Amazing. The reviewers have given up on the show after one episode. We have only been introduced to the character. I can't judge him until I know a little more. Things are set up for a big case. Let's see how this is plotted. As usual, because the movie was quite good, we reject this out of hand. We have a subdued man who is trying to get his life back in order after rehab. We just met his Ex. The scruffy guy who is his associate hasn't been on the screen for more than a couple of minutes. He is replacing a guy who was shot and killed so there is threat. I hope the people reviewing this first episode aren't going to hang on and complain every hour of the show.
10 Reviews
2 episodes in, I'm hooked
harrybakersfx18 May 2022
Started my night off with season two of Castle Rock, got half hour in and put this on, second episode in I find the "hero" cast very charismatic and want to know what happens! No over the top acting, very slick so far.
He Rides Again
allmoviesfan18 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The Lincoln Lawyer is another creation from the mind of one of my favourite authors Michael Connelly, and after MC's most famous and well-known fictional creation Harry Bosch was so well brought to the TV screen, I had high hopes for the on-screen debut of Mickey Haller, known as the Lincoln Lawyer because he used to work out of his car in Los Angeles, driving a lot. Fresh off a surfing injury and a painkiller addiction, Mickey is back in the legal game, and inherits a law firm after an old colleague was shot dead in a carpark.
I loved the premiere episode - it flew by, and left me wanting more. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Is fantastic as Haller, brilliantly cast. And a good script! Obviously, not as good as a Haller novel by Michael Connelly, but still good.
I loved the premiere episode - it flew by, and left me wanting more. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Is fantastic as Haller, brilliantly cast. And a good script! Obviously, not as good as a Haller novel by Michael Connelly, but still good.
An exceptionally good opener!
bosporan13 May 2022
A superb establishing episode providing a complete multi-character background in a natural way and simultaneously laying out the plot parameters. Following a sudden change of fortune, Mickey Haller must juggle complex relationships, a demanding client and a series of side cases with minimal resources.
This is a masterclass in how to open a series.
This is a masterclass in how to open a series.
He Rides Again
Prismark1022 May 2022
The Lincoln Lawyer was a pretty decent thriller in a movie starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller.
This Netflix series adapts the book, The Brass Verdict. Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) has not practised law for a year after a surfing accident and addiction to painkillers.
The murder of another lawyer who was a friend of Haller means that he has acquired the dead man's law firm.
This includes a high profile client Trevor Elliott. A software developer accused of murdering his wife and her lover.
Haller wants Elliott as a client and he also needs to deal with the other criminal cases he has got at short notice. He is back in his Lincoln car.
A zippy first episode but it was noticeable the pace stutters here and there. The curse of the Netflix serial, a show can never go in overdrive.
There seems to be some loose connections to the OJ Simpson case. A high profile defendant. The victims being his wife and her lover.
I would certainly give other episodes a go.
This Netflix series adapts the book, The Brass Verdict. Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) has not practised law for a year after a surfing accident and addiction to painkillers.
The murder of another lawyer who was a friend of Haller means that he has acquired the dead man's law firm.
This includes a high profile client Trevor Elliott. A software developer accused of murdering his wife and her lover.
Haller wants Elliott as a client and he also needs to deal with the other criminal cases he has got at short notice. He is back in his Lincoln car.
A zippy first episode but it was noticeable the pace stutters here and there. The curse of the Netflix serial, a show can never go in overdrive.
There seems to be some loose connections to the OJ Simpson case. A high profile defendant. The victims being his wife and her lover.
I would certainly give other episodes a go.
The Lincoln Lawyer S1 E1
nebohr28 November 2022
This was a decent start to the series. Both my wife and myself
agree that mister Kelly has a good understanding of his craft.
Heck, he's been doing it for so long, right? He begins with a couple of story arcs, not too much that viewers have to keep notes. Some fleshing out of the initial handfull of (seemingly) primary characters. Again, not so much that the viewer has to take notes.
Very little gunplay along with very little violence, overall. No sex, not even any sexual tension. Neither my wife, nor myself, remember any swearing. But, of course, it is the holidays.
Keep them coming, Kelly.
Cheers.
Heck, he's been doing it for so long, right? He begins with a couple of story arcs, not too much that viewers have to keep notes. Some fleshing out of the initial handfull of (seemingly) primary characters. Again, not so much that the viewer has to take notes.
Very little gunplay along with very little violence, overall. No sex, not even any sexual tension. Neither my wife, nor myself, remember any swearing. But, of course, it is the holidays.
Keep them coming, Kelly.
Cheers.
Dismal
peterwcohen-300-94720020 May 2022
I can't believe how bad this was, from the very first minute. My disappointment is fueled by the contrast with the quality of the Lincoln Lawyer movie being so excellent.
