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Key Insights
- New Series: Neagley is a new spin-off from the successful Reacher series on Prime Video.
- Viewership Success: Following its debut, Neagley quickly topped the Prime Video viewership charts.
- Critical Acclaim: The show has received positive reviews, holding a “Certified Fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Franchise Expansion: Neagley marks the beginning of a franchise expansion for the Reacher series.
A major week for television saw Netflix deliver one of its most anticipated new shows of the year, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy‘s controversial anthology series about infamous American killers. Unsurprisingly, Monster topped the global Netflix streaming chart immediately upon its debut. Meanwhile, Paramount+ welcomed Guy Ritchie‘s blockbuster crime drama series MobLand for a second season, which instantly climbed to the number-one spot as well. Prime Video, on the other hand, expanded arguably its biggest hit with a brand-new spin-off title. The new show’s launch coincided with the Season 4 finale of the main series, which surrendered the streamer’s top position to its follow-up.
We’re talking, of course, about Reacher and its spin-off series Neagley. According to FlixPatrol, Reacher slipped to the number-two spot on the global Prime Video viewership rankings over the weekend, with Neagley taking the top spot following its September 16 debut. Unlike Reacher, which aired new episodes weekly, Neagley debuted all eight episodes of its first season on the same day. Like the original, which stars Alan Ritchson in the lead role, Neagley has received highly positive reviews. It currently holds a “Certified Fresh” 92% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, compared to Reacher Season 4’s 94% score. In his review, Collider’s David Caballero wrote that the series “successfully delivers a compelling, intimate mystery that will satisfy those who are already Reacher-pilled.”
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FIND YOUR FRANCHISE →
01
How does a room know you’ve walked into it?
Every action hero arrives differently.Some of them arrive before they arrive.
A Someone recognises me,and the temperature in the room drops without a single word being said.
B Loudly and warmly.I arrive with my people,and we’re already laughing about something.
C I’mthe one who told everybody where to stand.I walked this room twice before anyone else arrived.
D By accident.I wasn’t supposed to be here,and now I’mthe only one who can do anything about it.
NEXT QUESTION →
02
It turns physical.What does your fighting actually look like?
Choreography is character.Yours says something about you.
A Economical and devastating.Trained technique,no wasted motion,finished before most people notice it started.
Loud, heavy and weirdly joyful.I’m not elegant,I hit like a truck,and I always have backup.
To plan untiltheplan breaks.Then I improvise at full sprint and refuse to stop moving.
Badly,honestly,and with a lot of swearing.I take more damage than I deal and I still don’t go down.
NEXT QUESTION →
03
Who is standing beside you when it starts?
Somefranchisesarebuiltona team.Othersarebuilt ononepersonwalkinginalone.
04
It has gone badly wrong.What keeps you upright?
Acttwoexiststofindoutwhatyou’reactuallymadeof.
05
There’savehicle.What areyou driving,andhow?
Noactionfranchisehaseversurvivedwithoutacar chase.Thisoneisyours.
06
How doyou feelaboutthepeoplegivingtheorders?
Thereisalwaysaninstitution.Thereisrarely agoodone.
07
Underneathallofit,what areyouactuallydoingthisfor?
Thestuntsarethereasonpeoplecome.Thisisthe reasonthestay.
08
Whenthecreditsroll,whatdopeoplesayaboutyou?
Everyfranchiseisreallyanargumentaboutwhatmakes someoneworthwatching.
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John Wick · Chapters 1–4 · 2014–2023
The Fast and the Furious · Fast X · 2001–2023
Mission: Impossible · The Final Reckoning · 1996–2025
Die Hard · A Good Day to Die Hard · 1988–2013
‘Neagley’ Has Big Shoes to Fill
StarringMaria Sten,Neagleyis the first step in Prime Video’s plans to create a franchise out ofReacher, a show that has been extremely successful both critically and commercially over the last four years.A fifth season has already been confirmed.According to the industry analyst firm Nielsen,Reacheraccumulated more than 5.5 billion minutes watched overthefirstfourweeksofitsreturnthisyear,whichmeans that15 billionminuteswatchedoverthecourseoftheentireseasonispossible.Neagleyhas gotten off to apromisingstartaswell.Its success also resulted in Prime Video’s other holdover hits,such asSterling PointandOff Campusslippingfurtherdowntheviewershipcharts.Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
