{"id":590584,"date":"2026-08-12T03:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/590584\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T03:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:18:13","slug":"reacher-season-4-release-schedule-heres-when-new-episodes-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/590584\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Reacher\u2019 Season 4 Release Schedule: Here&#8217;s When New Episodes Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786504693_833_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Reacher&quot; Season 4 key art featuring Alan Ritchson.\" data-height=\"1080\" data-width=\"1920\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reacher&#8221; Season 4 key art featuring Alan Ritchson.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>Reacher Season 4, starring Alan Ritchson as author Lee Child\u2019s literary creation Jack Reacher, is back this week with new episodes featuring the lone wolf hero.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2024\/08\/04\/tom-cruises-jack-reacher-movies-are-trending-big-on-netflix\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2024\/08\/04\/tom-cruises-jack-reacher-movies-are-trending-big-on-netflix\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"two Jack Reacher films\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two Jack Reacher films<\/a> starring Tom Cruise in 2012 and 2016, Child\u2019s iconic book character was adapted once again in 2022, but as a streaming series on Prime Video. Starring Ritchson as the title character \u2014 an ex-Army Military Police investigator who travels from city to city with nothing more than a toothbrush \u2014 Reacher Season 1 was based on Child\u2019s first book, 1997\u2019s Killing Floor.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/11\/reacher-season-4-rotten-tomatoes-critics-score-marks-series-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Reacher\u2019 Season 4 Rotten Tomatoes Critics\u2019 Score Marks Series Low\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/11\/reacher-season-4-rotten-tomatoes-critics-score-marks-series-low\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Reacher\u2019 Season 4 Rotten Tomatoes Critics\u2019 Score Marks Series LowBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reacher Season 2 returned in 2023 by bringing the author\u2019s 11th book, Bad Luck and Trouble, to life, while Season 3 in 2025 adapted the seventh Jack Reacher book, Persuader. Season 4 of Reacher is based on Gone Tomorrow, Child\u2019s 13th book in the series.<\/p>\n<p>While Reacher has been a ratings and critical hit since the beginning of the Prime Video series, there was a fundamental shift between the way the books were adapted from Season 2 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/02\/25\/reacher-season-3-star-on-bringing-no-bs-attitude-to-dea-agent-duffy\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/02\/25\/reacher-season-3-star-on-bringing-no-bs-attitude-to-dea-agent-duffy\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Season 3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Season 3<\/a>, thanks to Ritchson\u2019s urging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I\u2019ll say that I\u2019ve really taken charge of is the action,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/02\/25\/reacher-season-3-star-on-bringing-no-bs-attitude-to-dea-agent-duffy\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/02\/25\/reacher-season-3-star-on-bringing-no-bs-attitude-to-dea-agent-duffy\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Ritchson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ritchson<\/a> told me in a Zoom conversation in 2025. &#8220;I was really unhappy with the action in Season 2 \u2014 the way that it was cut with some of the fights that we had. I didn&#8217;t like the way that it was directed. [I said], \u2018I think we can do better in Season 3.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-3 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/jackass-best-and-last-tries-to-up-ante-on-streaming-this-week-after-franchise-wanes-at-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Jackass: Best And Last\u2019 Tries To Up Ante On Streaming This Week After Franchise Wanes At Box Office\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/jackass-best-and-last-tries-to-up-ante-on-streaming-this-week-after-franchise-wanes-at-box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Jackass: Best And Last\u2019 Tries To Up Ante On Streaming This Week After Franchise Wanes At Box OfficeBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a result, Ritchson added, Season 3 took \u201ca faithful approach and the kind of thing that you see when you read the description of the action in the books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As revealed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/11\/reacher-season-4-rotten-tomatoes-critics-score-marks-series-low\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/11\/reacher-season-4-rotten-tomatoes-critics-score-marks-series-low\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"early reviews of Reacher Season 4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">early reviews of Reacher Season 4<\/a>, the new episodes appear to follow in lockstep with the same sort of brutal, hard-hitting action Ritchson\u2019s character delivered Season 3.<\/p>\n<p>In Season 4, Reacher has a tragic encounter with a stranger on a subway in Philadelphia, which, upon his investigation, he finds is tied to a dangerous conspiracy involving the most powerful levels of government.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-4 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/young-washington-charges-onto-streaming-this-week-after-486-million-box-office-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Young Washington\u2019 Charges Onto Streaming This Week After $48.6 Million Box Office Run\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/young-washington-charges-onto-streaming-this-week-after-486-million-box-office-run\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Young Washington\u2019 Charges Onto Streaming This Week After $48.6 Million Box Office RunBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alan Ritchson in &#8220;Reacher&#8221; Season 4.<\/p>\n<p>Prime VideoWhen Will New Episodes Of \u2018Reacher\u2019 Season 4 Be Released?<\/p>\n<p>Reacher Season 4 begins streaming on Prime Video on Wednesday at 3 a.m. ET\/12 a.m. PT with Episodes 1-3. Like seasons past, there are eight episodes in Season 4. The complete release schedule of episodes, which will drop on Wednesdays, is listed below.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 1: City of Brotherly Love \u2014 Aug. 12<\/p>\n<p>Episode 2: Cage Fight \u2014 Aug. 12<\/p>\n<p>Episode 3: One Small Step \u2014 Aug. 12<\/p>\n<p>Episode 4: Title To Be Announced \u2014 Aug. 19<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-6 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/the-invite-settles-into-streaming-this-week-after-429-million-box-office-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018The Invite\u2019 Settles Into Streaming This Week After $42.9 Million Box Office Run\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/the-invite-settles-into-streaming-this-week-after-429-million-box-office-run\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018The Invite\u2019 Settles Into Streaming This Week After $42.9 Million Box Office RunBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Episode 5: Title TBA \u2014 Aug. 26<\/p>\n<p>Episode 6: Title TBA \u2014 Sept. 2<\/p>\n<p>Episode 7: Title TBA \u2014 Sept. 9<\/p>\n<p>Episode 8: Title TBA \u2014 Sept. 16<\/p>\n<p>Created by Nick Santora (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/06\/12\/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-carrie-anne-moss-on-fubar-season-2s-tango-scene-and-more\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/06\/12\/arnold-schwarzenegger-and-carrie-anne-moss-on-fubar-season-2s-tango-scene-and-more\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"FUBAR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FUBAR<\/a>), Reacher Season 4 also stars Chris Marquette, Sydelle Noel, AGNEZ MO, Anggun, Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, Kevin Corrigan and Kathleen Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>All 24 episodes of Reacher Seasons 1-3 are available to stream on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/reggie-bannister-phantasm-horror-franchise-star-dies-at-80\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Reggie Bannister, \u2018Phantasm\u2019 Horror Franchise Star, Dies At 80\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2026\/08\/10\/reggie-bannister-phantasm-horror-franchise-star-dies-at-80\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesReggie Bannister, \u2018Phantasm\u2019 Horror Franchise Star, Dies At 80By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Reacher&#8221; Season 4 key art featuring Alan Ritchson. 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