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Bosch: Legacy’s final season is here at last, with the first four episodes dropping all at once on Prime Video this week. It’s a bittersweet feeling for Harry Bosch fans who weren’t happy with Amazon canceling the show over six months ago. The SaveBosch: Legacymovement has raised a lot of concerns about Amazon’s conduct in relation to the cancelation anda big new claim about cast and crew contracts on the show has now been made that could blow everything up.
Troy Evans sat down for an in-depth interview with Game Rantlast week, and he was very candid about how Amazon treated the cast and crew onBoschandBosch: Legacy.Evans' controversial F-Bomb outburst aimed at Amazon caught people’s attention several weeks ago, but this was not a random unjustified attack on the streamer. Evans has worked in the Hollywood industry for over 50 years, and he has a lot of respect for the people who make the magic of storytelling possible, and he’s more than willing to call out Amazon for their behavior.
Evans Claims Amazon Launched Bosch: Legacy So They Could Break The Contracts Of Loyal Cast And Crew
They got rid of a lot of people on the crew because, over time, they made a little more money, working on the series for six or seven years. It was a wonderful set, and it worked like clockwork. Everything was so clean. As long as they stay withBosch, those people have certain protections from the unions. There’s no reason at all that Harry Bosch couldn’t retire, and it would still beBosch, except now he’s a private detective, right? By making itLegacy, Amazon swept all those people out. Loyal for seven years, then Amazon kicked them to the curb to save a few bucks.
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Bosch: Legacy Could Have Carried On As The Original Series, But It Looks Like Amazon Were Trying To Save Money
A spin-off usually shifts focus onto a supporting character from the parent show. However, inBosch: Legacy’s case, it’s still very much focused on Harry Bosch, albeit with the promotion ofMaddie Boschand Honey Chandler to co-lead status. Troy Evans is right,Legacycould have been the originalBoschseries with the iconic ex-detective no longer in the LAPD. However,it looks like Amazon decided they could have a clear out of the loyal cast and crew who helped make the show what it was in order to save money.It’s actually quite a scandalous thing to do, but this Amazon and nothing is surprising. So, here’s the question:what shenanigans did Amazon get up to when they plotted the cancelation ofBosch: Legacyto usher intheBallardspin-off?Evans said:
People onBosch: Legacyhad no idea it was going to be canceled. They thought there was going to be more Legacy and the Connelly world was expanding.
If Amazon misled the cast and crew about the future ofBosch: Legacy, and ‘swept them all out’ like they did with the originalBoschcrew, in the middle of a crisis in Hollywood brought on by the strikes, that is rather scandalous.Bosch: Legacy’s cancelation came at a time when industry workers needed their unions more than ever, so if Amazon fired them all to reset the pay structure to coincide with theBallardspin-off, it would be a huge revelation. Of course, that claim would need to be backed up. Here’s Troy Evans again:
When I did go to the Ballard set, I didn’t know anybody there.
Where have all those loyal cast and crew gone from theBosch: Legacydays? Kicked to the curb and replaced by new workers who get paid cheaper rates?There’s a very sinister pattern forming here about how Amazon conducts their business. Instead of expandingMichael Connelly’s Bosch-versewith the continuation ofBosch: Legacyalongside the introduction of theBallardspin-off,Amazon is using each show in the Bosch-verse as part of a succession plan that involves axing cast and crew to cut costs.IfBallardruns for a few seasons, and becomes too expensive to produce, Amazon will cancel it in a similar way toBosch: Legacy, and either finish the Bosch-verse altogether, or revive the axedJerry Edgar spin-off, and the beat goes on. Cancel, cover-up, PR Spin, repeat.
