To quote "Reacher" newcomer Sonya Cassidy, we love it when a show “winks at itself,” and that’s exactly what this series did in Season 3, Episode 3 when Alan Ritchson walked down the road in only his underwear toward the Susan Duffy actress. Her character’s reaction to the whole situation is what made this moment so funny and meta, and luckily, I got the inside scoop on what made this scene so wildly entertaining for both Cassidy and viewers.
So, here's the context of the scene, to get to Duffy and escape the house, "Reacher" had to go for a swim. So, he stripped down to his boxer briefs on the side of a cliff, dove into the water, and swam to where his partner for the season was waiting. Sonya Cassidy’s character, understandably, was floored by her colleague's physique, and right before the opening credits slammed down she said – with a dropped jaw – “Fuck me” when she saw him.
So, here's the context of the scene, to get to Duffy and escape the house, "Reacher" had to go for a swim. So, he stripped down to his boxer briefs on the side of a cliff, dove into the water, and swam to where his partner for the season was waiting. Sonya Cassidy’s character, understandably, was floored by her colleague's physique, and right before the opening credits slammed down she said – with a dropped jaw – “Fuck me” when she saw him.
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00:00I loved in episode three when Reacher walks around the corner after his swim,
00:04like only in his underwear, and Duffy has the funniest reaction. Like,
00:08she's so overwhelmed by seeing him. I was wondering what her in-character assessment
00:12was in that moment. It was very funny. I love that moment because I feel like Duffy is
00:20the entire audience in that moment. You know, I love when the show winks at itself,
00:26and in that moment, that's like a major wink of like, we all know, and Duffy gets the pleasure
00:33of experiencing it firsthand and has such a pure response of sort of delighted shock. Yeah,
00:41I think she's mighty impressed. What I also think is great about it being delayed for that moment
00:47is that when Duffy first meets Reacher, she's not swooning for him. She's not impressed by him.
00:56She's like, who the fuck are you? Why you on my turf? What do you know? Can I trust you?
01:03She has a whole other job to do, and he's just come into the mix and complicated things.
01:08In her gut, she feels like she can trust him. So she's like, okay, well, let's see where this goes.
01:12And he looks like he could be pretty handy. But I like that through the season, we see
01:17a kind of trust and a respect and, you know, her kind of letting her tough guard down and her
01:24professionalism of, you know, yeah, we're here to work together, but my God, well done. You know?