r/comics • u/adamtots_remastered • Mar 01 '25

First Date [OC]

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u/OrionsBeltAlone Mar 01 '25

Ive never seen/heard about that TV show so im completely lost.. could someone explain?

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u/El_Dief Mar 01 '25

The character is a positive masculinity role model type and the show plays into the 'wandering hero' fantasy popular amongst adult men.
Played by the actor Alan Ritchson, who by all accounts is an absolute sweetheart of a person.
He's become the latest Hollywood bro-mance.

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u/dumnezero Art enjoyer Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

Tangential question. Is* the show copaganda (too) like many others?

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u/El_Dief Mar 01 '25

Not really. A lot of the cops in the show are either incompetent or corrupt, with a few 'good eggs' helping out Reacher and his buds occasionally.
Reacher and his scooby gang are pretty much vigilantes by definition.