This article contains spoilers for The Lincoln Lawyer season 3

The Lincoln Lawyer showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez discusses Bosch’s replacement, offering insight on how the Netflix legal drama will handle the switch. Even though The Lincoln Lawyer‘s Mickey Haller and the titular Harry Bosch are both characters created by author Michael Connelly, sharing space in the novels, the on-screen crossover between the two shows is more complicated. The Lincoln Lawyer streams on Netflix, while the original Bosch and its recent continuation are under Prime Video’s umbrella.

In an interview with Screen Rant‘s Dani Kessel Odom, Rodriguez was asked about the show’s plan to handle Bosch’s absence. Although not officially renewed, The Lincoln Lawyer season 4 looks likely as the third installment continues to rack up viewership. Rodriguez, who serves as showrunner with Ted Humphrey, touches on the inability to use the Bosch character but teases that someone could very well fill the Bosch role in a future season. In the quote below, Rodriguez also talks about how a supporting player Cisco (Angus Sampson) will end up having more to do as a result:

Yeah, it’s just unfortunate because we don’t own that character. Netflix didn’t own the character, so we can’t do any crossovers. I would be giving a spoiler if I told you what we were going to do, but we definitely have an idea of how we can bring in someone else that could play the Bosch in a future season.

Also, we kind of are just giving Cisco more to do. We give the characters that we have a little bit more to do, and that sort of offsets some of the issues that we have with not being able to use Bosch, which is unfortunate. We would love to do that, but we can’t.

What The Showrunner’s Comments Mean For Bosch & Lincoln Lawyer

It Could Still Happen In An Unexpected Way

Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch in a scene from Bosch.© Provided by ScreenRant

The connection between Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer is a tricky one that does not look likely to clear up anytime soon. Even though Bosch: Legacy is ending with season 3, which will release in 2025, Titus Welliver will still reprise the role in Prime Video’s Rene Ballard spinoff. The veteran star and producer of the Bosch franchise will help launch Nikita‘s Maggie Q in the role of Ballard.

So, even though Bosch has its own separate universe and considerations, The Lincoln Lawyer has done well to spotlight different characters. The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 cast is an example of this, giving more space to a new face like Andrea Freeman (YaYa DeCosta) and showcasing her chemistry with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo’s Haller. By having to remove a pivotal character from the books, others have stepped up.