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In this recap of *Reacher* Season 4 Episode 3, titled "One Small Step," hosts Be Avery and Lamont discuss how the plot thickens as Jack Reacher uncovers a conspiracy far more complex than initially anticipated. The episode intensifies with new attacks forcing the team back to Philadelphia while deepening Reacher's bond with Laya. A major twist revealed during their conversation is that Anna, who jumped off a building at the end of the previous segment, was likely controlled by powerful forces rather than acting on her own volition; this tragedy suggests she and another individual were silenced because they possessed critical information stored on a missing flash drive. The hosts speculate heavily about the nature of these secrets, theorizing that the data involves high-level international crimes such as child trafficking or war crimes linked to General Putra and potentially running for president North Carolina Senator, making it an issue too dangerous for anyone involved in the conspiracy to let slip out. The discussion also delves into character dynamics, particularly focusing on Reacher's violent methods and his growing romantic tension with Laya. While Lamont questions whether Reacher was overly aggressive when dragging a suspect down stairs, Be Avery defends him as exactly what is needed for this job, noting that he can switch between stoic violence and dry humor effortlessly. A significant portion of the episode revolves around trust issues within the group; both hosts express deep skepticism toward Jacob from Mayberry, believing his emotional outbursts regarding Anna's suicide are a performance to hide deeper knowledge about her brother or the conspiracy itself. Similarly, they remain wary of Detective Sean due to his apparent concern for his pension over justice and view Laya with suspicion despite her seductive nature saving Reacher during the bowling alley fight scene, fearing she might be a government "black widow" sent to infiltrate their team. As the episode concludes, the hosts analyze the discovery of Anna's work badge in her abandoned vehicle, which indicates she held Level 8 clearance—a level that grants access to state secrets even some presidential cabinet members cannot see. This revelation confirms that the case has escalated from a standard crime into international espionage involving powerful foes who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth on the drive. The recap ends with both hosts agreeing that they can only fully trust Reacher, Mrs. Green (Tamara's ally), and Russell, the tech guy who was wrongfully fired for trying to blow the whistle before his company altered his expense reports and humiliated him. With two people having taken their own lives within just three episodes due to pressure from these unseen controllers, the hosts leave viewers eager to see what dastardly secrets are finally revealed on that flash drive in the upcoming episode, urging everyone to buckle up for a season filled with breadcrumbs leading toward a massive international crime ring exposure.
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What is going on everybody? Welcome back. It is me and Lamont. We are talking Reacher. Season 4, episode 3 titled One Small Step. Reacher discovers that the situation is more complex than it seems. As his bond with Laya grows closer, we're going to be talking about that. Tamara, Jacob, and Plum stumble upon a crucial clue when a new attack forces them to return to Philadelphia. Of course, we are talking spoilers, spoilers, spoilers. Lamont, what did you think about the episode, man? Is it was it intense or did it suck? And you want to cancel the show? No, I'm joking. How did you feel? >> Absolutely not. It's It's intense. Some things we predicted on our last review happened early. A lot of things are happening early this season that I didn't expect to happen so early. And um I'm I'm really really enjoying it, man. And it's like he got his own little gang to help him do what he need to do. And it just keeps taking these weird twists that I didn't see coming. I didn't see a twist coming. And I think we're going to definitely talk about that twist. >> Well, let's talk about it now. What is this twist that you didn't see coming that came all over the place? >> So, yeah. Other other than him getting in the panty draws and we didn't get to see him come all over the place. the guy he saw on the train >> committed the S side at the very end of the episode and it's kind of like for real at this point Reacher is literally the last person to have seen old boy sister and we still got that missing flash drive out there and this further makes me feel like the North Carolina senator's wife got something to do with this. Shout out to North Carolina. That's where I live at, ladies and gentlemen. So, when they say a North Carolina senator, you know, I had my eyes on him. Oh, yeah. That wife got something to do with this, my brother. That wife. >> Really? Really? That's the last thing I thought, you know, to to be honest with you. But Lamont, what is on the drive? What is the secret? You got people blowing their heads off. You got people jumping off from rooftops not giving a damn. >> I mean, geez