Bosch: Legacy

Bosch: Legacy is an American police procedural television series developed by Michael Connelly, Tom Bernardo and Eric Overmyer. A sequel to the Amazon Prime Video series Bosch (2014–2021), it stars Titus Welliver as former LAPD detective Harry Bosch, with Mimi Rogers and Madison Lintz also reprising their roles. The series premiered on May 6, 2022, on Amazon Freevee with the release of four episodes, with the remaining released weekly, two episodes at a time. The series was renewed for a second season prior to its premiere. The second season premiered on October 20, 2023, again with the release of four episodes, with the remaining episodes to be released weekly, two at a time. The series was later renewed for a third season prior to its second season premiere.

Season 1
Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch has retired from the LAPD and works as a private investigator. Defense attorney Honey "Money" Chandler has him work on some cases for her. His daughter, Maddie, navigates her first days as a patrol officer with the LAPD, working from Hollywood Station, where her father used to be assigned. Bosch investigates businessman Carl Rogers, who previously hired a hitman to kill Chandler. Billionaire businessman Whitney Vance asks Bosch to discreetly investigate a private matter.

Season 2
Season 2 begins where season 1 left off, with the kidnapping of Maddie Bosch. Bosch and Honey "Money" Chandler work together to catch a killer, while dodging the suspicions of the FBI as suspects in a case from season 1: the killing of Carl Rogers.

Main cast

 * Titus Welliver as Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch, a former LAPD detective, now retired and working as a freelance private investigator
 * Mimi Rogers as Honey "Money" Chandler, a high-powered defense attorney who has a periodically adversarial relationship with Harry
 * Madison Lintz as Madeline "Maddie" Bosch, a rookie Los Angeles police officer and Harry's daughter
 * Stephen Chang as Maurice "Mo" Bassi, Harry's technology expert, who shares Harry's love of jazz
 * Denise G. Sanchez as Officer Reyna Vasquez (season 2—present; recurring season 1), Maddie's training officer

Recurring

 * Anthony Gonzales as Officer Rico Perez, Maddie's fellow officer with whom she develops a romantic relationship
 * Will Chase (season 1) and David Denman (season 2) as Kurt Dockweiler, a city inspector
 * Danielle Larracuente as Paulina Calderon, Maddie's academy classmate, who is shot during a stop
 * David Moses as Martin "Marty" Rose, the name partner at the law firm where Honey practices, who is her mentor and confidante.
 * Alex Loynaz as Matthew Ramirez, the receptionist at Honey's law firm
 * Jim Holmes as Emmett Archer, the District Attorney for LA
 * Len Cordova as Dr. Miguel Estevez, Honey's therapist
 * Raff Anoushian as Leo Aslan, an associate of Carl Rogers who owns a shipping company
 * Lakin Valdez as Raul Arraya, a former client of Honey's

Season 1

 * Michael Rose as Carl Rogers, a businessman responsible for the murder of a judge and Honey's shooting
 * Phil Morris as John Creighton, head of Trinity Security, a security company employed by Whitney Vance
 * William Devane as Whitney Vance, a billionaire engineer who hires Bosch for a personal matter
 * Andrew Korba as Philip Corwin, the new CEO of Whitney Vance's company
 * Kate Burton as Ida Porter, Vance's secretary
 * Steven Flynn as David Sloan, Vance's valet/butler
 * Mark Rolston as Lt I Don Thorne, watch commander on Maddie's shift at the Hollywood Station
 * Konstantin Melikhov as Alexei Ivanovich, a high ranking member of the Bratva
 * Bogdan Yasinski as Lev Ivanovich, a high ranking enforcer for the Bratva
 * Marcus Giamatti as Simon Wakefield, Carl Rogers' financier
 * Mike Ostroski as Russ Pensak, an associate of Carl Rogers who owns an abandoned oil refinery
 * Joe Adler as Jeffery Herstadt, a client of Honey's

Season 2

 * Bruce Davison as James Rafferty, Kurt Dockweiler's lawyer
 * Rafael Cabrera as Vince Harrick, a sheriff's deputy married to Lexi Parks
 * Kim Pettiford as Alexandra "Lexi" Parks, a murder victim
 * Patrick Brennan as David Foster, a client of Honey's accused of murder
 * Anthony Michael Hall as Special Agent Will Barron, James' and Jones' superior
 * Max Martini as Det. Don Ellis, a corrupt detective attempting to discredit Honey
 * Guy Wilson as Det. Kevin Long, a corrupt detective working with Ellis
 * Jessica Camacho as Jade Quinn, a hacker
 * Jolene Kay as Agent Sylvia James, an FBI agent investigating Bosch and Chandler, Jones' partner
 * Vincent Laresca as Agent Lucas Jones, an FBI agent investigating Bosch and Chandler, James' partner
 * Ty Trumbo as James Allen, a prostitute and Foster's dealer.

Guest appearances are made by members of the Bosch cast, including Gregory Scott Cummins as Crate, Troy Evans as Barrel, Jamie Hector as Detective Jerry Edgar, DaJuan Johnson as Detective Rondell Pierce, Jacqueline Obradors as Detective Christina Vega, Cynthia McWilliams as Detective Joan Bennett, Alan Rosenberg as Dr. William Golliher and Scott Klace as Sgt. John "Mank" Mankiewicz. Eric Ladin returned in Season 2 as Los Angeles Times reporter Scott Anderson. In the last season 2 episode, late actor Lance Reddick appeared a final time as Ret. Chief. Irvin Irving., while Chris Browning appeared again as Preston Borders, a criminal arrested by Bosch during his time as a detective.

Welliver's younger son Quinn portrays Bosch as a child in Bosch; in Bosch: Legacy his elder son, Eamonn, portrays Bosch, now a young LAPD officer.

Production
After the conclusion of Bosch, producers began discussing a new series that would feature Harry after his retirement from the LAPD, as happens in the later Bosch novels. Welliver admits that it is essentially Bosch season 8, but the focus is different: Harry is no longer a cop, and the main characters are Bosch, Maddie, and Chandler.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a score of 100% with an average score of 7.4/10, based on reviews from 17 critics. The website's critics consensus reads: "Television's grumpiest detective keeps his Legacy alive and well in a reboot that picks up right where the original series left off while pleasingly tweaking the formula." On Metacritic, the first season has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on reviews from five critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

On Rotten Tomatoes, season two has a score of 100% based on reviews from 6 critics. On Metacritic, season two has a score of 71 out of 100 based on reviews from four critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Audience viewership
Season one delivered more total viewers in the first 28 days post premiere, than any previous season of Bosch in their respective first 28 days in the US.