Reacher season 3: Release date and latest news

Ritchson recently told Collider of season 3: "Things get pretty dangerous. Things get — and I mean this, I would never lead you astray — there's been a little tiny something in each season where I've been like, 'I wish we could do that better.' Season 3 is by far the best season we've ever made.

"Start to finish, this is high octane action, this is peak TV and I cannot wait for everyone to watch this. [...] I don't want to ruin it for you. In Persuader, Reacher has to go undercover, and he's gotta do some heavy lifting, both to stay alive and to find someone he's looking for. Things get quite dangerous."

Alongside returning characters, some of the brand-new stars joining the cast include the likes of Sonya Cassidy and Anthony Michael Hall.

Prime Video clearly have plenty of confidence in the new season, as the series has already been renewed for season 4 ahead of its release.

Read on for everything we know so far about the third season of Reacher.

*Warning - contains spoilers for Reacher season 2*

Reacher season 3 release date

The first three episodes of Reacher landed on Prime Video on Thursday 20th February 2025, with subsequent episodes set to drop on the streamer each week.

The release date news was first revealed alongside a new poster (below) for the series, which was accompanied by the caption: "No badge. No backup. No mercy. Season 3 of REACHER premieres February 20."

Reacher season 3 cast: Who will star?

As for who is returning for Reacher season 3, Alan Ritchson will of course be reprising his role as Jack Reacher, and Maria Sten will also be back as Master Sergeant Francis Neagly.

Meanwhile, Sonya Cassidy (The Man Who Fell To Earth) will join the cast of season 3, according to Deadline, and will play "an extremely intelligent and tough DEA agent from Boston with a sharp and sarcastic sense of humor" called Sarah Duffy. Anthony Michael Hall (Bosch: Legacy) has also joined, playing businessman Zachary Beck.

Meanwhile, other additions to the cast include Expats' Brian Tee, Gaslit's Johnny Berchtold, Father Stu's Roberto Montesinos and For All Mankind's Daniel David Stewart, and Black Widow's Olivier Richters.

Tee will play Quinn, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army that Reacher investigated ten years ago when he sold military secrets to hostile nations. Berchtold will play Richard Beck, a college student and Beck's only son, who five years ago was kidnapped and mutilated.

Additionally, Montesinos and Stewart will play DEA agents Guillermo Villanueva and Steven Elliot, while Richters has joined the cast as criminal Paulie.

Speaking with Collider, Ritchson called Paulie Reacher's most "formidable foe yet", and someone who "makes Reacher look absolutely tiny."

What will Reacher season 3 be about?

Season 3 will adapt the fan-favourite Child novel Persuader, which sees Reacher seek revenge for the brutal murder a colleague ten years prior.

To pursue this revenge, Reacher works undercover for the DEA to bring down a suspected drug runner with ties to the man who murdered his colleague.

According to the official synopsis, “In the third season of the action-packed series, Reacher (Alan Ritchson) hurtles into the dark heart of a vast criminal enterprise when trying to rescue an undercover DEA informant whose time is running out.

"There he finds a world of secrecy and violence—and confronts some unfinished business from his own past.”

Reacher season 2 was based on the 11th book in Lee Child's series, Bad Luck and Trouble, and kicked off two years after season 1.

Is there a trailer for Reacher season 3?

Yes, watch below:

Reacher season 2 is available to watch on Prime Video – you can sign up now for a free 30-day Prime Video trial. Season 3 will be released in February.

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