Louise, what what is it? And did he have the drive himself? Will it Will it come up? Who who knows? Who knows? You know, you thinking that it's the the the congressman's wife? I don't think it is. Um but we're going to see. And yeah, definitely. I did not think that he was going to get the draws that quick. We knew he was he was going to get them, but you know, that was just a little um too easy. But starting off the beginning of the episode when they saw when Reacher identified that that was K Hill that was a part of the security that was on the subway um that killed himself. You know, they're trying to regroup uh at Russell's uh rendevu um at his lair uh his little kingdom and the base is attacked. What the hell is wrong with Reacher, man? Why is he so violent? Um, I mean, I don't know. Maybe I would act that same way, too. If somebody was trying to kill me, but my goodness gracious, we supposed to be trying to leave these people alive here, man. And the way he was dragging old dude down the stairs with his head hidden, boom, boom, boom. I'm like, bro, you going to kill him? I got a kick out of that because it was funny seeing the rest of the crew look at him like, "What's wrong with this mad man?" But is Reacher uh too aggressive or is he just what the doctor ordered? >> No, he's just what the doctor ordered. um he has a way of turning that switch on in the right moments and then he can turn it off even though he's like so super monotone. You know, you can get a kick out of the way he acts because it's funny and he does things that are like this dry humor funny that sometimes ain't meant to be funny, but they're funny because it comes out of the stoic manner of who he is. And I think that, you know, he didn't need to bust that guy head to the white meat dragging it across the steps cuz you didn't need to get that information, man. You should have saved that for if he wouldn't giving up the information. Okay. But I like Reacher's Method. He is the man for this job. And just shout out to Allan Richardson. Um, you know, you know, I've got a special relationship for him and that's my guy. He's doing a great job this season. I hope they have more reacher seasons. >> Yes, I I do too. And uh shout out to Lamont. I'm going to make him big right now. I want y'all to look behind Lamont's head right now. You see a picture of him flexing, popping them shoulders, popping that chest. I mean, the guy works out. Okay. It's blatantly obvious. Okay. So, I just had to point that out real quick first. So, Lamont, we've established that you work out. I'm assuming that you can do a number of push-ups in a row, too. Is this correct, sir? >> Okay. Can you do a f can you do fingertip push-ups as well where you strengthen your extremities, you strengthen your fingers, your your tips and all that? Are you able to do that? >> I'm able to do that. >> Okay. Okay. Are you able to do the amount of fingertip push-ups that Reacher did in this episode to get those fingers so strong to where he's able to scale the sides of walls outside the building going from floor to floor? Sir, do you know what I'm talking about? Do you know how hard it is to do that? Do you not remember the scene at the very beginning when they was there at Brussels? >> Or are you shaking your head because it it was amazing or you don't remember? >> No, I completely remember. But I'm just thinking to myself, man, the wrist strength you've got to have for that. The finger dexterity you've got to have for that. Dude, that I mean that was like, dude, you think you Super Mario Brothers or you Don or you Yoshi or somebody jumping out of windows hanging by your tongue? It was like, bro. >> And I was for a minute there, B Avery. >> I thought he was going to jump out and break his leg cuz you remember he was like, >> "Your signal is going to be when you hear somebody screaming." So I thought he was about to do some mess where he was going to jump out the jump out the window, hit the ground, scream, and that was going to be the signal. I had no idea >> they was going to have him doing the frog man all outside these windows. And um you know like you don't get a character and an actor like him who's muscled up the way he is without here and there showing his strength. And that's what this was display of his strength. >> Yeah, man. That's that's freaking amazing. Uh right there. Uh I mean I've been able to do fingertip push-ups, you know, but here I am talking about back in my day 20 years ago, you know, when I was in my prime. I don't want to sound like that guy. even though I'm sounding like that guy. But no, anyway, that that was amazing, man. When I when I saw that, I was very very impressed. Uh so, shout out to Reacher. Shout out to Allan Richardson Richardson for for um being able to pull off such physical feats. Um is Jacob though tripping? Uh Reacher is about to kick him out the group, saying that he was emotional and you know, he's a cop from Mayberry. Uh Tamara did bring up a good point like, "Wait a minute, man. Don't be getting mad at his crash out. Did you just have a sibling or someone close to you commit suicide because they was part of some government conspiracy? Richard was like, "Yes, I got a laugh out of that." But does Tammy have a point or does Richard