The Lincoln Lawyer Review
2022Ted Humphrey and Dailyn RodriguezTV Show
A legal procedural with no ambition beyond being good at it, which turns out to be enough for four seasons.
| Category | Critic | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Plot | Good | |
| Cinematography | Average | |
| Acting | Good | |
| Dialogue | Good | |
| Overall | Good |
Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller has been filmed before, once as a Matthew McConaughey vehicle, and the Netflix version works by lowering the temperature. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo plays Haller as a recovering addict rebuilding a practice rather than as a swaggering courtroom star, and the series is content to be a well made case of the week show with a season long spine holding it together.
The reviews improved every year, from the high seventies for the first season to near unanimity for the third and fourth, which is unusual for a streaming procedural and says something about how steadily it is put together. The supporting bench is the real asset. Becki Newton's Lorna and Angus Sampson's Cisco are written as adults with jobs rather than as sidekicks, and Neve Campbell and Yaya DaCosta give the opposing lawyers something to play.
What it lacks is any visual idea at all. Los Angeles is shot as glossy daylight and nothing more, the courtroom coverage is flat, and the twists are competent rather than surprising. Netflix has ordered a fifth and final season. Nothing here will change television, and nothing here will insult anyone on a long flight.
The Lincoln Lawyer at a glance
- Network
- Netflix
- Showrunner
- Ted Humphrey and Dailyn Rodriguez
- Year
- 2022
- Release date
- May 13, 2022
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