Movies to TV series adaptations don’t always turn out so great, but Netflix found themselves a hit last year with The Lincoln Lawyer. Based on the books by Michael Connelly made famous by the movie starring Matthew McConaughey, the series version won over fans with new star Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Los Angeles defense attorney Mickey Haller, who runs his firm out of the back of his Lincoln.
The second season is based on Connelly’s fourth book, The Fifth Witness, and finds Haller defending a longtime client from charges she murdered a wealthy businessman with a hammer shot to the head.
Joining Garcia-Rulfo this season are Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole, and Angus Sampson. Krista Warner, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Lana Parilla, Yaya DaCosta, Matt Angel, and Angélica María. The series was created by David E. Kelley, a TV veteran with an extraordinary string of hits from The Practice, Ally McBeal, Big Little Lies, and too many more to list. The guy knows his stuff, especially when it comes to legal drama.
Our reviewer Khalil loved the first season, so let’s see if season two of The Lincoln Lawyer can measure up. It hits Netflix on July 6th for Part One, with Part Two arriving on August 3rd.
Mickey Haller, an iconoclastic idealist, runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles. Based on the series of bestselling novels by renowned author Michael Connelly, the second season is based on the fourth book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, The Fifth Witness.