Netflix's New Horror Show Just Staged The Reacher Reunion We've Been Waiting For

Netflix's latest horror series has staged a reunion between two key cast members of Reacher, who won't be returning for season 2 of Amazon's show.

Netflix's new horror miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher stages the Reacher union that Amazon's series has denied viewers. While the Tom Cruise duology of Jack Reacher movies may have been a financial success, the casting of the actor himself was - and remains - controversial among fans of the books. Amazon's Reacher found its perfect embodiment of the titular avenger in Alan Ritchson, who had both the stoic humor, charm and physique to bring the hulking character to life. Perfect as Ritchson was, his co-stars in the first season deserve equal praise.

Reacher season 1 cast Willa Fitzgerald as Roscoe and Malcolm Goodwin as Finlay, and adapted the first novel in Lee Child's series Killing Floor. Roscoe fan Finlay help Reacher investigate the murder of Reacher's brother, which thus uncovers a criminal conspiracy taking place in Margrave. Reacher, Roscoe and Finlay made for a very likable trio, and while they survive the events of the story, viewers were soon disappointed to learn Fitzgerald and Goodwin wouldn't be returning for Reacher season 2. The next season skips ahead ten books to Bad Luck and Trouble, where neither Roscoe nor Finlay make appearances or even get a passing reference.

Reacher's Willa Fitzgerald & Malcolm Goodwin Reunite In Fall Of The House Of Usher

While they aren't returning for more Reacher (at least for now), Fitzgerald and Goodwin made an unexpected reunion for Netflix's well-reviewed Fall of the House of Usher. This is Mike Flanagan's latest - and final - horror series for the streamer and is based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. The show also features many flashbacks to the past, where the younger version of Mary McDonnell's morally bankrupt Madeline Usher is played by Fitzgerald.

The younger version of Carl Lumbly's Auguste Dupin, meanwhile, is played by Goodwin. Unfortunately, the nature of the story means Fitzgerald and Goodwin don't get to interact much, though they share several scenes. Still, Fall of the House of Usher gives them both juicy roles, and it's just nice to see them together onscreen following the news that Reacher season 2 wouldn't be bringing them back.

Willa Fitzgerard's Usher Villain Is The Total Opposite Of Reacher's Roscoe

Goodwin's Dupin is more optimistic and less cynical than Reacher's Finlay - though the events that take place in The Fall of the House of Usher quickly show Dupin how ugly his feud with the Ushers would become. Still, Dupin and Finlay share some things in common, including the belief that justice will prevail. The same can't be said for Fitzgerald's Madeleine, whose ruthless ambition and willingness to do whatever is necessary - up to and including murder - are in stark contrast to Reacher's Roscoe.

Fitzgerald's Roscoe might be the most optimistic of the central trio, but she still has an inner toughness and sense of duty that drives her to solve the case. It's this inner goodness that made viewers (and Reacher himself) warm to the character, with Child himself stating Fitzgerald's take on Roscoe was superior to the one found in Killing Floor. That's what makes the actor's turn in The Fall of the House of Usher so startling, as there's barely a trace of humanity to be found in Madeleine.

Her brother Roderick (Zach Gilford) appears to be the only other human being she cares about, and even that's debatable. That means the dynamic between Fitzgerald and Goodwin is quite different during their scenes together, with the former's character always carrying a hint of malice. This versatility should work in Fitzgerald's favor as she moves on from Reacher - and hopefully means she'll have a few more villain roles in the future.

Why Roscoe And Finlay Aren't Returning For Reacher Season 2

ng characters in Childs' books, and Reacher has never returned to Margrave or encountered Roscoe or Finlay again following the events of Killing Floor.

Amazon's show will be doing the same, and while it's not impossible that Fitzgerald or Goodwin could make guest appearances in future series, they won't be back for Bad Luck and Trouble. This makes their stealth reunion in The Fall of the House of Usher all the more fun. Again, it would have been better if their characters had more interactions with one another, but it still stages the Reacher reunion that Amazon couldn't provide.