So the 2017 season ends, multiple story arcs playing out over the nine hours or so. Titus Welliver owns the character now and I'll have trouble seeing him in his usual support roles in anything else. Like many Connelly novels the basic crime procedural plots wrap up a little too quickly and easily, the Holland and Meadows' antagonists fizzle out with little concluding drama. Moving forward the Irving, Bosch mother, KTK and Eleanor Wish minor stories still have legs. Overall A solid season and nice retelling of older Bosch novels.
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Wow, is all i can say
samet-mecit-sengul10 October 2020
I just cant believe that other reviews like"close it out" and nonsense like that, i mean what the hell are you watchin, THIS STORY ARCS ARE INCREDIBLE, THIS SHOW IS AMAZING man... This show is escalating for sure, and the ending... F@%KING COLDD.. Stone cold masterful show, and i am not overselling.
Strong finish to series 3
snoozejonc29 August 2023
Bosch plays Rambo on Santa Cruz Island.
Its hard to mention too much plot details without spoiling, but I like how the writers wrap up a certain aspect of the plot swiftly and move on.
The titular character is used very well in a number of ways. There are some effective action scenes that give another taste of his military background. He also has some strong dialogue exchanges with characters like J. Edgar, Irving, and a particularly memorable one with a lawyer.
When certain information comes to light it helps the plot move in a direction that sets up the next season very well. This makes me want to find out what happens next.
The production values are great. I love the use of locations like Channel Islands and the visual storytelling throughout is generally strong.
Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector and Lance Reddick are all on great form.
Its hard to mention too much plot details without spoiling, but I like how the writers wrap up a certain aspect of the plot swiftly and move on.
The titular character is used very well in a number of ways. There are some effective action scenes that give another taste of his military background. He also has some strong dialogue exchanges with characters like J. Edgar, Irving, and a particularly memorable one with a lawyer.
When certain information comes to light it helps the plot move in a direction that sets up the next season very well. This makes me want to find out what happens next.
The production values are great. I love the use of locations like Channel Islands and the visual storytelling throughout is generally strong.
Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector and Lance Reddick are all on great form.
Great season, love seeing Bosch get more depth
pasmwut1 December 2023
My only gripe is I wish Rudy was sticking around as a antagonist. I really can't wait for Maddie to keep gaining reps and improving her acting which is really outstanding already. The one thing that was missing the first two seasons was the dynamic of her living with him. He's not the most likeable guy, he's pretty selfish because he believes it's for the greater good a la catching murderers. But the show is extremely likeable. Jerry, Crate, Barrel, and Grace feel really close to real cops. And Santiago was amazing, I heard Tarantino talk about how one actor he thought deserved way more respect and roles was Paul Calderon. Although I don't think he's elite, for being a one season cop on a middle budget show like Bosch is insane.
I'll will say this in case you guys look at this stuff...the episode is not 1 hour and 20 minutes but it's 53 minutes.
I'll will say this in case you guys look at this stuff...the episode is not 1 hour and 20 minutes but it's 53 minutes.
Not sure I like where this is going...
michaeln@twentyten.org3 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I agree with the other reviewer about Bosch's mother. I know that some book readers were disappointed that his mother's murder was unceremoniously solved at the end of season 2 as they wanted a dramatic chase and shootout of some sort, but this felt like a more honest ending. Bosch is a bitter malcontent who submerges himself in police work in an attempt to fill his countless voids. He has managed to find a little bit of balance in raising his daughter who you get the feeling he neglected in her youth, but overall, he's a man who gets no satisfaction out of life and finding out that his mother's killer had died years ago of natural causes fits right into that. But instead, they're turning it into a huge political conspiracy and to me, that doesn't fit at all. Bosch's mom was ignored because she was someone who "didn't count" and now they're making her into someone who counts too much.
Secondly, I detect that they're about to try to rekindle the relationship between Bosch and his ex-wife. This is also a bad direction. It makes perfect sense that Bosch would have a string of failed relationships and that he'd find his ex-wife married to a guy who's a better husband, a better father, and maybe even a better person than Harry. These things just don't feel right and possibly even feel a bit cheap.
