Bosch has been one of my all time favourite shows ever since I saw the pilot as part of the Amazon pilots season,
The first six series were 60 episodes of as near to perfect TV as you can get, brilliant characters, who grew better with each season, excellent storylines, whose many threads were woven with care and tied off neatly or left dangling to be revisited in the next season. I have already watched each season multiple times and enjoyed them as much as the first time of watching.
Now we come to season 7, the final season......... I was sad the show was finishing but so looking forward to seeing more fresh Harry Bosch. Then I noticed they had reduced the final season to 8 episodes, alarm bells started ringing, i mean for a show as intricate as Bosch, losing two episodes is a massive deal and some fears came to pass...... Season 7 was a just massive disappointment, it felt just like the last Season of GoT, in that the writers appeared to be in mad rush to get it finished. The story arch was overly covaluted, filled with stuff that just didn't go anywhere, like the the female drug lord who seemed like she would be the big bad, gets killed after a couple of episodes of doing nothing The Las Vegas mobster, gets arrested, then promptly disappears, the hedge fund guy, gets arrested and disappears Irving turns into the very thing he has alway hated The Jerry edgar storyline was just pathetic. Also, as much as I've enjoyed Maddie Bosch, there was far too much focus on her and her private life, it just wasn't needed and the same goes for the Billets storyline, seriously what was the point The whole series was a mess and the way Harry kidnapped a federal witness, blew up a massive RICO case and then resigns just so they can shoehorn him into this proposed spinoff series was just a disservice to the character. Bosch is nothing if he isn't a cop.
All,in all they just phoned the series in and its just indicative of the very poor TV and filmmaking that is going on at the moment.
Now we come to season 7, the final season......... I was sad the show was finishing but so looking forward to seeing more fresh Harry Bosch. Then I noticed they had reduced the final season to 8 episodes, alarm bells started ringing, i mean for a show as intricate as Bosch, losing two episodes is a massive deal and some fears came to pass...... Season 7 was a just massive disappointment, it felt just like the last Season of GoT, in that the writers appeared to be in mad rush to get it finished. The story arch was overly covaluted, filled with stuff that just didn't go anywhere, like the the female drug lord who seemed like she would be the big bad, gets killed after a couple of episodes of doing nothing The Las Vegas mobster, gets arrested, then promptly disappears, the hedge fund guy, gets arrested and disappears Irving turns into the very thing he has alway hated The Jerry edgar storyline was just pathetic. Also, as much as I've enjoyed Maddie Bosch, there was far too much focus on her and her private life, it just wasn't needed and the same goes for the Billets storyline, seriously what was the point The whole series was a mess and the way Harry kidnapped a federal witness, blew up a massive RICO case and then resigns just so they can shoehorn him into this proposed spinoff series was just a disservice to the character. Bosch is nothing if he isn't a cop.
All,in all they just phoned the series in and its just indicative of the very poor TV and filmmaking that is going on at the moment.