Reacher season 4

Reacher
Season 4
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Showrunner	Nick Santora
Starring	Alan Ritchson Sydelle Noel Agnez Mo Anggun Christopher Marquette Kevin Corrigan
No. of episodes	5
Release
Original network	Amazon Prime Video
Original release	August 12, 2026 (2026-08-12) – present
Season chronology

The fourth season of the American action crime television series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on August 12, 2026.

The season, based on Gone Tomorrow (2009), stars Alan Ritchson, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Christopher Marquette, and Kevin Corrigan. The story follows Reacher, a former major in the United States Army Military Police Corps, who has an encounter with a troubled woman named Anna Merrick on a train that takes a dangerous turn, and finds himself caught up in a complex and deadly conspiracy involving a missing USB drive, and enemies at the highest rank of power.

In May 2026, the series was renewed for a fifth season.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
25	1	"City of Brotherly Love"	Sam Hill	Nick Santora	August 12, 2026 (2026-08-12)
During a subway ride in Philadelphia, Jack Reacher questions Anna Merrick, believing her to be a suicide bomber, but ends up witnessing her suicide. Philadelphia detectives Tamara Green and Shaun Docherty interrogate Reacher and reveal that Anna worked for the government. Federal agents then ask him if Anna gave him anything, but he denies it. Two thugs demand a USB drive from Reacher they believe Anna gave him, but he fights them off. He then meets Anna's brother, Jacob, who tells him he believes Anna did not commit suicide willingly. Reacher uses a fake USB drive to obtain information, leading him to Lila Hoth, who has leukemia and discovered that Congressman John Sampson is her biological father. The USB drive was for Lila to blackmail Sampson into helping her. While investigating Sampson with Jacob, Reacher fights another attacker and kills him. After the attack, Reacher realizes Lila is in danger and goes to her hotel room, where he fights a man who manages to escape. Later, men in suits drug Reacher in an alley and take him away in a van.
26	2	"Cage Fight"	Sam Hill	Scott Sullivan	August 12, 2026 (2026-08-12)
Reacher wakes up in a cell with Jacob and Tamara after being kidnapped by CIA agents. Interrogated by agent Foster about the USB drive, Reacher pretends to cooperate, then incapacitates them and frees Jacob and Tamara. They escape with help from journalist Russell Plum and discover they have been taken to Washington, D.C. Tamara and Jacob search Anna's house, where they find it ransacked and knock out an armed man. Reacher meets Sampson's wife, Elsbeth, who gives him Sampson's address. In the location, the same federal agents who questioned him in Philadelphia warn him to stop investigating. Tamara and Jacob tell Reacher that Anna's son, Ben, has disappeared. Back in Philadelphia, Reacher finds Colin at a fraternity house, who says Ben left with an OnlyFans model, Mary Ellen Daniels. They find Mary murdered in her apartment and that Ben has been kidnapped. In Washington, Reacher confronts Sampson, who denies having an illegitimate child, and then locates Nolan Cahill, Sampson's chief of staff and a witness of Anna's suicide.
27	3	"One Small Step"	Sam Hill	Seth Cohen & Amy Pocha	August 12, 2026 (2026-08-12)
The trio returns to Plum's office to learn more about Cahill, but mercenaries arrive searching for the USB drive after Plum falsely claimed online that he had it. The mercenaries kill the agents and escape. Tamara manages to get a new car to avoid being tracked. Reacher meets Lila alone, and she reveals that she lied about everything: she is actually a journalist investigating the torture and killing of protesters in Indonesia, which her colleague Amisha survived, by the military, among whom was Sampson, led by General Putra. Reacher then fights off attackers targeting Lila and Amisha at a bowling alley. Meanwhile, Jacob, Tamara, and Plum find Anna's car and discover a job card that's different from the one from the Pentagon. After Lila opens up to Reacher, they have sex at the hotel. Reacher travels to Baltimore to confront Sampson, who denies torturing or killing Indonesian civilians. When Reacher and Sampson question Cahill about his presence on the train, Cahill jumps off the roof.
28	4	"Karambits and Pieces"	Gary Fleder	Penny Cox	August 19, 2026 (2026-08-19)
Plum learns that Anna had been digitizing ten-year-old documents for the U.S. State Department. Sampson tells Reacher that he was in Indonesia to escort some scientists and that the torture and murders took place after his departure. Tamara infiltrates the building and finds a deleted file on Anna's computer. The group later theorizes Anna intended to give the USB drive to Ben's kidnappers, but after learning he was dead, she sought revenge and carried a gun instead in the subway. Docherty tells Tamara that Ben has been found dead. Reacher suspects Anna mailed the USB drive to Lila, and, while searching for it, they are followed; Reacher manages to get Lila onto a subway train, then kills one attacker, while the other one dies accidentally, and is forced to flee. Jacob and Tamara discover that Mary and Ben were killed with an Indonesian karambit. Lila and Amisha kill other attackers with karambits in their hotel room and, when Reacher arrives, he finds the attackers dead and is arrested.
29	5	"Bridge"	Gary Fleder	Cait Duffy	August 26, 2026 (2026-08-26)
Reacher resists arrest and ends up hiding in a hotel garbage chute. During a call, the group deduce the Hoths were behind everything and that Anna sent the USB to Jacob, whom she trusted most. Reacher is arrested, while Plum discovers the Hoths' names are fake and Lila brought a mysterious man into the country. Jacob finds Anna's phone and USB drive in his mail before the Hoths attack him and Tamara, until they crash into a bridge and jump off to avoid arrest. Foster tries to kill Reacher and stage it as suicide, but Reacher overpowers him and escapes. Jacob finds Lila's chats with Anna, including an address and videos of Mary and Ben being tortured. Reacher asks Sampson about the USB photo of him, Putra and a scientist, but gets no answer. The group discovers Reacher is wanted, and Tamara's staged arrest fails when a cleaning woman exposes them as accomplices. They escape the police and reach the address found on Anna's phone, an abandoned restaurant, where the Hoths hold Jacob hostage.
30	6	"Plum Out of Luck"	TBA	TBA	September 2, 2026 (2026-09-02)
31	7	"Vote for Sampson"	TBA	TBA	September 9, 2026 (2026-09-09)
32	8	"Cut"	TBA	TBA	September 16, 2026 (2026-09-16)

