Will Harry Bosch from Michael Connelly’s books join The Lincoln Lawyer in season 4? Considering the connection between these two, it should matter that they get to work on screen, too, no?
Will Harry Bosch Be in The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4? Showrunner Thinks Not
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Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller are connected under the same author who created them, Michael Connelly. They also happen to be half-brothers.
So it wouldn’t be a surprise to fans that the adaptation of the book should push forward involving their connection.
Unfortunately, The Lincoln Lawyer co-showrunner Ted Humphrey has bad news for fans expecting their crossover.
“Well, the only thing I can say about that is that as we’ve discussed before, unfortunately, Bosch is not a possibility for us,” Humphrey shared in a recent interview, adding that they would have to “backfill the relationship” in some other way.
For the uninitiated, Harry Bosch belongs to a different TV show despite having the same author. Played by Titus Welliver, Bosch ran for 7 seasons containing a total of 68 episodes of the police procedural series.
In one of Connelly’s books, The Law of Innocence, Bosch helps Mickey during his defense, which would have been a great way to continue the legacy of their teamwork.
It doesn’t help that the owner of the Bosch series, Amazon, is technically a competitor against Netflix, which is the home of The Lincoln Lawyer series.
While it is unfortunate to hear this won’t be happening, Humphrey reassures fans they’ve got it all under control.
The Lincoln Lawyer Showrunner’s Strategy Over Losing Bosch’s Crossover
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As Humphrey suggested, they would have to somehow fill a different story to replace Bosch’s impossible cameo on the show. What way could that be?
“Just like what we did in [The Lincoln Lawyer] season 3 with the character of Neil Bishop, who is, as you point out, Lankford in the books, Michael has given us in his books, and we have then expanded this panoply of characters and situations for Mickey and it gives us a lot of different wells to draw from,” Humphrey explained.
The co-showrunner noticed the same formula was done in the Bosch series, too. Given how there are seven Lincoln Lawyer novels and over 20 for Bosch, Humphrey said they “have so many books to work with.”
In this case, they could “combine two and even three different books into one season” where they “mix characters around” so the TV adaptation could play out differently.
