Reacher Said Nothing
The men force their way into the house and start demanding money and drugs. Stevenson and Emma try to fight back, but they’re outnumbered and outgunned. Just as things seem hopeless, Reacher shows up. He’s been following the case from the beginning, and he’s ready to take these guys down. ..
With his white shirt covered in blood, Reacher sports a jokey t-shirt and confirms to his partner that he played Hangman with an assassin. He also breaks the news that there could well be another dirty official working behind the scenes that they’re not aware of.
The pair of detectives investigating the Stevenson household murder find that the victims were not killed in a typical way. Emma and Stevenson were both killed facing one another, with their hands tied behind their backs. This murder is different because it was not committed by someone who was angry or upset with the victims. ..
With all the mirrors strategically placed around them, it seems someone thought Stevenson knew something and as such, Emma was tortured in front of him. Given they’re both dead, it’s fair to assume neither had any information.
Teale takes the pair outside, complete with his diamond cane, and decides to fire Finlay from his role. This leaves Reacher to go and speak to Officer Baker, the final officer in the station whom he’s doubtful is the dirty cop.
Reacher gives his theory about what’s happening and given he has an alibi, he throws shade at Finlay. Finlay has been in Margrave the entire time all of this is happening and given there’s something off with his story, Reacher believes he could well be responsible for the deaths. ..
Reacher goes into the house with full army camo gear and face paint to break into it and get answers. First up though, he needs to get some appropriate gear because the joke t-shirt isn’t going to cut it! So Reacher goes in with full army camo gear and face paint.
Finlay is busy giving personal condolences to Stevenson’s family when Reacher gets the drop on the four latex-suited goons, who show up at Hubble’s place that night. Dawson is among them. Reacher is knocked out with a crowbar and almost drowns after taking out the three other men. Reacher regains consciousness though and grabs his gun, hitting off several shots against his assailant. ..
After the skirmish, Reacher rings Roscoe and lets her know what he’s figured out. It turns out the US dollar bills are all the same size and combined with Paul’s handy financial work, realizes that he was keeping Kliner happy with a fresh supply of one-dollar bills from cash-intensive industries like payday loans, casinos and the like.
Margrave is a large, international company that manufactures and sells chemicals used in the printing and production of bills. Kliner chemicals, which are a part of Margrave, have developed a substance that helps to remove the ink off the bills and this makes them easier to counterfeit. Once the ink is removed, the bills would then be beaten up and printed on again to look like regular 100 dollar bills. A mass counterfeiting scheme.
Joe’s garage may hold clues about what happened to Reacher in Venezuela. Reacher heads there next. ..
He rings Roscoe, letting him know he’s about to make the call, but also tells Finlay in a low voice before he does. However, Finlay notices several people outside his motel room and it appears he may not be a dirty cop after all. ..
Finlay manages to avoid the men and races off into his car, heading for safety. Unfortunately, he leaves several bullet holes in the assailant’s tyres, just to be sure he’s not followed. ..
When Reacher and Finlay make it to Joe’s place, they find the place completely burned to a cinder. However, a stray apostrophe from Joe’s note has them heading over to Jobling’s other address -the one his parents own. In the garage they find the same aircon boxes mixed among the junk but these ones are absolutely full of 100 dollar bills.
It seems that Finlay isn’t dirty after all, but another member of their clan is. When Reacher rings Neagley, she confirms that The Viking has been dead for a while but his partner is still knocking around and working. And his name? Picard.
Reacher finds himself in the middle of a gunfight, and he’s not sure how he got here. He’s surrounded by three people who want to kill him, and he doesn’t know how to get out of this.
The Episode Review
The truth is finally out and it has been revealed that Teale, KJ and Picard are all in on this together, alongside Kliner Sr. too. We did know that this operation ran deep but it appears it has infiltrated every part of law enforcement. This is particularly bad news for those involved here and with Finlay at gunpoint and Roscoe indisposed for the time being, Reacher has walked right into this big trap. ..
The show has done a great job of developing the relationships between Venezuela and Jack Reacher, but it’s left things on a precarious knife edge. We’ll have to wait and see who comes out on top.