Cast and characters

Main

• Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher
• Sydelle Noel as Tamara Green, a detective in the Philadelphia Police Department
• Agnez Mo as Lila Hoth
• Anggun as Amisha Hoth
• Christopher Marquette as Jacob Merrick, a small-town police officer
• Kevin Corrigan as Detective Shaun Docherty, Tamara's partner

Recurring

• Dean Armstrong as Foster
• Kevin Weisman as Russell Plum, a freelance journalist in Washington, DC
• Marc Blucas as Congressman John Sampson

Guest

• Jason Diaz as McMichaels (Snap)
• Kerby Darius as Jarvis (Crackle)
• Michael Gaty as Buhner (Pop)
• Karen Kwong-Chip as Anna Merrick
• Chris Owens as Nolan Cahill
• Kathleen Robertson as Elspeth Sampson, John's wife
• Aaron Poole as Springfield
• Denis Wong as Ben Merrick
• Manon Ens-Lapointe as Mary Ellen Daniels
• Richard Walters as Cyrus
• Raven Dauda as Cheryl Brewster
• Edie Inksetter as Chester
• Jay Hieron as Bennett, an assassin
• Nick Searcy as Monty DeRosa

Production

Development

During the third season press tour, author Lee Child announced the book the fourth season would be based on was decided and its script was done.

Casting

On June 13, 2025, Jay Baruchel, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, and Kevin Corrigan were cast as series regulars for the fourth season while Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, and Kathleen Robertson were cast in recurring roles. Later that month, Baruchel was replaced by Christopher Marquette after exiting the series due to a personal matter.

Filming

Principal photography for the fourth season began on June 16, 2025, with former US President Joe Biden and his son visiting the set in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Filming wrapped by November 18, 2025.

Release

The season premiered on August 12, 2026, with its first three episodes. The remaining five episodes will be released weekly until September 16.

Reception

The fourth season has a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Reacher maintains its formula for maximum entertainment, serving more brawn, enough narrative brains, and always the right amount of Alan Ritchson to keep the operation up and running for seasons to come." Metacritic assigned a score of 77 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".