Disappointed by the final season. They really overdid the random "tamale girl" references coupled with Bosch's reminder that she had a name. And no one, including Bosch, seemed to care about the other victims. A predictable ending for the bad guy, who no one cared about anyway. But I liked the dude's homeboy bodyguard. Another courthouse action scene. Yawn. And the most colorful supporting character was out of action for most of the season. I hope Matthew Lillard (Bosch's oddball FBI buddy) returns for the spinoff.
My problem is the ads show up rather randomly and aren’t time around the act breaks. They are poorly inserted.
So how does the Bosch story arc work in the books? He's now going to be a PI. In the books, is that the endgame (so far), or does he wind up back on the force later on?
The series chronology is a mashup. But yes in the books he leaves the force but comes back in another capacity. More than once.
We just finished binging the final season. Seemed a bit rushed, I think 8 episodes was not enough...10 would have given them some room to play out the plots a little better.
I enjoyed it ! glad they got to film something in covid times ! and i am real happy there is going to be a spin-off ! bring it on !
In book #9 published in 2003 titled Lost Light, Harry gets his California PI license but does eventually return to the force for a while.
I agree. I thought the last episode was a total let down. Without ruining it for those that haven't seen it how did a certain someone know that the bad guy was going to be coming out of the station at that time? What are the odds of that ?
Bill, EXACTLY! It's like the writers suddenly realized they only had 15 minutes to wrap it up and wrote the first thing that came into their heads. It was a big let down.
Makes me wonder if Bosch set it up. He seems like a standup cop that wouldn’t do this but it bugged the heck out of him that the guy behind the arson was going to skate on the murder charges due to a deal with the feds.
Bosch is a standup cop in the books but not above a few tricks to help his cause.. He used Lt. Harvey Pounds name several times when off the force during one of his nvestigations. That didn't turn out well for Pounds. There are other instances.
I love the books and thoroughly enjoyed the Amazon series. In the beginning they lifted plot lines from 3 different books for the first couple of seasons, eventually trimming down to one book like seasons 5, 6, & 7, though the only relationship season 7 has to the book is that there’s a fire in a low income housing apartment building. Until season 5 came along, my favorite season was 1, but 5 was definitely a step up. I didn’t mind season 7 being abbreviated, since I felt all plot lines were brought to logical conclusions. Grace got her reputation cleared, too bad we don’t get to see what happens happens to Irving. In the books, Bosch takes early retirement in the same way Barrel did in season 6. He goes to work for the San Fernando Police Dept. as a unbadged consultant on cold cases. This is how he meets up with Renee Ballard. I was hoping this teaming up would’ve moved to the tv, but I guess not. I think Bojana Novakovic, late of the series Instinct would’ve been a great Ballard. I’m very curious to see how the new series relates (if at all) to the original books/series. If Harry becomes Honey Chandler’s investigator, what happens to Hector Bonner? As to the new series being on IMDB, I’ve been watching the revival of Leverage and, not only is the show good, but the commercials aren’t too bothersome. It’s the way it was in the old days.
I've enjoyed the show and would like to check out any of the books where he is a PI. Any suggestions?
He hasn’t worked as a PI in any of the books. After his retirement went into effect he he went to work with the San Fernando Police Department as a consultant on cold cases. The scenario created for the new IMDB show is completely new and hasn’t occurred in any Michael Connelly book.
I love the Crate and Barrel characters, but to me Gregory Scott Cummins (Crate) will always be Mac's dad, Luther, in It's Always Sunny
Ah got it. Could you recommend any of the books that take place outside of the TV show universe? I didn't want to read stuff I've already watched but wasn't sure where to start. My local library seems to have most of them but I'm confused because the show seemed to take plot lines from various books.
I would start at the beginning of the book series and try to read them in order based on copyright date of the books. I wouldn’t worry about duplication between the books and tv episodes. While there will be some overlap as far as basic storyline, the books go into more details than the tv show did.
Much more detail, and like I said, early seasons used plot lines from different books, and in all cases were sometimes radically changed for tv.
Much more detail, and like I said, early seasons used plot lines from different books, and in all cases were sometimes radically changed for tv. Start at the beginning. In the books Harry has had several partners. J. Edgar is just one of them.
He did get his California PI license though, just in case. I believe he left the LAPD for three years then went back to the department. Eventually ending up as a reserve officer for the San Fernando police when he left the LAPD for good, as you point out. Its interesting that when Bosch is off the force Connelly writes those books in first person and third person when he's on the force.
