Alan Ritchson has, somewhat quietly, become one of streaming’s more dependable stars, which is not necessarily where you would have expected his career to land back when he was doing Smallville supporting work and Blue Mountain State. Reacher turned him into a genuine Amazon franchise anchor, with Season 4 pulling more than 5.5 billion minutes viewed in its first four weeks according to Nielsen, and the series has remained above 90% with critics across all four seasons.

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