Previously on Reacher...
[Neagley] Paul Van Hoven.
- You throw down with this guy, boss? - Hoping I don't have to.
[grunts]
Russian gangsters.
Quinn owes them money, so they got him by the balls.
You'll get your money, don't worry.
I am not the one who needs to worry.
- [Reacher] They're running guns. - [Duffy] Question is, for who?
- What's all that on him? - Quinn's punishment.
The buyers are flying in sometime today from Yemen.
[Reacher] For a terrorist strike.
Simultaneously timed attacks
- in crowded areas. - Total carnage.
You got no idea how lucky you are
- you have red hair. - [exhales]
It's the same kind you had when you were a kid.
It got damaged here, but I, uh, fixed it.
[Duffy] I got an idea.
I got the details from McCabe.
The buy's happening at Bullhead Salvage Yard.
We think we should bring the ATF in on this.
You will be at least 50 yards off point, in the surveillance van.
The exchange is at 9:00. I'll meet you over there.
You got somewhere more important to be?
[Beck] Yeah. It's my fucking birthday.
9:00, I want you to go back up to your room here and lock the door.
- [Wolcott] Moran, check in. - [Moran] On your call.
- [Wolcott] Martinez? - [Martinez] Standing by.
[Reacher] Quinn's gonna step out of that car, right into my crosshairs.
- Buyers are here. - What do you mean, the buyers are here?
- I'm still following them. - [Reacher] They're headed to Beck's house.
That's where the deal's taking place.
Quinn's not here.
It's a trap.
[slow, tense music playing]
[Neagley] Reacher?
What kind of trap?
Reacher? Reacher?
Goddamn it.
Answer me.
Reacher, what kind of trap?
Got to go, Neagley.
♪ ♪
[tense, dramatic music playing]
♪ ♪
It's an ambush!
[automatic gunfire]
Drive, Villy!
[Wolcott] Watch your backs and move in!
Go, go, go!
♪ ♪
[grunts]
[Duffy] Get in there! Hurry!
- [glass cracks] - [gunfire continues]
Oh, shit.
Shit! Shit!
[grunts]
You go east.
- Just be safe, okay? - How?
I don't know, just do it.
[exhales]
[grunts]
♪ ♪
[gunfire continues]
[grunts]
I thought I benched you. [groans]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
[gunfire continues]
Shit.
[panting]
[slow, tense music playing]
Wonder what I'd find if I looked under this trailer.
- A fucking rat. - [gunshot]
- [panting] - [Reacher] Get out here.
Reacher, you good?
Listen, I didn't know this was gonna happen like this.
Quinn set me up, too.
Deal's going down at your party.
What about Richard?
They'll use him as a hostage, if need be.
If not...
They'll fucking kill him.
Is Teresa at the house?
They brought her in before the party.
She was like a zombie. I think they drugged her.
Where'd they put her?
Upstairs somewhere, I didn't see.
[phone chimes in distance]
Delete.
[typing on keypad]
Now type this.
[band playing "Give It Up"]
♪ Everybody wants you ♪
♪ Everybody wants your love ♪
♪ I'd just like to make you mine, all mine ♪
♪ Na, na, na-na...
[song continues in distance]
[phone vibrating]
About time. Where are we at?
Everyone but the three of us,
Beck and one of Quinn's guys are dead.
- ATF agents? - Everyone.
Quinn set Beck up to take the fall for the ambush,
make it look like he got killed in the cross fire.
So, he knew Beck was helping us.
[Duffy] Or maybe that was always the plan.
Burn it down, disappear with his millions, resurface somewhere else.
Takes over another operation, he's back in business.
- He's done it before. - He's still got to pay off
the Russians before he runs.
Neagley, status by you?
No one's left since the buyers got here, so the deal's not made yet.
How are we gonna get in?
Could snipe Paulie.
Gunfire will raise the alarm at the house.
Quinn's men were supposed to bring the trucks back
to transport the weapons to wherever the buyers wanted 'em.
I say we return the trucks.
Local cops for backup?
County PD's 40 minutes away. We can't wait that long.
We do this ourselves.
Sneak in, get Richard and Teresa,
stop the buyers from getting away with the weapons.
Then I'll deal with Quinn.
What about the gatekeeper?
We're gonna knock him off the Empire State Building with some biplanes?
'Cause shit, Reacher.
Leave him for me.
I owe him.
[thunder rumbling]
[gears grinding]
Who's driving the other truck?
Villanueva. Barely.
Yeah, he's really grinding those gears.
[Reacher] Only choice I had.
I killed the other driver.
- [gears grinding] - Okay.
