“Bosch: Legacy”, all about the return of the acclaimed detective to television

After seven successful seasons, the detective Bosch has returned to television. Only he is no longer a detective: disgusted by the injustices and the interference of politics in police procedures, Harry Bosch had retired from the force towards the end of the original series, and in this new installment, Bosch: Legacyhe works as private investigator.

The legacy to which the title alludes can have several implications. One of them is the entrance on the scene of her daughter Maddie (Maddison Lintz), who is now a police officer and entered the Corps as a rookie. Like her father Maddie has a determined calling and a young, poignant sensibility.

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What is “Bosch: Legacy” about?

Titus Welliver (Deadwood, The Good Wife) takes up the role of Harry Bosch and approaches his work with the usual efficiency and nonchalance with which he faces the challenges of his task. In this case he is hired by billionaire Whitney Vance who, near death and plagued by remorse, tries to find an heir he abandoned in his youth. But the formidable corporation that Vance has created does not feel happy before the idea of ​​an heir and is going to do everything possible to hinder Bosch’s task in any way.

Harry Boschborn Hieronymus by an artistic devotion of his mother, is a creation of Michael Connellywho throughout a prolific work has narrated his adventures against crime, corruption, drug trafficking and police abuse. He has followed him as a detectivenow as an investigator and, at least in the books, at some point he will rejoin the police.

This new fiction responds to one of his novels, The Wrong Side of Goodbyewhere he maintains the link with his usual collaborators, retired policemen, digital technicians and his friend, the prestigious lawyer Honey Chandler in charge of Mimi Rogers. Bosch deals with several cases at the same time, among others the mysterious murder of a well-liked doctor who treated indigent patients and also the handling of a unscrupulous high-end criminal involved with the Russian mafia.

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The creator of the series is Ellis Overmyer, who also produced the original series, and is a prestigious brand within the genre. One of the creators, with David Simonfrom The Wire, and from other productions such as New Amsterdam, Boardwalk Empire y The Man in the High Castle. the cast of Bosch: Legacy is completed with Stephen A. Chang as Maurice “Mo” Bassi y Denise G. Sanchez as Queen Vasquez. The first season consists of ten episodes and the second is already announced. The series can be seen on Amazon Prime Video.