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Shooter is a TV show on USA Network.

Shooter is a TV show on USA Network.

Based on the Stephen Hunter novel (Point of Impact) and the 2007 Mark Wahlberg film, Shooter stars Ryan Phillippe as Bob Lee Swagger, a highly decorated ex-Marine sniper who is coaxed back into action after he learns about a plot to kill the president. From the looks of things, he may have wanted to better scrutinize the assignment. Omar Epps (House) co-stars, while Wahlberg is among the executive producers.

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Can you read the Earl Lee Swagger books before reading the Bobby Lee Swagger books.

I tracked down the first two Earl Lee Swagger books (Hot Springs and Pale Horse Crossing), and I was wondering if I can read them first. Or do you have to read the Bobby Lee Swagger books before diving into Earls books?

3 Comments
2024/01/24
19:23 UTC

1

How did solotov know

That Bob lee's dad wasn't alone when he died?

2 Comments
2024/01/23
23:56 UTC

1

The diamonds

If bob lee gave the diamonds away how did he afford the swagger ranch

0 Comments
2024/01/22
14:29 UTC

1

Before I start the series....

How does this show tie up with the movie? Or does it at all?

I just wanna know like is it a sequel to the events of the movie and what not? Tried looking on wiki but the premise seems to be the same as the movie so I'm just a bit confused. Excited to watch it regardless.

4 Comments
2023/12/20
13:42 UTC

2

What does the Brother in law do?

In S1E7

"The brother-in-law brought something to the FBI. Memphis made the file disappear, and Bob's wife told him that the brother-in-law was there. Then she threatened him with a knife at his throat, saying that he must leave the city for the time being."

Sorry for the wreid Englisch but its not my native language

2 Comments
2023/11/15
03:03 UTC

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spoilers for those who haven't watched the show yet

Why was bob lee swagger framed? I'm currently rewatching shooter, I'm on season 1 ending but I don't understand why they wanted him dead so much. If someone would explain that to me, I'd be grateful.

3 Comments
2023/11/13
13:14 UTC

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Why the 1/2 ass (or practically NO) attempt at a "disguise" at all?!

I know he *intentionally* was recognized once (just prior to IYKYK), but he was also *unintentionally* recognized (and reported) no less than 3 times in just the 1st 7 eps!? *Each* time resulting in being reported if not also what *should* have an *easily* avoidable need to *escape*!? So - FRUSTRATING to watch! At least just wear a F-ing wig FFS and/or fake beard/mustache!? 1/2 or more of the time the doofus didn't even wear shades and/or even just glasses preferably shades or at least Coke bottle - level Rx ones!? Btw, the latter he *eventually* does (but only *sometimes*) but even that wasn't enough as he was almost recognized by the police car shop mgr!? NEWS FLASH: Just a baseball cap is NOT a "disguise", you moron!? For someone (esp. a USMC sniper) that his former USMC sniper team CO claimed was "trained to disappear", he sure SUCKS at it (at least when not on a sniping mission)!? Seems a freakin' "fifth grader" would prolly know to and could disguise better than he!? Would expect someone "trained to disappear" should have and use disguises much more like Simon Templar (in "The Saint" (1997)). Bob Lee ain't no "Saint"! Nowhere close!

2 Comments
2023/09/08
00:01 UTC

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Anyone else notice the Bluth's stair car in episode 8?

0 Comments
2023/08/23
14:08 UTC

3

How did bob lee get skull fragments to fake his death

I get that he can get it from the animals but can't the FBI know that its fake from the DNA of the skull?

3 Comments
2023/06/04
11:41 UTC

5

Bad news to all my American friends :(

4 Comments
2023/05/22
20:24 UTC

5

I have some miscellaneous questions and comments

Hello, all. I just finished the series and I have a few questions/concerns/comments. Hopefully someone can answer them or at least engage with me on them:

  1. Many times people wanted Bob Lee dead and he didn't seem to hide where he lived. He didn't have advanced securities at home, but no one thought to ambush him at home (before the very last episode)?

  2. Nadine was dating Harris, whose boss was coincidentally an important part of Atlas. Was this just a coincidence? I kept expecting Harris to reveal he was Atlas all along because this coincidence seems so major.

  3. Atlas, this very powerful organization who works in the shadows and "doesn't exist" allows their boss, Russo, to be isolated in interrogation rooms with Bob Lee and Isaac, who were not bound for some reason. Russo hardly had any protection for some reason as well. This whole sequence felt weak.

  4. Additionally, Atlas seemed pretty short of resources, power, and ability for an entity thought to be so vast. No real specific comment here other than they were played up way too much in the show for how easily they were dispatched.

  5. What happened to Meachum? The Russian from S1 said he wasn't dead yet, but he would be. Then in S2, Isaac and Bob lee had a strong hunch that the guy from Afghanistan was transferred by Meachum.

  6. When did Ali link up with Bob lee? I must've missed a scene or something. Dobbs died and was seemingly replaced by Ali in the crew.

  7. Seems like an odd choice to kill Bob Lee's wife in the very last episode. Just left me feeling bummed out thinking about how Julie got an untimely death and Mary has to grow up without her mom. If they wanted to kill Julie, I think it should have been done sooner as a plot device for Bob Lee. Killing Julie near the end just stunk. It didn't make me go "wow!", it just made me sad we were robbed of a happy ending so close to the finish line.

Thanks for reading my various thoughts and questions!

8 Comments
2023/05/16
01:53 UTC

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Season 1 - Thumb Drive

why didn’t they just copy the thumb drive the entire time it was in their possession during the whole trade for family stand off.

3 Comments
2023/04/15
04:24 UTC

6

Texas is the Deep State

Nothing but trouble comes from TX. Lived there for six plus year during my military career. Just starting S3.

