After an accident who left him addicted to painkillers, Mickey Haller struggles to go back to his counselor business. He cannot afford an office and works in the back of his Lincoln car. He is good with people though. He is still in very good terms with ex-wife n°1, mother of his teenager daughter, and with ex-wife n°2, Lorna, who works with him as his assistant. While he is still figuring out how to get back his professional life, he receives a call. Another lawyer, who has been murdered, left him his practice and, whit it, a high profile case, ultra-mediatized : Trevor Elliott, the wealthy CEO of a video game production firm, is supected of the murder of his wife and her lover.
A good adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novels and a gripping story
For once, a good part of the actors are not top-model or super handsome (some of them are). That’s a good sign, because it means that the story comes first! As should be in any film or series. Each season is well constructed, with twists and turns well placed. Even when some parts or characters are less interesting, you can’t help but wishing to learn what comes next. And of course, a good cliffhanger arrives at the end of each season. I liked season 2 a little less. Season 3 was very good, with several dramatic deaths, culminating a in poignant finale. Then all seemed going well, as announcing the end of the show, but no… There will definitely be a season 4.
The atmosphere, the judicial system and the expressions are really very American, less interesting for non-Americans. The characters are not extremely original, but their collective dynamic works well, as in the case of Lorna, the sly young woman, and her fiancé Cisco, who is quiet, not very talkative, but best not to be crossed. The secondary characters are as well studied as the main ones.
An effective series that never gets boring.
3 seasons, 30 episodes (45 mn), 2022 – , on Netflix
WITH : Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, Becki Newton as Lorna Crain, Jazz Raycole as Izzy Letts, Angus Sampson as Dennis « Cisco » Wojciechowski,
Neve Campbell as « Maggie McFierce » McPherson, Krista Warner as Hayley Haller, Ntare Mwine as Raymond Griggs, Elliott Gould as Legal Siegal, Christopher Gorham as Trevor Elliott, Lana Parrilla as Lisa Trammell, Angélica María as Elena, Yaya DaCosta as Andrea Freemann, Fiona Rene as Glory Days