I thought you said you knew how to drive this thing.
I said my uncle was a truck driver and I went on the road with him sometimes.
Shit, I'll be glad to be rid of you when this is over.
You're Maureen's problem soon.
Love you, kid.
Love you, too, old man.
♪ I'd just like to make you mine...
Gentlemen. So glad you could make it to the party.
[Nasser] Of course.
We're among some of the mid-Atlantic region's
most powerful businesspersons and players.
The champagne is incomparable and the lobster, the best in the world.
And while on the topic of indulging in pleasures,
by way of apology for our shipping delays
and as a token of our appreciation for our relationship--
now and in the future--
I would like to offer you a gift.
- For you. - [Nasser] Beautiful.
Hair like fire.
She's all yours.
I'll have my men load your cargo from the barn
while you spend some time with this lovely woman.
So, if you'd like to step outside to take a look at your merchandise
to make sure it meets your approval,
we can conclude our transaction and move on to other pursuits.
You Americans,
always prioritizing business.
Business will come.
First, some music, some drinks.
Then it will be time for pleasure.
And then we will conduct our business.
When you're ready.
She's upstairs. Third bedroom on the right.
[suspenseful music playing]
You so much as look at Paulie, it'll be the last thing you do.
Showtime.
♪ ♪
Pull it down low and try to drive like you know what you're doing.
♪ ♪
[brakes hissing]
[brakes hiss]
- [♪ Earth, Wind & Fire: "Let's Groove"] - ♪ Get you to move, it's all right...
What do we do with him?
We leave him behind, he narcs on us in five minutes.
You better hope I can find some rope in here.
♪ All right, all right...
Richard's right inside there.
Hey.
If you're thinking of doing anything, I will stab you in the ass right here.
You want to test me?
I don't want anything happening to your kid,
but not at the expense of my C.I.
So, we follow Reacher's lead and hopefully we all walk out of here.
She means it. She'll stab you right in the shitter.
Hey!
Trouble.
[Paulie] You were supposed to park at the other side of the carriage house.
We can't shoot him. They'll hear inside.
[line ringing]
[suspenseful music playing]
- Hey. - [Duffy] Tell the driver
to apologize and say we'll move the trucks.
Little late for that.
Are you kidding me?
Couldn't find any rope.
- Okay, what do we do now? - I'll take care of Paulie.
The rest of you, get in the house, find Richard and Teresa.
Copy. Let's go.
[Paulie] What are you, deaf?
Move the truck.
Come on.
To the other side.
[quietly] We can get in through the basement.
Follow me.
Moron, I'm talking to you.
What the hell?
[grunting]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[tense music playing]
[yells]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[♪ Earth, Wind & Fire: "Let's Groove"]
I'll find Quinn, keep an eye on him, so we know when the deal goes down.
He put a hit on you. You don't think he knows what you look like?
A farmed-out hit based on farmed-out research?
He might, but I doubt it.
- And if you're wrong? - We'll know soon enough.
What are the caterers wearing?
White shirt, black pants, vests,
- black bow tie. - Shirt like yours?
- More like his. - Gimme.
Your vest and tie. Hurry.
[grunting]
[tense music playing]
[groaning]
[grunting]
So, we got 20,000 square foot of house up there.
Finding Teresa could take a minute.
[Beck] She's probably in the east wing of the house,
- away from the party. - And the door's probably locked.
Kicking it in will draw attention.
There's no need to. Here.
Skeleton key.
It opens every single door inside the house.
You find the girl, I'll get Richard.
[Neagley] Negative. Quinn set you up
to be killed in a salvage yard.
He sees you, it's over,
and your son's as good as dead.
- I'll get him. - He's my son.
You want to up the chances he lives?
Stay down here and let this guy do his job.
I told him to be in his bedroom by now.
Got it.
The basement stairs lead up to the butler's pantry.
Cut across the third floor, drop down to the second.
- It's the first door that you come to. - Copy that.
Let's go.
[grunting]
[tense music playing]
[grunting]
[groans]
No guns.
[grunts]
We do this like men.
Fine.
Like men.
[grunts]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
[chuckling]
[grunting]
[grunts loudly]
[grunting]
This is gonna be fun.
♪ Baby, baby ♪
♪ Let's get together ♪
♪ Honey, honey ♪
♪ Me and you ♪
♪ Let's do the things ♪
♪ Oh, do the things ♪
♪ That we like to do ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Do a little dance ♪
♪ Make a little love ♪
♪ Get down tonight, ooh ♪
♪ Get down tonight ♪
[grunting]
Come on, fatso.
