The series is based on the novels of Michael Connelly as was the original recipe Bosch series. In fact, Connally is the show runner this time around. They eliminated much of the cast and concentrated on Harry as a private detective. This is true to the books that I read about a decade ago so I sort of remember the plots but am still surprised about some of it. A major subplot is the fact that his daughter is a rookie cop following in her father's footsteps. I have to say that this is particularly well done and very realistic. I had to laugh when they ran an ad for this show on "The Rookie" which is an ABC show that covers the same subject matter. In the glitzy Rookie the young cops are all movie star worthy looking. The female detectives could be super models. In Bosch Legacy the rookie cops are chubby Latina Lesbians. Very true to reality. Being a cop is a working class occupation. College educated people don't become cops anymore. Even the pipeline of young Irish kids from Long Island is over. It is a city job and it is only for city residents. None of the whites living in NYC want to be cops. So you basically draw from the working class black brown and even oriental communities. So Legacy is very realistic right off the bat. Bosch's daughter makes mistakes left and right. She is not perfect but she tries hard. I don't know if she should really be a cop because she is 90 pounds soaking wet and got her ass kicked twice in the first couple of episodes. Still it is a story I am willing to follow.
The other subplot involves the ultra-liberal lawyer Honey Chandler played by Mimi Rogers. Even with her woke bullshit she stills wants revenge on the mook who had her shot and is willing to bend any rule to get it. All of her liberal cant goes out the window. Looking at her I can only think of one thing.
She was married to Tom Cruise. Now she kind of looks like his mother. What kind of surgery did that fuck have so he looks so young? In scientology do you sell your soul to the devil to look young? IF so why didn't Travolta get the same deal? It just doesn't track.
Anyhoo I would recommend you check it out. You don't have to have seen the original series. It is on the new Amazon free streaming service called Amazon Freevee which used to be IMBD TV. They have some commercials but not a large block of them that you get in regular tv. So give it a try. I think you will like it.
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I too watched and it was pretty good. but it looks like the dau is going the way of all women -- emotional, not logical.
Also, it is what I call a "geezer teaser" -- cast mostly elderly. but good acting.
160 years ago, the Irish were the working class black, brown, so nothing's really changed.
What kind of surgery did that fuck have so he looks so young?
Some people age well. The Blonde wrinkles like her mother (got her some Gold Bond Crepe Corrector and it works pretty good) and complains about my fat little Irish face that hasn't got a line in it.
Appreciating the update on Freevee. So far the amount of time devoted to commercials is tolerable. Mimi's ancient look as HoneyC appears to be (at least in part) make-up enhanced.
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