Amazon finally got Jack Reacher right — at least, in the eyes of die-hard fans who were adamant that after two movies, Tom Cruise shouldn't be cast in the TV show. Instead, we got the very large Alan Ritchson, who starred in season one of Prime Video's "Reacher" and was praised for portraying a book-accurate version of the former military policeman. So well-received was that first season that Amazon hastily renewed the show for a second, cementing Ritchson's return before most viewers could even binge the first run of episodes.

"Reacher" season 2 is now almost upon us, and you can expect much more of the dogged adherence to author Lee Child's original vision for his hulking protagonist. Child, who is an executive producer on "Reacher," wrote the original books with a very clear idea of who his central character was: morally incorruptible, better at fighting than everyone else, huge, and,...