Is that all you got?
[grunting]
[tense music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[grunting]
[grunts]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[grunts loudly]
[grunting]
[yells]
- [grunting] - [choking]
[groaning]
[yells]
[grunting]
♪ ♪
[toilet flushing]
Who are you?
Plumber.
This the toilet you called about?
Yeah, I didn't think you would buy it.
Back in.
Let's go.
Okay, now take your gun out.
Finger and thumb only.
Nice and slow.
Now drop it in the toilet.
Shut the lid.
Now back up.
Step back.
[grunting]
[tense music playing]
- [buzzing] - [grunting]
[groans]
[grunting]
[yells]
[muffled thumping, grunting]
[coughing]
[grunting]
[somber music playing]
[panting]
♪ ♪
[chain jangling]
[pants]
Let's see how you like being choked, asshole.
[panting]
[tense music playing]
[grunting]
[straining, choking]
- [choking] - [grunting]
♪ ♪
Fuck you.
[dramatic music playing]
- [grunting loudly] - [razor buzzing]
[muffled thumping, groaning]
♪ ♪
[grunts loudly]
[wood creaking]
[muttering]
[grunts]
[grunts loudly]
[crashing]
[sighs]
[pants]
[panting]
[dramatic music playing]
Son of a bitch.
- [grunting] - [razor buzzing]
[groaning]
[yells]
[grunting]
[groans]
[panting]
[music playing in distance]
[sighs]
What are you doing here?
I came to rescue you.
[grunts]
[groans]
[screams]
[grunting]
[dramatic music playing]
[breathing heavily]
[grunting]
[grunts]
[yells]
♪ ♪
[muffled grunting]
♪ ♪
[breathing heavily]
[dramatic music playing]
[yells]
[choking]
[crunching]
♪ ♪
[gasping]
♪ Dancing in the moonlight ♪
♪ Everybody's feeling warm and bright ♪
♪ It's such a fine and natural sight ♪
♪ Everybody's dancing in the moonlight ♪
- ♪ You can't dance and stay uptight ♪ - [indistinct chatter]
♪ It's a supernatural delight ♪
♪ Everybody was dancing in the moonlight ♪
♪ Dancing in the moonlight ♪
♪ Everybody's feeling warm and bright ♪
♪ It's such a fine and natural sight...
[waiter] What are you doing? I've been watching you.
You're wandering aimlessly.
What's your assigned station?
And who told you you could wear dark jeans and not slacks?
- Was it Murray? - Can you keep a secret?
Come here.
I'm a private investigator hired
to find out who's been stealing from your company.
Corporate thinks it's Murray.
That asshole.
I need you to keep your eyes open
and report anything suspicious directly to me after the party.
Think you can do that?
I'll watch him like a hawk.
I knew I could count on you.
♪ In the moonlight ♪
♪ Everybody's feeling warm ♪
♪ And bright ♪
♪ It's such a fine and natural sight...
Shit.
[exhausted panting]
[exclaims]
[branch snaps]
[dramatic music playing]
You got to be kidding me.
[winces]
[panting]
[Villanueva] You and your father
sit tight down in the basement until this is over.
Wait. Are you staying with us?
Can't. I got to help Duffy find Teresa and get them out of here.
[Quinn] Anybody fucks with you, call me.
Wait here for Rusty.
I want you ready to escort him out to the barn with the buyers.
I'm gonna get this deal done.
[whispers] You know another way out?
[intense music playing]
[grunting]
[groans]
[grunts]
[yells]
[pained groaning]
You shouldn't have fucked with me. I'm bigger than you.
I'm stronger than you.
You might be bigger and stronger...
but I'm smarter.
I pulled a bullet from the belt and plugged the barrel.
[slow gasping]
[exhales]
[panting]
["Dancing in the Moonlight" continues in distance]
[clicks]
[exhales slowly]
♪ ♪
[music fades]
♪ Dancing in the moonlight ♪
♪ Everybody's feeling warm...
[gasps]
Teresa...
Teresa. Honey.
- Honey, can you hear me? - [soft groaning]
It's Susan Duffy. Okay?
Come on, we got to get you out of here.
Come on.
- [grunts] - Hey.
You're gonna be okay, all right? No, no!
Stay with me. Come on!
Teresa.
[chuckles] You make it too easy.
Waleed. Sorry to do this, but I have an appointment to keep tonight,
so we really must make the deal now.
Rusty here will escort you out to the barn so you can examine the merchandise,
and then we can get it loaded up for you,
while you and Nasser continue to enjoy the party
for as long as you like.
Where is Nasser, by the way?
