Summary
Bosch: Legacy’s final season will begin airing later this week, but the fans are focused on keeping the movement alive to save the show. Michael Connelly insistsBosch: Legacy’s third season is a ‘fitting close’ to Harry Bosch’s story, despite Titus Welliver and others contradicting this statement.Connelly’s statement about the end of the originalBoschseries has been unearthed, and it reveals a lot about how Amazon might be dictating what the Harry Bosch creator says about the end ofBosch: Legacy.
The SaveBosch: Legacycampaign wants to give the creative team the chance to end the story properly, and whileConnelly has acknowledged the petition, he hasn’t actively supported it like others have.The originalBoschseries was given the opportunity to finish on its own terms, butBosch: Legacywas canceled without any notice.Michael Connelly needs to stop sitting on the fence, and give fans his true opinion, and fight for the ending his iconic character deserves.
Michael Connelly Was Happy That The Original Bosch Series Was Given A Chance To End Properly
Back in 2020,the originalBoschseries was heading into its sixth season when Amazon gave it an early renewal for a seventh and final run.It was a vote of confidence for Michael Connelly and the rest of the creative team, and it gave them the chance to endHarry Bosch’s storyproperly. Connelly released a statement viaDeadline:
I’m proud of what we have accomplished withBoschand look forward to completing the story in Season 7. It’s bittersweet, but all good things come to an end, and I am happy that we will be able to go out the way we want to.
The originalBoschfinale stuck the landing, but it also left the door open for potential stories focused on Harry Bosch’s post-LAPD career in the private sector. WhenAmazon launched Freevee, they orderedBosch: Legacyand the fans got their wish for more Harry Bosch, and it became a bigger hit than the parent show. Amazon kept backing the creative team with early renewals for thesecond and third seasons ofBosch: Legacy, and its success also led to the announcement of theRenee Ballard and Jerry Edgar spin-offs. Unfortunately,Bosch: Legacywas canceled without giving Connelly and his team the chance to end it properly.Connelly stated he was happy to go out the way he wanted to after Amazon’s announcement that the seventh season of the originalBoschseries would be the last, so surely he was outraged they didn’t give them the chance to endBosch: Legacyproperly, right?
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Michael Connelly Said Bosch: Legacy’s Final Season Is A Fitting End For Harry Bosch Despite It Being Canceled
Bosch: Legacywas canceled by Amazonback in September 2024, butMichael Connelly released an uplifting statementand seemed happy about it:
I’m happy to announce that the third season ofBosch: Legacywill premiere on Prime in March. I think it’s our best yet. It will also be the last season, bringing to a fitting close a 10-season run with this character.
Bosch: Legacy’s fitting close has been debunked by two of Connelly’s closest allies,Titus WelliverandRenee Ballard inspiration, Mitzi Roberts. However,Connelly still won’t speak his mind about how he really feels aboutBosch: Legacy’s abrupt cancelation, but his statement about the originalBoschseries heavily suggests he isn’t very happy about it.It looks like Amazon are walking all over the legendary author because they own the rights to the IP, and hold the cards withtheBallardspin-offon the horizon. It’s a great shame when creative people are stifled by talentless executives, but that seems to be the case here. However, this wasn’t always how it was between Connelly and Amazon, but something has clearly changed at the top. After Amazon gave Connelly and the creative team the heads-up to work towards an ending to the originalBoschseries, Co-Head of Television, Amazon Studios, Albert Cheng, released the following statement:
Boschwas one of our first Amazon Originals, and it helped define us as a home for smartly written, captivating series. It has been a pleasure to work with Eric, Henrik [Bastin], Michael (Connelly), Pieter Jan [Brugge], Dan [Pyne], Titus and the entireBoschteam. We’re delighted that we get to spend another season with Harry Bosch and conclude this wonderful television series for our Prime Video customers.
