SPOILERS for Season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer are forward! Should you aren’t caught up, you’ll be able to stream the sequence with a Netflix subscription.
Proper as I used to be starting to assume Mickey Haller may lastly discover some peace after a wild season of The Lincoln Lawyer, a twist occurred, and low and behold we are actually hanging off a really harmful cliff. Fortunately, after seeing Mickey framed for homicide, I had the chance to talk with co-showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez about it. So, let’s break all of it down.
Earlier than we dive into the specifics although, let’s go over how the season that aired on the 2024 TV schedule wrapped up. Following an action-packed season that was stuffed with losses (I’m nonetheless not over Eddie) and wins (like Julian profitable his case and Lorna passing the BAR), there was a time bounce that confirmed Mickey driving in his signature Lincoln. Whereas cruising down the highway, he was pulled over and a cop identified that his license plate was lacking. Then, issues escalated rapidly as blood was seen dripping out of the automobile, after which Sam Scales was discovered lifeless in Mickey’s trunk.
Now, our predominant man is going through jail time, regardless that he’s harmless. And to replicate on all that, Rodriguez and I had an in-depth dialog about her critically binge-able Netflix sequence.
Why They Selected Sam Scales As The Sufferer
OK, let’s begin with the sufferer on this case. Sam Scales was discovered lifeless within the trunk of Mickey’s Lincoln. As you may keep in mind, he’s a consumer of the lawyer, and in Season 3, Lorna took him on as her first solo case. Now, his homicide will likely be on the heart of what’s coming subsequent for the present (assuming it will get renewed), as Rodrigez defined to me:
In The Regulation of Innocence, Sam Scales is within the trunk of Mickey’s automobile. So we based mostly it on that. We have been eager about a special guide kind of midway by the season, after which we determined that this could simply be a way more fascinating cliffhanger and extra thrilling. So we seeded Sam Scales earlier in Episode 7, the place Lorna is his lawyer, to kind of remind the viewers once more about Sam and produce him again into The Lincoln Lawyer household, solely to kill him.
So, we now know the importance of this selection. Sam Scales is notably the sufferer in Michael Connelly’s 2020 guide The Regulation of Innocence. That guide – and minor guide spoilers are forward – follows Mickey in jail as he defends himself and tries to show his innocence.
Nevertheless, whereas it seems like a fourth season would observe this plot, the showrunner did inform me that they modified a bit about Scales for the present. She mentioned they didn’t make him as “nefarious” as he’s within the books, and I get why, as she defined:
Within the books, Sam Scales is much more nefarious…His scams are actually, actually horrible. They’re like actually, such as you would don’t have any empathy for him. We have kind of, due to the tone of the present, we have lightened his scams somewhat bit to make them much less – they’re nonetheless horrible, however not as dangerous as they’re within the guide.
We did get to see a few of his scams in Season 3, and I’m curious to see how Lorna representing him will affect Mickey’s state of affairs. Nevertheless, general, what this selection signifies is the guide that Season 4 would observe. To that time, Dailyn Rodriguez and I spoke extra about what might occur subsequent as Manuel Garcia-Rulfo’s character heads to jail.
How Julian’s Case Will Impression Mickey’s Jail Expertise
In Season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer – which dominated on Netflix, by the way in which – we witnessed the heart-pounding story of Mickey defending his harmless consumer Julian LaCosse. We noticed the toll this case took on our lead lawyer, his group and particularly Julian as he hung out in jail for a criminal offense he didn’t commit.
So, whereas talking with the showrunner, I requested her how this case might inform Mickey’s expertise as he’s now set to defend his personal innocence. In response, Dailyn Rodriguez mentioned:
That is what’s actually interesting about Mickey, is that particularly for like a Season 4 you actually see him going by the paces with Julian. After which he’s going to step into the identical sneakers and actually perceive – he already kind of is, I feel, mentally ready about what’s about to occur, as a result of he is aware of he is an harmless man. So, I feel that that is a captivating character flip for him in a Season 4.
I additionally discover this to be a captivating character flip. This season particularly, we actually noticed Mickey begin to query the risks of his work and his future as a lawyer. Nevertheless, now instances are dier and he’s going to have to make use of all the things he’s discovered to show his innocence.
Fortunately, he received Julian’s case, and he fought so arduous to avoid wasting him. I don’t doubt that he’ll do the identical factor for himself, and I additionally really feel prefer it’s a provided that Izzy, Lorna and Cisco will likely be by his aspect preventing together with him.
Why The Crime Scene Being Mickey’s Lincoln Is So Unhappy
Clearly, Mickey being framed for a homicide he didn’t commit within the closing moments of this launch on Netflix’s 2024 schedule is horrifically unhappy. Nevertheless, to make issues even worse, the crime scene is his prized Lincoln.
Keep in mind, this season began with a flashback that confirmed Mickey with Maggie on the seaside fortunately speaking about their life, his convertible and a child named Eddie babysitting their daughter. Properly, on the finish of Season 3, Eddie is lifeless, Maggie and Mickey are on OK phrases however not collectively, and the Lincoln is a criminal offense scene. Speak about tragic!
To that time, Rodriguez informed me that we haven’t seen the final of the “trauma with the Lincolns:”
If we get an opportunity, we’re gonna play much more trauma with the Lincolns. Extra Lincoln drama in Season 4, for certain. I imply, that is like his child. I feel it kind of amazingly labored, naturally, how we bookend the present, which is like seeing that Lincoln and that flashback, like, that is his dream, and his dream turns into his nightmare on the finish of the season is a very fascinating metaphor for this character.
On the finish of Season 3, it sort of feels that all the things Mickey loves has both been misplaced or corrupted, and what occurs with the Lincoln is a metaphor for that. So, as we hopefully transfer into Season 4, I’m curious to study extra about why his beloved automobile was chosen because the crime scene.
General, my dialog with Dailyn Rodriguez was extremely informative. Nevertheless, it additionally left me with a lot to consider as we wait and see if The Lincoln Lawyer will get renewed for Season 4. I used to be already hoping it will, however now, form of figuring out what Mickey is going through, I’m determined to see what occurs subsequent!