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- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), an attorney, whose office is the back seat of his Lincoln Town car, juggles a murder case and trying to get his family back in this series based on Michael Connelly's book series of the same name (that also inspired the 2011 film with Matthew McConaughey).
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
Season 1 Premiere: May 13, 2022
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5.9
Summary Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), an attorney, whose office is the back seat of his Lincoln Town car, juggles a murder case and trying to get his family back in this series based on Michael Connelly's book series of the same name (that also inspired the 2011 film with Matthew McConaughey).
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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62% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
61
62% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Sure, there’s always a hard edge underlying these frothier elements—this is ex-L.A. Times crime reporter Michael Connelly’s Los Angeles, after all—but aesthetically, it’s those frothier bits in The Lincoln Lawyer that rise to the top. Given how dark the four central cases of the series’ first season are, this frothy aesthetic proves a nice counterbalance.
It avoids treating its characters as quirky confections, and instead treats them as adults you might actually meet in the real world. ... It’s pretty good and frequently satisfying. That’s more than I can say about a lot of television.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 User Ratings
5.9
49% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
30% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
21% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 User Ratings
5.9
49% Positive
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
30% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
21% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
The Lincoln Lawyer is one of those shows that won’t leave a big impression on you after you watch it, but it’s got enough good stuff going on to make it an enjoyable, pulpy watch.
It has a sort of modesty — the cast delivers appealing, workmanlike performances that do exactly what they need to without overshadowing any other actor or element of the series. (That’s not to say that some don’t get some heated moments to play.) The twists are twisted enough to keep things interesting, if that’s what you watch for, but as with most if not all character-driven procedurals, it’s the characters that keep one coming back.
The Lincoln Lawyer is solidly energetic big budget escapism that carries no airs or graces about being anything above its station as a frivolous fast-paced adventure, which is exactly what it should be.
Netflix’s new legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer is at least somewhat entertaining for a show with a bland central character, as many as three generally bland simultaneous plotlines and no notable perspective on the criminal justice system circa 2022.
It goes through the motions with the enthusiasm of a nap, occasionally jarring us into paying attention before falling back into a deep slumber of mundanity.
The Lincoln Lawyer for Netflix is a brilliant adaptation full of thrilling, and at times chilling moments anchored by the warmth and frailty of its characters. Their relationships, tensions and bonds revealed through clever conversation, shared meals, meetings, impossible schedules and human limitations all set against LA’s iconic skyline. None more intriguing than, the main character Micky Haller, a conflicted tall-dark handsome lawyer. He doesn’t mince words which he delivers with a soft intonation of a Mexican accent [true to Connelly’s book]. Haller may be the quirkiest of the bunch. All the confidence, bravado and charisma of a defense attorney in the courtroom. Reflective, questioning and searching for redemption outside of one. Preferring to work out of any one of his Lincolns rather than an office. Considering this show originated years ago pre-Covid for CBS and is based on a novel by Michael Connelly published in 2005, it is incredible that so many references in conversation connect to current affairs [e.g., Russian oligarchs, tech giants and their proclivity toward excess]. The undercurrent throughout the series reveals the imperfection of our justice system despite the best efforts, idealism and heroism of those who practice. Hoping for a second season.
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It's a highly bingeable show, but the worst kind of bingeable. It's got all the usual lawyer TV show tropes, including music bed playing in every other scene. Neve Campbell is about the best thing in this show but the rest of the actors and the characters they play are downright terrible - especially the lead, Mickey, his second wife, Lorna, and his investigator Cisco. Everything feels forced, rushed and dragged out at the same time.
Only spent the 10 or so hours to see this season's conclusion, but I knew right from the first episode that it wasn't going to be the best TV ever created.
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One of the poorest group of actors I’ve ever watched. **** and Neve Campbell are the only two who should be acting professionally. The rest of these schleppers need to get into acting class. It’s a shame too because the premise has the makings of a half decent series albeit a network series. Doesn’t feel like a Netflix show. It belongs on a network. Really terrible acting makes this unwatchable. I don’t understand how Becki Newton gets auditions let alone gets studio and/or network approval. Bottom line: unless you’re a senior citizen, The Lincoln Lawyer is unbearable.
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Production Company:
- A+E Studios
- Algorithm Entertainment
- Barry Jossen Productions
- David E. Kelley Productions
- Fineman Entertainment
- Hieronymus Pictures
- Netflix
Initial Release Date: May 13, 2022
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 1 Nomination
