Season 2 opens with LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch back on the job after a suspension. A dead body found in the trunk of a car on Mulholland Drive appears to have mob connections and leads LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch down a dangerous trail of corruption and collusion that stretches to Las Vegas and back.
Bosch has improved in all the right ways. I started watching it just to see what was up with the characters and ended up invested in a way season one never managed.
The pleasures of Bosch are narrow but intense. Along with the fealty to California noir come a convincing realism and an avoidance of contrived, sensational story lines.
Bosch doesn't break any new ground but it deliver this brand of lean, clean detective storytelling in a murky culture better than anything else out there.
The first season of Bosch, the Amazon Studios TV series based on Tampa author Michael Connelly's bestselling novels, was a strong start. Judging by its opening episodes, Season 2 is even better.
Bosch is a fine piece of TV work, one of the best examples of how to take what works on tightly-formatted network crime shows and supplement it with some of the looser freedoms of pay-cable crime series.
I feared this show made from one of my favorite book series had little to offer me. Now, though, I'm eager to not only watch the second half of this season, but to see what Overmyer, Welliver, and company can do going forward.
Bosch seems to be working toward an improved balance between accurately representing the demands of detailed police work and the excitement necessary in turning these authentic lives into entertainment.
