Season 3 adaptsPersuader, the seventh novel inLee Child’sJack Reacherbook series.
Episode 4 also introduces Reacher’s mentor, Garber.
Being something of a one-man band, Reacher is becoming swamped by cases so Garber thinks he needs help.
This can be seen when he dismisses Garber’s concept as a band of “Special Investigators.”
Cobie Smulders played Susan Turner in 2016’sJack Reacher: Never Go Back.
The Special Investigators unit continued after Reacher left the Army, with Major Susan Turner taking over.
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It might have been working alongside a bright, dedicated Sergeant like Kohl that convincedReacherto form the unit.
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Based on Lee Child’s novel ‘Persuader,’ Season 3 finds Reacher tangled up in a DEA investigation of an import business owned by Zachary Beck. As is often the case, Reacher has a personal stake in the investigation, when he realizes someone he investigated years ago for a crime during his time in the Army has resurfaced in connection to Beck’s operation. To unravel what’s happening in Beck’s business, the DEA collaborates with Reacher and attempts to send him in undercover to help rescue another undercover DEA informant and put a stop to Beck’s business practices.