First scene has the main character trying to get over some trauma. Please, give me a break from this trope already. Bosch: Legacy has already made me crazy with two characters being traumatized head cases; I need it here to? Next cliché is the Lincoln. The beauty shots of Mickey driving his classic convertible were straight out of a TV commercial. As a matter of fact, much of the show it a TV commercial for Lincoln. Even the two consecutive close-up shots on his Lincoln keychain at courthouse security. How can you put that in there, and not expect people to notice they're watching a commercial?
More clichés: Not one, but two adoring ex-wives. Late to pick up the kid. The gruff but well meaning police detective. The megalomaniac inventor/industrialist client who may or may not have done the murder. More loving shots of Lincolns, all ugly as except for the classic.
In the movie, Micky rode around in the backseat of a Lincoln. No one ever talked about Lincolns. There were no glamor shots of the car. It was just the way he got around town. The reason for the name is that he ran his practice out of the backseat of a car, which happened to be a Lincoln, not because he ran his practice out of the backseat of a Lincoln.
Then there's the swirling camera, the perpetual 3-day beard, the long boring pointless speeches that sound nothing like how people talk... This is a show for people who think Law & Order is good.
First scene has the main character trying to get over some trauma. Please, give me a break from this trope already. Bosch: Legacy has already made me crazy with two characters being traumatized head cases; I need it here to? Next cliché is the Lincoln. The beauty shots of Mickey driving his classic convertible were straight out of a TV commercial. As a matter of fact, much of the show it a TV commercial for Lincoln. Even the two consecutive close-up shots on his Lincoln keychain at courthouse security. How can you put that in there, and not expect people to notice they're watching a commercial?
More clichés: Not one, but two adoring ex-wives. Late to pick up the kid. The gruff but well meaning police detective. The megalomaniac inventor/industrialist client who may or may not have done the murder. More loving shots of Lincolns, all ugly as except for the classic.
In the movie, Micky rode around in the backseat of a Lincoln. No one ever talked about Lincolns. There were no glamor shots of the car. It was just the way he got around town. The reason for the name is that he ran his practice out of the backseat of a car, which happened to be a Lincoln, not because he ran his practice out of the backseat of a Lincoln.
Then there's the swirling camera, the perpetual 3-day beard, the long boring pointless speeches that sound nothing like how people talk... This is a show for people who think Law & Order is good.
Not good!
hpcmakeup15 May 2022
This is D list casting. The lead actor is awful! His gruff friend is terrible..his daughter is too old for all the babying. Everyone is over acting! The clothes are terrible! The law office is huge for one lawyer...why does he have a huge case then a million random cases the day before his huge trial...no way.
Netflix is in trouble..this is like a show on USA network...low budget and cheesy.
Netflix is in trouble..this is like a show on USA network...low budget and cheesy.
Man can these women talk
michaeljtrubic24 May 2022
I paused the first episode just before the 12 minute mark and have realized that the leading character (a man) has spoken about 2 dozen words and the female characters so far have spoken about 500. Usually in rapid fired rants of more than 100 words per minute.
I am starting to get a headache already.
I hope this pattern wont continue for much longer.
I am starting to get a headache already.
I hope this pattern wont continue for much longer.
Bad start
dierregi25 September 2023
Searching for a series I stumbled into this Lincoln Lawyer, vaguely remembering the movie with McConaughey. I had low expectations and even those started to get crushed. The lawyer in question is a charisma-free actor I never heard about, performing as the usual decoy.
Looks like Hollywood producers like to slap a male character in the lead (Bosch, Goliath, The Rookie) and advertise the show as if said character is the main character, while the guy very quickly is replaced in the lead by one or several female characters (the wife, ex-wife, daughter, assistant, whatever...)
This punctually happens here and very fast we're introduce to the obnoxious ex-second wife, a vulgar, aggressive, irksome fake blonde that alone will most likely make me drop out from the audience. As it that is not enough, there follow the brunette ex-first wife, the compulsory teenage daughter AND the compulsory ethnic assistant/driver, probably soon to turn into infallible sleuth.
The Lawyer whose name I cannot recollect and don't care to, seems to be living in Bosch apartment and to have the same relationship with his daughter, not surprisingly because both originate from the same author, but it certainly makes a deja-vu for the worse.
Looks like Hollywood producers like to slap a male character in the lead (Bosch, Goliath, The Rookie) and advertise the show as if said character is the main character, while the guy very quickly is replaced in the lead by one or several female characters (the wife, ex-wife, daughter, assistant, whatever...)
This punctually happens here and very fast we're introduce to the obnoxious ex-second wife, a vulgar, aggressive, irksome fake blonde that alone will most likely make me drop out from the audience. As it that is not enough, there follow the brunette ex-first wife, the compulsory teenage daughter AND the compulsory ethnic assistant/driver, probably soon to turn into infallible sleuth.
The Lawyer whose name I cannot recollect and don't care to, seems to be living in Bosch apartment and to have the same relationship with his daughter, not surprisingly because both originate from the same author, but it certainly makes a deja-vu for the worse.
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