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Finlay has managed to obtain pictures of Kliner Sr’s injuries. It would appear that the wounds were inflicted by hitmen from Venezuela. Reacher theorizes that the big boss isn’t happy with Kliner’s work and killed him.
Meanwhile, KJ is trying to figure out what happened with his dad and decides it was probably murder. He’s not happy about it and doesn’t want to investigate further. Teale is handling things for him while he deals with Hm. Hmm, that seems suspicious to me.
Roscoe heads up to see Charlie and the girls. She’s a mess; erratic and clearly paranoid. Picard promises to be in touch in a few days and leaves.
Finlay and Reacher stake out Kliner’s warehouse while we learn more about Finlay’s history. It turns out his wife is actually deceased, and he’s not divorced or has marital issues. ..
After leaving Boston because of the painful memories of his wife, he decided to start fresh in a new city. In an interview with reporters, he said that it was a reminder of how he failed her and how much he wanted to make things right. This chat allows us to learn more about this officer and his motivations. ..
The warehouse movement seen in the video above is raising alarm bells for the family of Kliner Sr. as they prepare to deliver another shipment. Less than 24 hours after Kliner Sr.’s death, they head off to tail him.
The driver arrives at a motel for some rest, allowing Finlay and Reacher to break into the truck and figure out what he’s hiding. However, the truck is empty. It seems like he’s not shipping money out. ..
Reacher turns his attention back to the note and phones a contact called William Bryant. Unfortunately, he’s been killed that very morning. That leaves them with another contact to deal with – Professor Castillo. It seems the hitmen haven’t got to her yet, so Reacher hurries over to make sure that doesn’t happen.
As the safehouse is compromised, Roscoe encourages Charlie to grab the kids and leave while she tries to get the jump on the men watching from the black car in the distance. Thankfully Roscoe manages to stop the two men, courtesy of a grenade and some tense, nail-biting diversion tactics in the woods.
Roscoe joins Charlie and the girls as they head out for a morning hike through the woods. They eventually make it to a diner where they have breakfast. ..
Charlie confirms that Paul was in deep and she knew about this. Kliner encouraged Paul to go to Venezuela with him and meet one of his big clients.
Kliner is trying to get Paul to sign a contract that will give him a job with the company for only a limited amount of time, and then take advantage of him for the money he has transferred in. The trap is that Kliner is offering Paul a salary four-times his current wage and with bonuses too. If Paul signs the contract, he may not be able to get another job because he would be out of money.
Kliner has been caught laundering money and he now has to work with Paul to get the money back. This is a serious situation and he knows it. He’s also had to watch another man be crucified and castrated in front of him in order to make this point.
Castillo tells her story in a halting, halting way. She starts by saying that she and Joe were working together on a global level, but then she says something that makes Reacher’s skin crawl. She says that they were helping the agent with Mass Undetectable Counterfeiting on a global level, but then they noticed that super-bills were being made in Georgia. A cold shiver runs down Reacher’s back. He’s had it all backwards.
It has been discovered that the money being made in the United States and then shipped out to Venezuela is actually being used to fund terrorism. This is a big deal, and so he speaks to the Desk Sergeant outside, Diaz, and implores him to help keep her safe. He wants Castillo looked after and urges him to make sure she stays protected but off the records. He agrees. ..
Reacher realizes he’s being followed and decides to beat the assailant with his own tie outside in the back alleys. He choking him out off the bannister, Reacher is left to fight another day, despite sporting blood across his new suit.
The Episode Review
It seems that the operation is much larger than we first thought. Venezuela is a big part of this whole operation and it would appear that the big bosses there are not happy with Kliner and his operation. This would explain why everything has been going so awry and why so many people are spooked. But how is Teale involved in this? ..
We’ll have to wait and see what’s in store for our characters next, but Reacher has been an enthralling action thriller that has unfolded nicely across the season. The final two episodes look set to wrap things up in a suitably dramatic fashion, so we’ll have to wait and see what’s in store for our characters next!
