Postby Dickie Dunn » Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:08 am
Finished up both season of The Lincoln Lawyer. It was an enjoyable, though unspectacular, watch. Constant sunny California skies during a Pittsburgh winter definitely increased my SAD. There's definitely a network television style to it that I apparently have become unaccustomed to over the years, but I think the biggest knocks against the show are that two superior versions of the show/universe already exist in Bosch and The Lincoln Lawyer movie. It was tough to buy-in to the show being a fan of the movie, which tells a tight and concise story with a superior cast. That's not to say anyone in the show is particularly bad, though the dude playing Cisco sucks, but while Beckie Newton is a clear upgrade and one of the most enjoyable parts of the show, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, and Jamie McShane are really no match for Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Bryan Cranston, and William H. Macy.
With all that being said, I was able to get onboard with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as a different, more "wholesome" Mickey Haller (the MM version is a mess and really leans into being a sleazebag defense attorney), liked the exploration of the character being half-Mexican, and just enjoy the show for what it is. S2 was better than S1, which suffered initially from trying to set up the show while working around and ignoring the events of the movie/first book. I wish the show was better (or able to be set in the Bosch universe), but nevertheless look forward to S3.