He went upstairs to enjoy the gift you have provided.
Good.
Please.
Okay.
Teresa, come on.
- [groans] - I need you to walk.
Can you walk for me?
[door opening]
[Nasser] Man the door.
- Make sure we're not disturbed. - Yes, sir.
Look at you.
Even more beautiful than your photograph.
[drops key]
Are you ready to have some fun?
No response.
I hope McCabe hasn't drugged all the life out of you.
I do like a little fight in a woman.
Then you're gonna love me.
Leave them where they are.
I should shoot your dick off for what you were about to do.
But you won't, will you?
Because my man is right outside the door.
You fire, he comes in and shoots you.
- Not if I get him first. - [Nasser] You might.
But maybe he kills her in the cross fire.
Or maybe my other men downstairs hear and they come and kill you.
Or McCabe's men do it.
Any way it goes, if you pull that trigger,
neither one of you will make out of here alive.
[suspenseful music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
Plenty of ammunition. I'm sure you'll be very pleased.
If you say so.
Ah, fuck.
Bilal!
[groaning]
[groaning stops]
Teresa. Hey.
You okay? Hey, look at me. You're gonna be okay. Let's go.
Come on. Up.
You're okay. Come on. Let's go.
Come on. You're gonna be okay.
[tense music playing]
- [yells] - Get out.
[grunts]
♪ So I'd like to know where ♪
♪ You got the notion ♪
♪ Said I'd like to know where ♪
♪ You got the notion ♪
- ♪ To rock the boat ♪ - ♪ Don't rock the boat, baby ♪
- ♪ Rock the boat ♪ - ♪ Don't tip the boat over...
What's happening? Where is everyone?
[screaming]
[clamoring]
Get out of the way! Get to the front door!
[muffled gunfire]
Richard...
[clamoring]
I'll hold them off. You get out of here.
Hello, Richie.
Right now, you're more use to me as a hostage, but if you try to run...
- [grunts] - I will put a bullet in your fucking head,
you understand me?
[breathing heavily]
Stay there while I get more firepower.
[Beck] Let my son go.
Throw down the Uzi!
You think I won't shoot you?
All I've thought about for years is how I'd kill you.
How I'd make you pay
for hurting my boy.
How dare you touch my son?!
Richard, come over here to me.
Don't worry. If he moves for it,
he dies.
[breathes heavily]
Get down.
Stand up to me, you piece of shit!
You piece of shit!
[groans]
Fuck you!
[panting]
Richard...
Dad?
D-Dad?
Please...
- [exhales sharply] - I told you...
I wouldn't let them hurt you again.
[Richard crying]
[sniffling]
[intense music playing]
♪ ♪
[gunshots nearby]
[yells]
[tires screeching]
Mr. Taktarov, I was just on my way to see you.
You were late, and I grew tired of waiting.
Where is my money?
[speaks Russian] Take Him
No, no, no, no, no. I have the money!
Sorry, guys. He's mine.
[speaking Russian] Who the hell is this monster?
Someone who has no problem with you...
and my name's Reacher.
[Taktarov] Well, Reacher...
I have unfinished business with this man.
- So do I. - Look around you, Reacher.
There are so many guns, and you are all alone.
[Villanueva] Not quite.
[gun cocks]
Okay, so you have two guns.
[Duffy] Three.
- Where's Teresa? - She's safe.
- You should get out of here, too. - You didn't abandon her or me.
I'm sure as hell not leaving you.
[Taktarov] Then you die for nothing.
You see, I have people to answer to.
So, no matter the cost,
I cannot let you have this man.
[Neagley] What if we bought him from you?
See? I told you I had it. They stole it.
- [grunts] - [coughs]
Young lady.
[Quinn coughs]
Give me my money.
The money for him.
[laughs softly]
What if we take both?
Then you get neither.
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
We came for the money, we leave with the money.
As long as I deliver that to my friends back home,
what happens to this man is none of my concern.
♪ ♪
[speaking Russian] Good evening.
[tense music playing]
[vehicle doors opening]
- [engines starting] - [vehicle doors closing]
You want to put the pin back in that grenade now?
Defused, with the explosives removed.
Beck was using it as a paperweight.
Speaking of Beck, the kid's pretty shook up.
I've got him.
I'm gonna call her an ambulance.
It'll take them a while to get here,
so you've got some time.
[dark music playing]
Do what you got to do, boss.
Listen, whatever your problem is, we can work it out.
You really don't remember me, do you?
No.
- Who the fuck are you? - Not important.
All that matters is her name was Dominique.
[tense music playing]
Now you remember.
