Summary
Fans ofBosch: Legacyare preparing for the final ten episodes of the series to air in March 2025. However, the fight is still on to save the show with the SaveBosch: Legacypetition. Michael Connelly created the Bosch-verse, and his books have provided the inspiration for every season ofBoschandBosch: Legacy.Connelly is also an executive producer on the show, and he should have been given the ultimate say on when it ended.
Michael Connelly helped to launch Amazon’s streaming service with his Harry Bosch crime stories, and they owe him everything.Amazon canceledBosch: Legacywithout giving Connelly and the rest of the creative team the opportunity to end the story properly, and this doesn’t sit right with the fans.
Michael Connelly Earned The Right End Bosch: Legacy On His Terms And Deserves More Respect From Amazon
Amazon’s statement announcing the end ofBosch: Legacymade it seem like they’d reached a mutual decision with Michael Connelly. This viewpoint was backed up whenConnelly’s own statementpraised the streamer for bringing Harry Bosch to television screens, and he called it a ‘fitting end’. However, Connelly’s hands were tied with this statement, due to his continued involvement with Amazon ontheBallardspin-off.Amazon informed Connelly thatBosch: Legacywould be ending while he was working onBallard, and filming onBosch: Legacyseason 3 had already been completed, leaving him absolutely powerless. After over a decade of successful stories in the Bosch-verse, Connelly should have decided when Harry Bosch’s solo stories would end. As Harry Bosch says in the show, ‘Legacy matters’, but unfortunately, Michael Connelly’s legacy means nothing to Amazon, andBosch: Legacywill now bow out on an abrupt note.
After over a decade of successful stories in the Bosch-verse, Connelly should have decided when Harry Bosch’s solo stories would end.
Michael Connelly and Titus Welliverhad a clear vision for the Bosch-verse from the very start, and the story was panning out exactly as planned, until Amazon canceled it last year.They should have trusted Connelly’s vision, and allowed him and the creative team to choose the right time to bring Harry Bosch’s main story to a close.TheBallardspin-off was designed as a companion show to run concurrently withBosch: Legacy, but Amazon lost their nerve and chose to ditch the expansion of the exciting television crime universe Connelly had envisioned.
Bosch: Legacy Season 3
Starring
Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers, Madison Lintz, Chang, Denise G. Sanchez, Scott Klace, Gregory Scott Cummins, Troy Evans, Orla Brady, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Cortes, Dale Dickey, Mark Rolston, Anthony Gonzales, Tommy Martinez and Maggie Q
Based on the books by
Created by
Tom Bernardo, Michael Connelly, and Eric Ellis Overmyer
Michael Connelly can’t speak out against Amazon because they own the rights to Harry Bosch.For the first ten years of the ‘special relationship’, this wasn’t a problem as everyone was on the same page. Unfortunately, there has been a change in command at Amazon, and it’s now run by incompetent people like Vernon Sanders and Lauren Anderson, who are focused on advertising and algorithms at the expense of quality content.Amazon have usedReacherto killBosch: Legacy, while also renewing shows likeCrossbefore it even aired its first season, because it fits in with theiradvertising strategy. Amazon were hoping to endBosch: Legacywithout any fuss, but they were caught off-guard by afan-led petition to save the show.
Michael Connelly acknowledged the petition, and it now boasts over 21,000 signatures, and it has raised a lot of questions about Amazon.Connelly’s contract clauserevealed that he fought to keep production ofBoschandBosch: Legacyin Los Angeles, and he conceded that Amazon would never agree to that now.Heads up Amazon: Los Angeles needs shows likeBosch: Legacymore than ever, as the Hollywood industry crumbles after a series of devastating events.Connelly and the creative team have plenty more ideas for Harry Bosch’s solo stories, but they are tied to Amazon because of theBallardspin-off, and this is a great shame.Bosch and Ballard are co-leadsin Michael Connelly’s joint books, butTitus Welliver’s contractis only for three episodes in the spin-off, while Connelly’s plans forBosch: Legacyhave been totally disregarded.
