The Guardian's TV review looks at Neagley, an Amazon Prime Video spin-off from the hit action series Reacher, which puts Frances Neagley – Jack Reacher's former colleague – at the centre of her own violent, plot-light adventure. The reviewer argues the show succeeds precisely because it doesn't try to reinvent what makes Reacher popular, offering an undemanding hour of stylised fights and simple morality that requires no real thought from viewers, praising it as a well-judged expansion of the franchise rather than a risky departure.

Neagley, played by Maria Sten, has appeared in several series of Reacher and now gets her own show, working as a private investigator drawn into uncovering the truth behind her childhood friend Tommy's apparent suicide, which she suspects is linked to a cult-like commune called Echo Common. A subplot involves a pharmaceutical CEO developing a market for prescription psychedelics, presented as an obvious future villain. The review highlights that the series keeps Reacher's hallmark features – implausibly precise deductions from tiny clues, swiftly confirmed suspicions, and stylised violence – while giving Neagley her own quirks, including a phobia of physical touch and a subplot involving her dying father.