Reacher: Richard’s Ultimate Fate In the Books, Revealed

Reacher: Richard’s Ultimate Fate In the Books, Revealed

The destiny of Reacher Season 3’s beloved character, Richard Beck, is in query after a significant revelation in Episode 6. 

In Reacher Season 3, Richard Beck is the son of shady businessman Zachary Beck who will get entangled together with his father’s unlawful arms dealing operations beneath the administration of Jack Reacher’s present enemy, Julius McCabe. 

Episode 1 sees Reacher saving Richard from a staged kidnapping try and get inside Zachary Beck’s enterprise. 

Whereas Reacher initially solely sees Richard as his ticket to get his undercover informant mission going, he ultimately cares for the child since he is aware of he’s harmless.

Did Richard Beck Die in Lee Kid’s Persuader Ebook? 

Johnny Berchtold

Richard Beck is a distinguished determine in Lee Kid’s Persauder (the e book that Reacher Season 3 relies on). 

Whereas most of Amazon Prime Video’s on-screen adaptation stays truthful to the e book (from the faux kidnapping of Richard to his dynamic with Reacher), one in every of the main modifications in Reacher Season 3 is the absence of Richard’s mother, Elizabeth. 

In the e book, Elizabeth is essential in giving Reacher some much-needed details about her husband’s enterprise and his connections to Xavier Quinn (who’s posing as Julius McCabe). 

It’s also established in the novel that Paulie (Quinn’s terrifying seven-foot enforcer) abuses Elizabeth to mock Zachary and Richard. 

One in all the fundamental objectives of Reacher in the e book is to make sure Elizabeth and Richard’s security whereas he finds a method to expose Quinn and get rid of him as soon as and for all. 

In the finish, Reacher manages to rescue Elizabeth and Richard from Quinn, which means that the mother-son duo lives to battle one other day. 

Will Richard Beck Survive in Reacher Season 3? 

Johnny Berchtold as Richard Beck & Alan Ritchson as Reacher in Reacher Season 3, Episode 6
Johnny Berchtold & Alan Ritchson

In Season 3, Episode 6, Richard Beck (performed by Reacher Season 3 fundamental solid member Johnny Berchtold) unintentionally uncovers Reacher’s secret after realizing that he’s in cahoots with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). 

As a substitute of exposing him to his father, Reacher convinces Richard that he’s his finest shot at making it out of this mess alive, stating that his fundamental mission is to kill Julius McCabe as a result of an unfinished enterprise in the previous. 

Reacher notes that Richard and his dad, Zachary, are already in jail as a result of Quinn has full management of their lives. It’s also made clear all through Reacher Season 3 that Zachary cares for his son, which is why he’s pressured into doing Quinn’s bidding. 

Nevertheless, Reacher’s plan to destroy the unlawful enterprise from the inside will get derailed after his cowl is blown after Quinn and his males handle to attach the dots and expose him as the mole. 

Whereas Reacher manages to flee and flee the mansion, it’s clear that he’ll end what he already began and fulfill his promise to Richard that he’ll do no matter it takes to guard him. 

Season 3, Episode 6 already confirmed Quinn threatening Richard’s life by making him play the harmful Russian Roulette sport that Reacher did in Episode 1. 

At this fee, Richard’s life will proceed to be in peril, however Quinn nonetheless must hold him alive as a method to have leverage over Zachary Beck. 

Given Reacher’s relentless dedication to maintain his promise, there is a sturdy likelihood that he’ll discover a method to save Richard much like the books. 


New episodes of Reacher Season 3 premiere each Thursday on Prime Video at midnight PT (learn extra about its official launch schedule right here).