SummaryHarry Bosch (Titus Welliver) is working as a private investigator with one time enemy/attorney Honey "Money" Chandler (Mimi Rogers), while Bosch's daughter Maddie (Madison Lintz) has joined the LAPD as a new rookie cop.
SummaryHarry Bosch (Titus Welliver) is working as a private investigator with one time enemy/attorney Honey "Money" Chandler (Mimi Rogers), while Bosch's daughter Maddie (Madison Lintz) has joined the LAPD as a new rookie cop.
Welliver’s ability to keep the quaking emotions of his character consistently interesting – has always been a highlight of Bosch: Legacy and the series it emerged from. And with Bosch as PI existing untethered by department rules and regs, it’s enticing to consider what walls he’ll run through next.
If Bosch: Legacy is a bit odd in terms of how and why it exists, it continues to be a reassuring example of Dad TV(*) executed at a very high level. The new season tweaks the formula in a few ways, some more welcome than others.
Like the original, Legacy pairs the architecturally glamorous side of L.A. with its seedy underside, and Harry Bosch is still compelling as the guy both savvy and scrappy enough to take on the rich and powerful in the never-ending pursuit of justice.
The unhurried pace, the cleverly interlocking story lines and the general lack of pretense and contrivance remain in place. It is still, depending on your preferences, a doddering throwback or an oasis of old-school rationality and calm. (If you’re keeping score, we’re going with oasis.)
Welliver’s contemplative talents have long been on display in this role and the show is at its best when it’s just Harry quietly talking with people. But Rogers, with that immaculate blunt cut bob, had me intrigued in these newest episodes.
"Bosch: Legacy," now in its second season on Freevee, is proof that Harry's story is more interesting — and closer to the noir sensibility hinted in the original — as a private investigator teaming up with the wily and poised defense attorney Honey Chandler, played by Mimi Rogers. .... The other half [of the narrative] focuses on Harry's daughter Maddie. A young cop, she’s eager and earnest and, as played by Madison Lintz, never once believable.
It does all the things you want it to do, and throws in some curve-balls along the way, but staying true to itself and the formula that’s worked so well for so long is definitely an asset that Bosch: Legacy shows no signs of abandoning anytime soon.