A Night At The Symphony – Episode 4 opens with Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) and his team down in the dumps as they realize their New Age break-in wasn’t nearly worth the risk. David O’Donnell (Shaun Sipos) makes things even worse when he finds a company directory, Tony Swan (Shannon Kook)as Assistant Director of Security, alongside Shane Langston (Robert Patrick) and Brian Collins (Geoff Williams).

With his fresh black eye, Gaitano “Guy” Russo (Domenick Lombardozzi) spends his morning getting yelled at by his boss Marsh (Al Sapienza) over the way he’s dealing with Reacher.

Reacher and O’Donnell are bickering over a “Talking Heads” song when Frances Neagley (Maria Sten) shares what appears to be a cryptic email from Swan to Marlo Burns (Christina Cox).  The message leads to the discovery of a nine-figure federal defense contract and a project known as “Little Wing.” Further research puts them onto Senator Malcolm Lavoy (Noam Jenkins), whom O’Donnell is not only familiar with but has an “in” with Lavoy’s Legislative Director, Daniel Boyd (Kyle Mac). When O’Donnell steps away to arrange a meeting with the Director, Reacher finds himself defending Swan. This time his insistence that Swan would never go dirty causes him to remember an incident during a 110th investigation when Swan might have been construed as dirty. He later shares the memory with Dixon and Neagley, who both remember the incident.

AM (Ferdinand Kingsley) visits a cosmetic specialist, Doctor Manuel Elzogby (Kamiran Aldeo), under the guise of inquiring about an operation. It turns out that he is there to assume the man’s identity, given that they could pass for twins. He also deals with the receptionist before posting an appointment cancellation alert on the door.

Elsewhere, O’Donnell updates the team on what he’s learned about the senator’s director and his plan to ambush him at the symphony tonight. During the update, Reacher continues to be pestered by calls that he ignores. When he does answer, he’s greeted by a very hostile Russo. Reacher only makes him madder when he makes light of the team’s New Age break-in. Before the team heads to Boston to put their plan with Senator Lavoy’s Legislative Director in place, Neagley suggests visiting Marlo Burns at home. The team agrees but Reacher leaves the ladies to the task while he and O’Donnell revisit the dealer (Sam Asante) that he stole the gun from earlier. With O’Donnell at his disposal this time, raiding the dealer is even easier for Reacher.

At Marlos it doesn’t take Neagley and Dixon long to suspect she’s made a hasty exit with her daughter, Jane Burns (Kate Moyer). The duffle bag full of cash stuffed in the master bedroom closet only adds further confusion.

AM’s new identity easily passes its first test when he uses it to rent a vehicle. After doing so, he gifts another comic book to a young girl (Breeze Dango).

Arriving in Boston and much to the displeasure of both Neagley and Reacher, O’Donnell appears to take a bit too much pleasure in getting pampered for the symphony. Dixon’s revealing evening wear easily passes its first test when she approaches Boyd at the symphony, under the guise of being lost. He not only offers help finding her seat but asks her to join him. Going back over the evidence at a nearby café, an encounter with the waitress (Maria Paula Carreno-Martinez) helps Reacher realize that the numbers are tallies. Subtracting the total of successful outcomes from the total of attempts leaves a total of 650. They are soon alerted with a text from Neagley that the symphony has reached its intermission. Seconds later, they watch Dixon and Boyd exit. Another text from Neagley informs Reacher that his man is in place for the setup.

Dixon puts Reacher’s earlier drug acquisition to good use by playing helpless and letting Boyd line out the powder and have first snort. This only makes him look like the guilty party when Oscar Finley (Malcolm Goodwin) approaches with his badge in hand. During a later interrogation, Finley uses this against Boyd as he swears the drugs aren’t his. He inadvertently worsens his case when he attempts to flaunt his connection with the Senator. Finley says if he didn’t know his identity, he certainly does now after running his name through the FBI database. This is where Reacher and O’Donnell come in. After introductions, O’Donnell leverages Boyd’s college “scandal” to learn more about “Little Wing.” Boyd reveals that Little Wing is just a codename for an anti-missile technology developed by New Age Technologies. The teach was originally designed to protect commercial aircraft carriers. That changed when the tech guys at New Age learned that it could be scaled down. Doing so would make the software suitable for numerous applications, such as shoulder and surface-to-air missiles.

Although he can’t explain how it works, he ultimately tells them that the software allows missiles fired from the ground to circumvent all countermeasures and hit their target every time. Senator Lavoy came into the picture when an appropriation bill was needed to legally modify the software for military applications. Upon realizing the tech’s potential, the senator did everything he could to ensure the bill got passed as quickly as possible. The questioning ends once they learn that New Age has a Denver facility where all their hardware testing takes place.

After updating Neagley and Dixon in the  SUV, Reacher makes plans for them to visit the facility while he and O’Donnell visit the senator. The team later has a run-in with a motorcycle gang when stopping for a late-night meal. Once they are disarmed and the leader (Boomer Phillips) addresses Reacher by name, it becomes clear they’ve been set up. Reacher and the 110th make quick work of the goons before he uses the leader’s phone to dial the last contacted number. Shane Langston (Robert Patrick) is revealed to be on the other end.

 

Reacher Review

Not a terrible episode, but as always things felt a bit “draggy” at times. It’s not that I am not enjoying the content because I am. The missile technology and team aspect along with the traveling is a welcome addition for me, but the fight scenes and some of the banter just feel off at times. Perhaps I’m being too critical. The reunion with Finley was a big plus I’m finding O’Donnell more of a welcome addition than I would have ever expected. For this, I’d give this episode a 5.5 out of 10.

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