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 released weekly, two at a time. The series was later renewed for a third season prior to its second season premiere, which premiered on March 27, 2025 and will conclude Bosch: Legacy.
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 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.
Season 3 begins where season 2 left off. Honey "Money" Chandler campaigns to become the Los Angeles District Attorney while Bosch works to solve the disappearance of an entire family and deals with the investigation into himself for the murder of Maddie's kidnapper, Kurt Dockweiler.
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 episode of season 2, late actor Lance Reddick appeared a final time as Ret. Chief. Irvin Irving following his death, while Chris Browning appeared again as Preston Borders, a criminal arrested by Bosch during his time as a detective. In the third season premiere, Jamie McShane returned as Francis "Frank" Sheehan, a former detective fired after being exposed for police brutality. Juliet Landau returned as Rita Tedesco, Preston Borders' wife, while Verona Blue returned as Shaz, a bartender acquainted with Jimmy Robertson.
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.
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.
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".
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.