have a point? Does Does Jacob still need to be in the group or he need to go sit down somewhere? >> I think they both have a point, but I still don't trust Jacob, man. There's something really he's not telling. I don't trust him. I don't tr man he's hiding something. Look the people who are the insiders to whatever's going on. We have already met them be Avery. Three episodes in. We have seen their faces. We just don't know which one it is. And I don't trust Jacob. I think he's not telling us everything. I think he knows more about the nephew than what he's leading on. And I think that some of this Mayberry behavior is an act. Okay. I don't believe that he's that Clark Kenny. You know what I mean? I think that there's more going on to him than meets the eye and he's playing a role. So, I agree with both of them, but I'm more on the reacher side. Let his butt go. But he's not going to go because he wants to stay close to this thing. He wants to keep something close to his vest. We just got to figure out what it is. I don't trust him. >> Okay. Okay. Do y'all trust him? Let us know in the uh comment section below. Um but we may have somebody that we can trust. It seems like Tamara does have an ally uh in her black friend that she met at the junkyard while she was trying to switch cars uh and switch plates. You know, that's a nice little resource to have, man. If the government is chasing you and you have a junkyard you can go to and just swip switch out cars. I'm just joking, guys. It's like, you know, you have the government chasing you every day. If you do, you need to get your life together because it's just um it's it's not it's not that serious. >> Be Avery. Welcome to being a black person in America. The government damn near is almost chasing you every day. Or welcome to legal immigrants being chased and in some cases just regular citizens being chased by our government. >> Yeah, this is true. This is true. You're talking about how you don't trust Jacob. I don't trust Shawn more than Jacob. Sean the the the detective in the office, he is always giving Tamron and the rest of the gang a hard time when they're trying to investigate the case. You know, she made a good point like, "Wait a minute. >> The girl was sliced, not dead in our jurisdiction in the city. She was sliced up. This is on purpose." Okay, the this is some sinister type stuff right here. Very conniving. And you just want me to keep it moving and you you worried you more worried about my pension than I am. Okay. Worried about your retirement. I don't trust him. I'm on I'm on team don't trust Sean now. You you you want to add more on to that or you just like I'm telling you B. I'm telling you. You asked me yesterday. You asked me to rank the people who I don't trust the most. He's number one on my list. I do not trust that bum and be Avery. Why do he look like he been beat up? Like, have we seen him get into a fight? >> Like, you're right. >> So, like, bro, what what are you really doing that we don't know? He got a black eye under his right eye. And I told you yesterday, he is suspect number one that I don't trust. Then comes the senator's wife. And then would come the brother, um, Mrs. Merrick's brother, >> Jacob. >> And so, Jacob. Yeah, Jacob. That's my list of top three. I don't trust none of them, man. That's my list. >> Yeah. Uh Mr. Tasty Cakes over here. Uh we're gonna see. Are we going to get a reveal of Tamara's secret that he tried to spill out? Cuz he was like, you know, did you do you remember what happened when you get obsessed with the cake? I mean, I said with a cake. When you get obsessed with a uh with a case. And she darted out like, "Okay, no. I'm going to go get me some tasty cakes." And then the scene switched over. Is this is this going to be a big revelation at some point in time or or or no? No big deal at all. >> It has to be cuz they done mentioned it three times in three episodes. So, whatever it is, for whatever the reason, she has the current detective job that she's doing. It will be revealed and it's probably going to be a moment where it might make her cry. It's going to be some real deep dive emotional moment. It's going to be something where she's going to have to make a hardcore decision. and it will definitely be revealed because whatever it is, it's a character builder for her and we're gonna find out. >> Y'all let us know what y'all think. Is that secret going to come out? Let us know. Let us know. Let us know. Now, Lamont, man, tell me what happened at the bowling alley, man. Reacher got Lyla on the phone like, "Hey, I want to meet somewhere where people inside where they can't just see us driving by. It don't need to be too quiet, but it needs to be busy and and enough that we can have a discussion. And she go he goes to the bowling alley and he calls her out. What are your thoughts with this this confrontation here at the bowling alley? He got a real thing for this woman. That's all. Like out of all the seasons we've been watching him deal with women and panty draws, he's really attracted to this girl for some reason. And I think that that was basically him saying, "Look, baby, I like you, but you can't be lying to me." Okay? Do I need to pull out the Teddy Pendergrass records or