Reacher Season 2 explained: Is Tony Swan dead?

The ending to Reacher Season 2 answers a long-awaited question on what happened to Tony Swan, as the team learned he had never betrayed them and was working to stop Langston.

Throughout the series, feelings have been divided on whether Swan has betrayed Reacher and his teammates to join hands with Langston’s evil plan. Reacher was dead set on believing Swan was innocent and wouldn’t have handpicked him for the 110th if he wasn’t. But the rest of the team thought otherwise.

As they investigated further into New Age and Langston, Swan’s name was everywhere. On signed documents and on the shady side of the Little Wing project. Neagely, Dixon, and O’Donnell didn’t want to believe their friend was dirty, but evidence said otherwise.

Reacher Season 2 Episode 8 marks the finale episode revealing the truth to Reacher and the team about Swan. Here’s the full breakdown. Warning: Spoilers ahead!

Is Tony Swan working with Langston?

No, it’s revealed in Episode 8 that Tony Swan never worked alongside Langston in his plan has been dead for some time.

Reacher, Dixon, and O’Donnell are all taken hostage by Langston. Well, Reacher willingly gave himself up to protect his team. Langston lets loose his frustration by punching Reacher the best he can and reveals everything. He had planned to get paid for the missiles and Little Wing chips, let time pass by and quietly retire a wealthy man.

But what put a damper on his plan was Tony Swan. Having been hired by Marlo Burns to keep an eye on Langston, he began to snoop around. It caught Langston’s attention and put him in a predicament when Swan involved the other members of the 110th. Langston offered to cut him into the big deal, but he refused.

In return, Langston decided to use him to sign off on all the paperwork, implicating Swan instead of him. But where is Swan? Reacher has the same question and reveals he’s close by. But not in the way they thought. Langston opens a drawer and reveals a jar with Swan’s eyeball and finger swimming in liquid.

Tony Swan is dead in Reacher Season 2 as Langston only needed parts of him to help his plan. The finger and eyeball explain why Swan’s name appeared on all the documents. New Age requires intense biometric security through retinal scanners and fingerprint signatures. When exactly he died is unclear. It could have been very early on before Langston killed the other members by dropping them from a helicopter. Langston doesn’t reveal what happened to the rest of his body.

Reacher and the team never expected the outcome of what happened to Swan.