Genre: TV Series
Grade: A-
Notable People: Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Acquino, Madison Lintz, Lance Reddick Created by: Michael Connelly
Title: Bosch
Review: Connelly adapted this series from his own popular novels chronicling, the modern war vet turned homicide investigator in Los Angeles. This is left coast version of The Wire- or as close as it comes. Gritty in its own La-La land sort of way. Reddick’s ‘s police chief is a 20 – year later continuation of his role on The Wire, and Hector does an amazing turnaround from his earlier role as the malevolent drug dealer, Marlo Stanfield, to Bosch’s steady, wise and trusted partner. The cast is generally superb, the shooting is very LA, the music is tries cool, and Welliver (as Bosch) really grows on you. At first, seemed like maybe he was a mediocre actor, but he’s really pretty subtle in this role….an unusually admirable character. The plots seem a bit twisted at times and hard to follow, but in the end work themselves out. This is a good show to dig into for ridin’ out Covid…coming season is unfortunately purported to be the last.