Reacher, Season 4

What’s it about?

A chance encounter with a distraught stranger on the Philadelphia subway draws Jack Reacher into a deadly mystery.

The facts

• Created by Nick Santora
• Starring Alan Ritchson
• English language
• There will be eight episodes in the season. Episodes are released weekly on Wednesdays.
• Runtime: 45 to 50 minutes each
• Season 4 is based on the novel Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

Why did it get this rating?

This series was self-rated by Prime Video. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.

The breakdowns of the following content warnings relate to the first three episodes only.

The following information breaks down the series’s rating and content warnings. It does not mention any character names or delve into plot points. If necessary, we occasionally include minor spoilers to help keep audiences informed about what they are watching, especially when it comes to suicide.

Suicide

The episodes start with an advisory for suicide content.

Six minutes into the first episode, a distraught woman on a near-empty subway shoots herself while talking to Reacher. The camera stays on her as this happens, so we see the blood splatter on the window next to her. She falls to the floor and blood immediately pools around her head, though the camera cuts away quickly. The way she falls, we do not see the wound on her head.

This scene is recapped at the beginning of subsequent episodes, and talked about by characters during subsequent episodes.

Episode three ends with another suicide. We see a person walk off a building to their death, landing on a car. From a height, we briefly see their contorted body on the dented car roof, with a small amount of blood on and around their head.

Violence, cruelty, and content that may disturb

The show is an action series, so expect guns, knives, and fighting.

There are frequent hand-to-hand fights that involve punching, kicking, choking, and bodies being thrown around. Sound effects heighten all of this. People end up bleeding from their heads and faces as they’re fighting.

Some of the strongest scenes in the first three episodes include:

• A character is deliberately crushed to death, and the sound effects mean we can hear bones crunching. Blood spurts out of their mouth.
• A character is thrown through a window that is many storeys up, but they survive.
• A character is shot with a tranquilizer dart and kidnapped. They wake up trapped in a cage.
• We are briefly shown a mutilated female corpse who is near naked and tied to a bed. We hear that their death would have been very painful and slow.
• A character is stabbed in the eye with a pen then shot multiple times, and we see their torso covered with bullet holes.

Offensive language

There is frequent use of the word “f*ck”. It is mostly used during moments of high stress.

Helplines

The suicide content could be upsetting for some viewers, especially for those who have gone through similar experiences. If you are struggling with what you have seen on-screen, please reach out for help. If you or someone you know needs to talk:

• 1737
• Safe to talk
• Lifeline
• Youthline

Further information

• Why are ratings and content warnings important for me and my whānau?
• Reacher, Season 3, Episode 5 (content breakdown)