[shotgun blast]
[somber music playing]
[Reacher] Gonna tear that thing down?
Honestly?
I don't know what I want to do.
Yes, you do.
It's full of gas and ready to go.
Feds will have your father's bank account frozen in a few hours,
so take whatever money's in the house with you.
You said you dream of grabbing a set of car keys,
blowing through that gate and disappearing one day.
Today's that day.
[sighs]
You were right...
about my dad.
He did the best he could with me.
I'm glad I got to see the good in him before he died.
I just wish I got to see more of it when he was still alive.
In my experience,
if you spend a lot of time thinking about the pain from your past...
...well, it's probably not a good thing.
Most people don't handle it well.
Take care of yourself.
What about you?
What do you do when you can't forget the awful things from your past?
I find the awful thing, then I kill it.
♪ ♪
- Villanueva. - Hey.
- Ready to hang it up? - Yep.
Now, if I can only survive a couple of decades with Maureen every day.
I wouldn't worry about it.
In your shape, you don't have a couple decades.
You know, when I was your age, I could've kicked your ass.
No, you couldn't.
No, I couldn't.
Take care of yourself, Reacher.
You, too.
How'd it go with the ATF?
All things considered, pretty well.
And the DEA?
Time for me to move on.
I'm sorry.
- [vehicle door closes] - [engine starts]
After all this, I'm ready to go.
If you're looking for a job, I know a few P.I.s.
I can put in a good word for you.
I appreciate it, but for now, I'm just gonna take some time.
Uh, speaking of P.I.s, you and Neagley are off the hook for all this.
What'd you tell them?
The truth, basically.
You're ex-Army investigators who I asked to consult on a case
involving one of your old suspects.
- Gunplay here was self-defense. - What about Quinn?
Far as they're concerned, the Russians did it.
Thanks.
Look, um,
this case, it was a pretty heightened thing.
And that kind of led to you and me having a pretty heightened thing.
And it was great.
So great, I got a half a mind to throw you in the back of the barn
and relive the best parts of it right now.
But the thing is, I'm not really a "stick to you,
make it last, let's go to Pottery Barn and pick out lamps
for our new place" kind of girl, you know?
I like not having to check in with people, and I am better at doing my own thing.
Which sucks because, of anyone I've ever spent time with,
you might just be my favorite.
[gentle music playing]
Okay.
That's it? "Okay"?
Well, you stole the speech I normally say.
Oh.
Glad I could save you the trouble.
[laughs softly]
You know, my grandfather would've called you a throwback and a half.
♪ ♪
Keep your head down, Reacher.
Find a way to let her down easy?
She didn't give me the chance to.
- Want some bagel? - Can't.
- Loose teeth. - Hmm.
Paulie got you pretty good, huh?
Not as good as I got him.
I figured it out.
What's that?
Why you do what you do.
It's not just 'cause you need to put things right.
And it's not because you love the little guy.
It's 'cause you hate the big guy.
You hate the big, powerful, smug sons of bitches who think
they can just get away with things.
So you make sure they don't.
You just figured that out?
And here, all this time, I thought you knew me, Neagley.
[♪ Mondo Cozmo: "Shine"]
♪ Stick with me, Jesus, through the coming storm ♪
♪ I've come to you in search of something I have lost ♪
♪ Shine down a light on me and show a path ♪
♪ I promise you I will return if you take me back ♪
♪ Let 'em get high ♪
♪ Let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high, let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ ♪
Hello, beautiful.
♪ On them and show a path ♪
- [laughs] - ♪ I promise you they will return ♪
Get in here.
- [laughs] - ♪ If you take 'em back ♪
♪ Let 'em get high ♪
♪ Let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right ♪
♪ If you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high ♪
♪ Let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right ♪
♪ If you let it go ♪
♪ Let it go ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
[Duffy] You ready to come home?
♪ Let 'em get high ♪
Yeah, I am.
♪ Let 'em get stoned ♪
- [door opens] - ♪ Everything will be all right ♪
- Grandma? - [Mrs. Daniel crying]
♪ If you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high ♪
♪ Let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high, let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high, let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let it go ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Come with me, Mary, through these modern lines ♪
♪ Stick with me, Jesus, till the end of time ♪
♪ Shine down a light on me and let me know ♪
♪ And take me in your arms and never let me go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high, let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high, let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high, let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high, let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
- ♪ Let 'em get high ♪ - ♪ Let 'em get high ♪
- ♪ Let 'em get stoned ♪ - ♪ Let 'em get stoned ♪
♪ Everything will be all right if you let it go ♪
♪ Let 'em get high ♪