What's the Difference between Persuader the Book and Reacher Season 3 the TV Show?
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In the TV Show |
Jack Reacher
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Jack Reacher
Portrayed by: Alan Ritchson
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Zachary Beck
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Zachary Beck
Portrayed by: Anthony Michael Hall
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Richard Beck
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Richard Beck
Portrayed by: Johnny Berchtold
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Elizabeth Beck
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This Character does not appear.
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John Chapman Duke
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Chapman Duke
Portrayed by: Donald Sales
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Francis Xavier Quinn / Frank Xavier
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Francis Xavier Quinn / Julius McCabe
Portrayed by: Brian Tee
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Susan Duffy
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Susan Duffy
Portrayed by: Sonya Cassidy
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Steven Eliot
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Steven Eliot
Portrayed by: Daniel David Stewart
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Guillermo Villanueva
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Terry Villanueva
Portrayed by: Roberto Montesinos
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Dominique Kohl
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Dominique Kohl
Portrayed by: Mariah Robinson
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Teresa Justice (aka Daniels)
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Teresa Daniel
Portrayed by: Storm Steenson
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Harley
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Harley
Portrayed by: Brendan Fletcher
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Emily Smith
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This Character does not appear.
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The maid
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Annette
Portrayed by: Caitlin McNerney
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The Mechanic
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This Character does not appear.
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This Character does not appear.
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Frances Neagley
Portrayed by: Maria Sten
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Reacher Season 3 Book vs TV Show
| In the Book |
In the TV Show |
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Starts in Abbott Maine. Two kidnappers crash into a car containing a driver, bodyguard and Richard Beck. They remove Richard from the car and toss in a grenade, then drive away towards Reacher who shoots the truck and both kidnappers. Reacher shoves Richard into his vehicle then shoots a police officer who came up from behind. |
Starts in Abbottsville Maine. Reacher arrives in an old blue van to sell some old records at a pawn shop. He rescues a young man from a kidnapping. Reacher kills the single kidnapper and accidentally kills a cop that tried to interfere. |
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Paulie lets Reacher’s car through the gate without comment. Reacher surrenders his revolvers when the metal detector at the house front door, alarms. They are met at the house by Duke and Richard’s mother, Elizabeth. |
Upon arrival at Richard Becks home, Paulie orders them out of the car; Reacher refuses as Paulie is rude. Richard is scared of Paulie, so Reacher gets out. Richard gives Paulie Reacher’s revolver to help defuse the argument they are in. Paulie lets them pass to the house. They are met at the house by Duke. There is no metal detector at the house door.
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Duke is Reacher’s size. Duke is a former police officer and does not like Reacher as he is a cop killer. |
Duke is smaller than Reacher, but tough. He does not trust Reacher. |
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Paulie outweighs Reacher by about 200 pounds. |
Paulie outweighs Reacher by about 120 pounds.
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Elizabeth Beck is still alive. |
Richard Beck’s mother died when he was four years old and does not appear in the TV series. |