something? Don't lie to me. And she lied to him, but she I want to say maybe she came clean. I still don't fully trust her. And I definitely don't trust that mama who's scarred up and don't like to talk. I don't trust her either. Um, but >> we find out that she not really her mama. Right. Right. Exactly. Exactly. Um Reacher has an affinity for this woman and B Avery. Would it not be weird if Laya the reporter is somehow connected to Jacob's and Jacob's sister? Would it not be weird if Jacob and Laya are brothers and sisters or some some kind of connection? >> Yeah. Yeah, that would that would be weird. That would be weird. I wouldn't be surprised. I would not be surprised. But also, man, more information. Um, he called her a liar, saying that, you know, that John Stamos or whatever his name is, the congressman, is not your daddy. But she was like, but you know, I I didn't tell you the whole truth. Of course. Um he was over this thing called Delta Force and Delta Force had linked up with this General Putra and they did you know war crimes, war against humanity and he was over it and that information is on the drive and he cannot be president. Now is this the whole truth right here or she still leaving out information about General Putin? >> She's leaving she's leaving out information. To me, the more we hear about this, the more it starts to sound like um a Trump Putin sex trafficking ring type situation going on. and whatever is on them drives. I think it's got to be some information about highlevel individuals, including Senator North Carolina running for president and him being either at the epicenter of some international crime. This ain't just a United States crime. This is something that has big implications that pretty much anybody whether no matter how you vote would want to see you thrown off the boat. And um that Laya knows more than what she's telling us 100%. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's this is true. This is facts. This is facts. Um I've never used a bowling ball as a weapon before. Uh, but I think if one is, you know, at my disposal, I think I'll use it the way I saw Reacher use it in this episode here. Another great fight right here, man. Um, I really did enjoy it. Another guy, little guy threw out a kick. Well, everybody's little guy. Um, according to Reacher, uh, but, you know, he threw out a kick. You know, his hand got thrown in some grease. Uh, they going outside and fighting and rolling around and it's it's quite nice. Um, I enjoyed it. Uh, but Laya comes and saves the day. She comes and saves the day. They go, you know, she's like, "Hey." Oh, no. No. What did we just say? Um, I thought I told you to get out of here. Well, I sent the security back and with Amisha and they're gone. I wanted to come save you. No, I wanted to smash your guts and I'm going to pretend like I want to, you know, uh, mind your wounds. Bro, it was so obvious that she wanted to sleep with this man. The second that she walked through the door. I was like, god dang. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, >> I mean, you know, men do like a challenge, but goodness gracious. Go ahead. >> Now, we don't we don't want to be challenged all the time, but did you see the seductive skeletor way she was walking to him in the bathroom, she had a little strut >> when he took them when he took his shirt off and she could see the muscles, her ass start strutting to the bathroom like Donald Duck. She went in there looking at him and was fixing his cuts and his wounds and he looked like he was a little mesmerized by this. Okay. >> Yeah. >> And that's why I I don't trust her. I still don't trust a man. And a fine woman like that >> is what some government send out as they black widows as me and you know for >> and I I just don't know man. And he he's smitten for this woman. Okay. Yeah. like he been smitten for her since the first time he's seen her. >> So, I'm sorry, Be Avery. There's not a lot of people I can trust this season. >> Mrs. Green, I trust her. I actually trust our tech guy that is trying to get the pullet surprise. That's it. >> Yeah, >> that's it. >> Wait, wait. What about you, Tamara, the black chick? Do you trust her? >> Yeah, her her last name is Green. That's why I said my fault. My bad. My bad. My bad. My bad. Y'all let us know who y'all trust and would you have fallen victim to Llaya seduction as Richard did? Most of you would have. And that's okay. I'm not judging you. I'm not judging you. What do you think is going to come up of this work badge that they found in um in um Anna's abandoned vehicle with the cut up seats and stuff, >> man? Bro, Anna was in Anna was in her head >> with a level eight clearance by the way. You know, >> that's what I'm saying. She was in over her head, man. Like level A, you get to see stuff that you get to see some stuff that some of the president's cabinet don't get to see. M >> so whatever she's privileged to be Avery I'm telling you this is not just some standard American crime issue this is like international espionage international crime ring type of stuff and there are some powerful foes that do not want this information to get out there for all we know they haven't announced it yet. It could be the opponent um running for