I agree with the other reviewer about Bosch's mother. I know that some book readers were disappointed that his mother's murder was unceremoniously solved at the end of season 2 as they wanted a dramatic chase and shootout of some sort, but this felt like a more honest ending. Bosch is a bitter malcontent who submerges himself in police work in an attempt to fill his countless voids. He has managed to find a little bit of balance in raising his daughter who you get the feeling he neglected in her youth, but overall, he's a man who gets no satisfaction out of life and finding out that his mother's killer had died years ago of natural causes fits right into that. But instead, they're turning it into a huge political conspiracy and to me, that doesn't fit at all. Bosch's mom was ignored because she was someone who "didn't count" and now they're making her into someone who counts too much.
Secondly, I detect that they're about to try to rekindle the relationship between Bosch and his ex-wife. This is also a bad direction. It makes perfect sense that Bosch would have a string of failed relationships and that he'd find his ex-wife married to a guy who's a better husband, a better father, and maybe even a better person than Harry. These things just don't feel right and possibly even feel a bit cheap.
But there are positives. I love how the other detectives are every bit as competent as Harry as many shows like to turn peers into idiots as a way to show the genius of the main character. There are times when the dialogue and writing is really quite wonderful like the interview with Raynard Waits by Crate and Barrel (season 1), Bosch talking to the special-forces-turned-artist (season 3) and pretty much any dialogue between Bosch and the antagonists in season 3.
Overall, it's not a bad show, in fact, at times it's a very good show. I just think that things taste better when the sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and bitter are all in balance and the flavors are kept subtle. Unfortunately, I think we're about to get a huge dose of saccharin.
Secondly, I detect that they're about to try to rekindle the relationship between Bosch and his ex-wife. This is also a bad direction. It makes perfect sense that Bosch would have a string of failed relationships and that he'd find his ex-wife married to a guy who's a better husband, a better father, and maybe even a better person than Harry. These things just don't feel right and possibly even feel a bit cheap.
But there are positives. I love how the other detectives are every bit as competent as Harry as many shows like to turn peers into idiots as a way to show the genius of the main character. There are times when the dialogue and writing is really quite wonderful like the interview with Raynard Waits by Crate and Barrel (season 1), Bosch talking to the special-forces-turned-artist (season 3) and pretty much any dialogue between Bosch and the antagonists in season 3.
Overall, it's not a bad show, in fact, at times it's a very good show. I just think that things taste better when the sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and bitter are all in balance and the flavors are kept subtle. Unfortunately, I think we're about to get a huge dose of saccharin.