But there are positives. I love how the other detectives are every bit as competent as Harry as many shows like to turn peers into idiots as a way to show the genius of the main character. There are times when the dialogue and writing is really quite wonderful like the interview with Raynard Waits by Crate and Barrel (season 1), Bosch talking to the special-forces-turned-artist (season 3) and pretty much any dialogue between Bosch and the antagonists in season 3.
Overall, it's not a bad show, in fact, at times it's a very good show. I just think that things taste better when the sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and bitter are all in balance and the flavors are kept subtle. Unfortunately, I think we're about to get a huge dose of saccharin.
Secondly, I detect that they're about to try to rekindle the relationship between Bosch and his ex-wife. This is also a bad direction. It makes perfect sense that Bosch would have a string of failed relationships and that he'd find his ex-wife married to a guy who's a better husband, a better father, and maybe even a better person than Harry. These things just don't feel right and possibly even feel a bit cheap.
But there are positives. I love how the other detectives are every bit as competent as Harry as many shows like to turn peers into idiots as a way to show the genius of the main character. There are times when the dialogue and writing is really quite wonderful like the interview with Raynard Waits by Crate and Barrel (season 1), Bosch talking to the special-forces-turned-artist (season 3) and pretty much any dialogue between Bosch and the antagonists in season 3.
Overall, it's not a bad show, in fact, at times it's a very good show. I just think that things taste better when the sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and bitter are all in balance and the flavors are kept subtle. Unfortunately, I think we're about to get a huge dose of saccharin.
Many disappointing scenes
yavermbizi29 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
My overall rating of "Bosch"'s Season 3: 4/10
In previous seasons of "Bosch" the 10th episode was mostly a wrap-up but this time it's mostly a set-up for three other, separate storylines. They seem contrived, and have some quite bad cinematography (the Bosch-Walker staring contest at the end was honestly like a parody).
What about the climax (which also happens in this episode) and the actual wrap-up, however? I cannot quite take either of these two things seriously: the climax is way too convenient, improbable and low-production-value/low-effort; and the wrap-up, to what extent it exists, doesn't adequately connect things - I to this moment have no idea why the original victim was killed, as he never figured into the story anymore. Also, Bosch's reconstruction of the events on the boat is impossibly accurate based on scarce evidence (of which there should've been more, by the way, but there isn't); and Dobbs somehow fails to argue the easiest defence ("The guy gave me his knife as a parting gift, I had no idea he murdered anybody with it").
In previous seasons of "Bosch" the 10th episode was mostly a wrap-up but this time it's mostly a set-up for three other, separate storylines. They seem contrived, and have some quite bad cinematography (the Bosch-Walker staring contest at the end was honestly like a parody).
What about the climax (which also happens in this episode) and the actual wrap-up, however? I cannot quite take either of these two things seriously: the climax is way too convenient, improbable and low-production-value/low-effort; and the wrap-up, to what extent it exists, doesn't adequately connect things - I to this moment have no idea why the original victim was killed, as he never figured into the story anymore. Also, Bosch's reconstruction of the events on the boat is impossibly accurate based on scarce evidence (of which there should've been more, by the way, but there isn't); and Dobbs somehow fails to argue the easiest defence ("The guy gave me his knife as a parting gift, I had no idea he murdered anybody with it").
Close It Out
Hitchcoc19 May 2017
I've watched three seasons now. I like Tutus Welliver's character, but it would be nice to have some more conventional (though creative ) police work shown on this drama. Bosch is utterly fixated on his mother's death, but we have now done 30 episodes with this undercurrent. His fixations still seem to allow him to pursue cases, but he is also portrayed as such damaged goods. The final scene promises even more of this stuff and I'm not getting any younger. The politicians seem to be running things along with Chief Irving Irving and there is a kind of piercing connection between our guy and the Chief. J. Edgar is nearly killed. The most interesting moment in this episode is when Bosch confronts Dobbs, who smugly believes he will walk after many murders and government interference. It's not unlike a gambit in chess. Best moment of this current season.
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