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The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

7.7

It’s not always deeply compelling, but this legal procedural about wrongful convictions is consistently enjoyable

TV Show

United States of America
English
Crime, Drama
2022

TLDR

It scratches that legal procedural itch if you've had enough Suits, The Good Wife, and Law & Order.

What it's about

Fresh from drug addiction rehab, criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) is surprised to learn he’s inherited a large firm and its many cases, an opportunity he sees as his ticket back into the legal world.

The take

Structured more like a network procedural than a gritty streaming miniseries, the TV adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer feels easy, even nostalgic, to watch. The formula is simple: in every episode, Mickey handles a new case (most of them wrongful convictions against people on the fringe), all while dealing with a larger, more complicated case and his inner demons. There to help is his trusty driver Izzy (Jazz Raycole), who gets him everywhere in his Lincoln Town Car, and his two ex-wives, with whom he shares a surprisingly healthy relationship. All these elements come together to make an entertaining legal drama. It’s not the most compelling thing out there, but it’s consistently enjoyable and endlessly likable.

What stands out

I just can’t stop thinking about how impractical, gas-wise and environment-wise, it is to run a firm on the back of your car. And why is there almost never traffic in this show’s version of LA?

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