Titus Welliver‘s Harry Bosch was an LAPD murder detective on Bosch then a personal detective on Bosch: Legacy, which ended its run on April 17. If it had returned for a fourth season, he informed TV Insider, plans had been being focus on that he return as a cop in a smaller California division.
On April 20, it’s the CIA’s flip when he friends on The Equalizer as a former company operative named Elijah Reed who may turn into a part of a brand new collection. (CBS introduced his casting for the potential spinoff in January. There hasn’t been an replace since then.) His character has an adopted daughter Samantha, performed by Juani Feliz. Titled considerably ominously, “Sins of the Father,” Samantha contacts McCall (Queen Latifah) when her father goes lacking She joins forces with the Equalizer to trace down the CIA legend and, in doing so, she finds out extra about her household’s previous within the Dominican Republic.
“The episode actually focuses on our characters and our backstory,” says Welliver, “and what’s taking place in actual time and the way she is available in contact with McCall. It was a fabulous expertise. Juani is an awfully gifted actor and now we have nice chemistry collectively. Latifah and I’ve recognized every for a thousand centuries, however we by no means labored collectively earlier than, in order that was actually the cherry on high. We had a few scenes collectively. It was nice. I can’t say sufficient good issues about that total group.”
His Bosch reveals had been “deeply grounded in actuality,” he says. “I get approached so usually by members of regulation enforcement and the army, and the constant remark at all times is, ‘I watch your present as a result of it’s actual; it’s by no means goofy or goes off the rails.’ The Equalizer can be very grounded but it surely has a heightened sort of actuality to it, so there could also be issues which can be a bit extra incredible that you simply’d see on Bosch.”
As for Eli Reed, “he’s very, very completely different from Bosch. He’s extra open and demonstrative than Bosch. And regardless of the factor of secrecy and safety, his relationship together with his daughter, who he has raised to principally be one other model of himself, is powerful. You may say,” he provides, “that Eli Reed is Jason Bourne with out the reminiscence issues.”
Welliver additionally compares Reed to the McCalls (performed by Edward Woodward within the unique, in addition to variations performed by Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington). “He’s of that very same ilk with a excessive degree and harmful ability set. His daughter, who has been beneath his tutelage for 20 to 25 years, possesses that very same skillset, so they’re much more formidable collectively. I hope individuals dig it.”
The Equalizer, Sundays, 10/9c, CBS