Reacher season 3 will see Jack Reacher partner up with Sarah Duffy, following the same pattern as with season 2's Dixon and season 1's Roscoe. Widely considered one of the best Jack Reacher books, Reacher season 3 is adapting Lee Child's Persuader and will see the titular hero go undercover within another criminal enterprise. In the process, Reacher season 3 will see Reacher (Alan Ritchson) cross paths with Sarah Duffy (Sonya Cassiday), who oversees the operation. As confirmed by the trailer, their dynamic won't remain platonic.

Fans of the Reacher series will not be surprised by this near-anthology turn of events. For many, Reacher's romance with Duffy in season 3 will be a continuation of a problematic trope from years past: Reacher meets and rapidly gets together with a woman, only for things to fall apart by season's end, leaving him to move on to the next one. The only consistent exception to...