From previous seasons, it’s interesting how SoCal is so obviously the filming location for well, everywhere. Doesn’t look like Afghanistan or Texas or WA or DC. I live and hike in LA area and have been to all the aforementioned places.

0 Comments
2023/02/02
09:43 UTC

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I need a season 4 ngl there’s still questions to be answered

4 Comments
2023/02/01
12:37 UTC

5

Season 1

Just watched it (now on S2E1) - but I have a question. In the last episode the NIA lady points the gun at BobLee and pulls the trigger. It is revealed that BL knew it would not shoot. How? Flashback: thumbtack on floor and he's seen taking apart part of the gun. The firing pin has been filed down.

THEREFORE - he KNEW when he jumped out of the window and into the arms of Memphis ALL SHE HAS TO DO IS TEST THE GUN TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE. He knew that from the get/go

4 Comments
2023/01/31
17:24 UTC

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why didnt bob lee or fbi just smoke out solotov in media. He didn't wanted his face reveal so was hunting 8113 right?

3 Comments
2022/11/02
23:35 UTC

13

Damn shame season 4 Isn't coming

Season 3 ended on kind off a cliffhanger. Bob Lee gets his revenge, but what happened with Isaac and Memphis and their little project. It would be so sick if they would revive it (they wont) and made the premise Bob Lee vs Isaac and Memphis's little project.

Edit 1: I have so many ideas of how they could continue the story of Bob Lee and the team.

Narrative 1: Half of season 4 would be how Bob Lee found Red Bama and the second half would be the German nationalist mission thingy that Prometheus has to deal with OR if they really wanted to stretch it, season 4 is Bob and Red Sr. And season 5 would be Prometheus's mission.

Narrative 2: They completely skip Bob Lee and how he found Red and jump straight into Prometheus's mission where they fly to Germany to beat up a lot of bad guys.

Narrative 3: This would be kinda like the one I started this (thread?) with. Bob Lee gets found by Nadine or Isaac and he would be tricked into helping them with the promise of something at the end. He helps them with their dirty work just like in season 1 and boom, roll credits.

Narrative 4: This is just like the one I started this tread with where Bob Lee is on vacation in Germany or something and some Prometheus agents get in his way. He rumbles with them while thinking that Nadine And Isaac want to kill him and this turns into them fighting each other until Bob Lee kills everyone and is a hero.

Narrative 5: One day Bob Lee stumbles upon some Prometheus agents killing civilians or something, this makes him investigate and find out that Prometheus became the exact same as Atlas. With this new information he tries to expose them just like his father tried but he, since he is Bob Lee succeeds and gets told good job and then gets sent on his merry way.

2 Comments
2022/10/12
01:17 UTC

3

Who was the leader of atlas

im confused, title says it all

3 Comments
2022/09/12
11:12 UTC

1

Did this series have a closed ending with no loose ends?

Did this show end with a story worth epna or was it canceled without a full ending?

1 Comment
2022/08/30
03:59 UTC

6

Is season 3 of Shooter worth watching?

How is season 3 of Shooter? I enjoyed season 1, the first half was a bit of a drag, but the entire second half was fantastic. I also loved the first two episodes of season 2, but thought that after that it went downhill and became less interesting. I'm now on episode 7 and almost couldn't finish it because it was pretty boring, probably the worst episode of the season yet. Is season 3 worth watching and better than season 2, or is it more of the same: weak writing, slow paced, and boring?

7 Comments
2022/08/06
04:08 UTC

3

Few quick questions about season one and start of season 2

Hey just would like a bit of a clear up. I watched season one like a year ago and just started season 2 now.

Question 1: why did they want the Ukrainian president dead?

Question 2: why didn’t captain Johnson get arrested for framing a murderer?

Question 3: at the start of season 2 why does solotov want to kill bob and all his veteran mates. Did someone hire him if so who and why.

Thanks for reading this far any help Is appreciated.

Cheers

1 Comment
2022/08/02
11:59 UTC

9

Tio's

Death. Really? I hope whoever came with that idea for her death never works for a TV show ever again, it has to be one of the dumbest death I've seen in a TV show.

Like Atlas had an agent in every bus in the city or what? They're so good that they planned that she would get out of the car and get on the bus and so they had an agent in that very specific bus? Really? Which BTW is a stupid move to do, wtf she was going to do in that bus, how the hell was she planning to escape the agents, in a public bus ?

1 Comment
2022/05/18
15:51 UTC

6

Why did the show get canceled?

Hey guys I was just wondering why exactly such a good show got canceled

1 Comment
2022/05/06
21:48 UTC

1

Mystery visitor

Does anyone know who visited bob lee before he was framed? The visitor who left the light on and knocked the thumb tack off?

2 Comments
2022/02/13
13:36 UTC

2

Season 4 confirmed?

Is season 4 gonna come along?

2 Comments
2022/02/05
10:59 UTC

2

Reccomendation war series

Give me the best war tv sereis guys

2 Comments
2021/11/08
04:50 UTC

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question: when/how did they find out it was soltivov that was killing members of unit 8113 in season 2?

3 Comments
2021/11/01
01:11 UTC

5

show similar to this one

Give me reccomendation guys, i want to watch the military vibes, can be when they are in war/full camp

Series prefered than movie

4 Comments
2021/10/17
19:11 UTC

5

The USB.. (season 1)

So, I am watching this show very late i realise, so people might not even use this Reddit anymore. But i can’t stop wondering about the USB. They are trading it back and forth. Why didn’t anyone just download the material and give back the USB? Memphis for an example. Did I miss something? (I’m done with s1)

1 Comment
2021/10/17
01:28 UTC

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