight episodes in total, which means there will be five new episodes dropping every Thursday after February 20. This means the final episode will air on March 27, 2025.

Reacher Season 3 Trailer

The full-length trailer for Reacher Season 3 dropped on January 8, 2025, and it also confirmed the release date of the new season at the same time. In it, we see Reacher confronting a shadowy figure from his past, and also being recruited to infiltrate a crime organization led by an old enemy named Quinn (Brian Tee). Much of the trailer makes a point of showing how small Reacher is next to Paulie, played by the massive bodybuilder Olivier Richters, known in some real-life circles as "The Dutch Giant."

The trailer also re-teams Reacher with his former military pal Frances Neagley (Maria Sten), as well as introduces DEA handler Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy).

Reacher Season 3 Cast

Because the third season of Reacher is based on Lee Child's seventh book in the series —Persuader—there are a number of new characters. Here's who's who in Reacher Season 3.

• Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher
• Sonya Cassidy as Susan Duffy (new this season, Reacher's partner)
• Olivier Richters as Paulie (a formidable bodyguard character)
• Brian Tee as Quinn (a shady figure from Reacher's past)
• Maria Sten as Frances Neagle (Reacher's longtime colleague and ally)
• Anthony Michael Hall as Zachary Beck (a rug importer who Reacher is investigating)
• Johnny Berchtold as Richard Beck (a college kid and son of Zachary Beck)
• Daniel David Stewart as Steven Elliot (in the book DEA Agent, though it looks like ATF here)
• Robert Montesinos as Guillermo Villanueva (another agent who, in the book, was Susan's mentor)

Related: How Alan Ritchson Became an Absolute Unit for 'Reacher'

Reacher Season 3 Plot

In the novel, Reacher gets himself involved in a complicated DEA operation to investigate Zachary Beck, a rug importer/exporter in Maine, who's suspected of running a front for a much bigger criminal enterprise. (The show looks like it's changing the DEA to the ATF for story purposes.) Reacher's primary motivation though, is all about tracking down Quinn, whom Reacher knows committed heinous crimes while working as a military intelligence officer.

In the trailer, Reacher thinks Quinn should be dead, meaning that Quinn's resurfacing makes this story partially about Reacher getting revenge and justice. The other detail is that in the book Reacher forms an unlikely friendship with the younger member of the Beck family, Richard. This complicates the story in the book, and it looks like it will make for a new, unique dynamic in Season 3.

Because Season 2 was based on the 11th book, the Reacher TV series isn't doing a direct, linear adaptation of all the Lee Child books, but for those of us who love this thriller universe, Reacher Season 3 looks like it's set to deliver the goods. Again.