president to um the North Carolina senator. You know, he could have something to do with, you know, this is this is a good season, man. It's they haven't >> they they've given us breadcrumbs, but they haven't given us big breadcrumbs. So, it's been good to me. >> Right on. Now, Russell, the tech guy, uh he is somebody that you do trust, correct? I trust him and I'm gonna be so mad if he let me down. >> Hopefully hopefully he doesn't Yeah. Hopefully he does not uh let us down. He does not let us down. Um is he going to receive justice? Because Jacob asked him what is his deal? Why don't he just walk away? He was like, "No, I got schooled by my old company. I tried to, you know, blow the whistle and they fired me and humiliated me and altered my expense reports. Made it seem like I was stealing. You know, my dad was questioning me. I'm in there, man. I'm 10 toes down. I'm not quitting. Uh, what's gonna become of that, if anything, is he gonna get some justice or is it is it gonna blow up in his face? >> Again, >> it's hard for me to It's hard for me to predict with him. But if you down with team Reacher, you tend to always come out on top. So, I would like to think that he's probably going to be he's going to be fully exonerated. He's probably going to start his own publication. He doesn't need to go back and work for the man. He is the man now, basically. And maybe he can take down some of those people that was corrupt, that was in bed with the government, which is why he lost his job in the first place. I would love to see him get that kind of justice. >> Me too. Me too. Me too. Justice for Russell. Justice for Russell. Now I have this uh so we got Russell uh Jacob and Tamara and they go off and pull up to some government facility and they have a note that says 23 what does this say? Industrial way building 28 uh Stanton I think this says J12. And they pull up to this building here and I don't know what the objective is. The building, you know, Anna was there. It says US government property and that's the last that we see of them um in this episode before a guy goes Peter Pan. Um you have any details on that or we just going to have to wait till next week? >> I think we're just going to have to wait, man. They they kept that one pretty close to the vest. Um, you solve that. You might be solving pretty much the majority of this case. So, I think we're just going to be stuck waiting. Audience, buckle down. Put your seat belt on because it's worth the wait. >> Got you. Got you. Now, you know, Lamont, you still can't trust the congressman's wife. Man, when Reacher showed up, he off she offered him some poached eggs that she ain't never touched. You know, a woman offering you food. Come on. You got to trust women offering you food, right? And look at her reaction when old dude jumped off. She was surprised or she just acting. Lamont man. Again, I asked you at the beginning of this recap. What is on the drive? What made this man jump to his death? That is crazy, bro. Like >> two people. >> Two people. >> What's going on, man? Why Why did he do that? >> The secrets The secrets always come out. You know, you try to hide or it's going to come out. I mean, what's going on? Somebody's controlling him, man. Somebody was controlling Anna. And whatever is on this drive, these people do not want it to get out. And they, you know, they have got a hold on these people's families and a hold on these people's life. Basically, whatever's on this drive behavior, it's going to be it's it first of all, from a storytelling perspective, it has to be some of the most dastardly we've ever heard. It has to be >> for two people within three episodes to kill themselves. >> Yeah. >> It has got to be low down, grimy. >> It's got to be some international child trafficking. It's got to be some I killed your sister, don't tell nobody. Um to sacrifice for a greater good. that was a crime in the first place. It's got to be on that kind of level for two people to do this. Two people who we didn't get a chance to understand their full stories. They just said life ain't worth it. So, I'm interested to know what's on this drive. It better be something. >> Yeah. It has to be that they are trafficking aliens and sexual drug technology with I don't know just something crazy bizarre. What is on the drive? What is on the drive? Get the draws. What's up? >> Do you think can we even trust Anna's son, the nephew? I don't trust him. >> I We ain't even met him yet, but I think we can. I think I think we I'm going to give him the I'mma give him the benefit of the doubt because uh we haven't met him yet. So, um you know. >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, Lamman, those your final thoughts, sir, or you have any more to add? My final thought, don't trust anybody over here except for Reacher and Mrs. Green and my boy trying to get the pullet surprise. That's it. >> Right on. Right on. Right on. Well, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, that is going to wrap it up for me and Lamont's recap review for Reacher season 4, episode 3 titled One Small Step. We will be here same time, same place next week. Oh, we we may not. It just depends on how this video performs. 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