Given Alba's opinion that this was the Jack Reacher of the books, i was really looking forward to this series. The first 20 mins of episode one seemed to focus solely on showing just how huge - and how very tough - Reacher is. He dispatches baddies with an ease Bruce Lee would be proud of - though Bruce Lee never shot anyone in the back. All that is missing from the comic fight scenes are the words 'POW', 'BASH', WHOOSH', etc, etc. No wonder SD laughed.
This is the sort of thing American teens stand up and applaud in cinemas and i have a feeling that this series has been made with that demographic in mind. I wouldn't be surprised to reach the final episode and see Jack Reacher pop into a telephone box and start spinning!
Throughout the series we have touched on child abuse, sexual harassment and animal cruelty - none of which are part of the overall storyline. Why? Is it to show that, while Reacher is ruthless enough to shoot someone in the back, he will not tolerate any of the above? Message; he does have his morals, you know:-/
As i said, i will finish the series because i cannot remember what happens - long time since i read the book - and the storyline is decent.
If we all shared the same opinion, what a boring planet we would inhabit:-)