Detective "Bosch" Will Get His Man

Bosch - (2014)

TV-MA

Starring Titus Welliver

Created by Michael Connelly

The Story:

Detective Harry Bosch (Welliver) is an L.A. homicide detective who is facing charges of killing an unarmed suspect and then planting a gun on him when the series opens. As the trial continues, Bosch discovers the bones of a teenager that had been killed decades earlier. Then a serial killer is discovered who claims that the bones are that of his first victim. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues that grips all of Los Angeles with fear while Bosch has to deal with his cases and the politics of the Los Angeles police department.

I went into this one with no expectations as I've not read the novels by Michael Connelly nor heard anything about the show.

Amazon just kept putting it on their page whenever I looked to see if there were any new movies or shows I wanted to watch as I was looking to see if the last season of Justified was ever going to get added.

Don't worry, it was, and I enjoyed it.

But this is about Bosch.

It's a pretty solid crime drama.

High production values, which Amazon, Netflix and the rest are throwing at these shows to rival broadcast and cable television. Solid actors, complex, believable storylines that keep you intrigued to see where the story will go.

Welliver carries the show as the detective who cares about the cases he is trying to solve, even if he doesn't really care for the department or the people who work with him.

Not saying he's a lone wolf rebel, but he's simply someone who doesn't have time for politics and refuses to play that game.

That he is a former member of the military speaks volumes for that behavior.

:)

All of the clichés and trappings of cop shows are to be had here in one form or another.

Bosch doesn't set out to reinvent the genre.

It simply sets out to add another detective to a long list of TV cops we wish and hope there are in real life.

On that note, it succeeds quite well.

Season 1 and 2 streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime as of this writing.

Final Grade: Solid B