The Lincoln Lawyer – Oikeuden palvelija

With Haller falling under Netflix, the option of a "Connelly universe" where they would meet Amazon's Bosch fell through. That is actually the biggest downside (especially the unintentionally ridiculous "wannabe Harry's replacement"), which is not to say that the creators of The Lincoln Lawyer don't have room for improvement; they certainly do. While the casting of Mickey is pretty much on the spot, the cast around him isn't particularly memorable. The whole first season could have been done in eight (if not fewer) episodes instead of ten, and the genius loci of Los Angeles should have played a much bigger role than just "pretty pictures". The fact that it didn't have to be so criminally predictable is partly a matter of the source material, but the changes didn't help in this regard. But it is entertaining, and there is undeniably a lot to build on (and not only in the number and quality of the script). There is also Bosch, who has hit the nail on the head in everything, while the creators of The Lincoln Lawyer are (so far) tapping the nail on the head rather tentatively. But on its own, as "a bit of a crime drama and a bit of a legal drama", it was more than solid the first time. | S1: 4/5 | (23.05.2022)