Reacher spinoff series brings new story for Jack Reacher Frances Neagley leads the investigation in the new series, with support from Jack Reacher. The series explores a new plot from the world of Lee Child's characters and expands the television world. Alan Ritchson reprises the role of Jack Reacher in the upcoming spinoff series, but in a different story from the original Reacher series. The new series follows Frances Neagley, played by Cobie Smulders, as she is brought back to a case from her past. When a friend from her past dies in a suspicious accident, Neagley uses her military training and investigative skills to uncover the truth. Her investigation takes her to Echo Canyon Farm, where she confronts parts of her own past and searches for answers