Amazon’s Prime Video has carved fairly a distinct segment for itself because the premiere outlet for what I affectionately name “Dad TV.” These exhibits happen in a world of square-jawed, broad-shouldered dudes who aren’t afraid to get their palms soiled to do what must be executed. Nobody, and I imply nobody, higher captures this particular style of TV than Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch. Starring the gruff “Deadwood” and “Misplaced” alum Titus Welliver, the sequence had a wholesome seven season run on Prime Video, which is a uncommon accomplishment lately the place streaming exhibits are fortunate to get even two seasons.
Premiering in 2014, “Bosch” tailored a sequence of novels by “The Lincoln Lawyer” writer Michael Connelly with onerous boiled titles like “Metropolis of Bones” and “The Concrete Blonde.” The sequence aired its closing episode in 2020, however that did not imply Amazon was getting out of the Bosch enterprise. They nearly instantly went forward and greenlit a spin-off titled “Bosch: Legacy,” which was primarily an eighth season of the present — besides this time for one thing referred to as IMDb TV. Then its second and third seasons have been on one thing referred to as Amazon Freevee.
Now that Prime Video has Freevee, adverts and all, it is solely becoming that “Bosch” makes its triumphant return to the platform, albeit with a distinct character on the title.
‘Ballard’ carries on Bosch’s legacy on Prime Video to nice success
The Los Angeles Police Division is the third largest police pressure in the US, and with over eight thousand officers amongst its ranks, it is not stunning that it could show to be fertile floor for not only one Bosch sequence, however three. Michael Connolley explored Bosch’s story in twenty 5 particular person novels, and because the sequence progressed he introduced on Detective Renee Ballard as his associate in stopping crime.
After making her debut within the closing episode of “Bosch: Legacy,” Ballard now takes middle stage in her eponymous sequence by which she leads a brand new and “underfunded” chilly case division of the LAPD, monitoring down leads on circumstances that nobody might clear up. With a fantastic starring function for Maggie Q, cameos from Bosch himself, and sufficient twists and thrills to maintain audiences guessing, “Ballard” has shot as much as develop into the #1 sequence on all of Prime Video, with “The Summer time I Turned Fairly” nipping at its heels.
Dads world wide are swooning over Maggie Q and her dedication to pursuing justice for these chilly circumstances, and you’ll too by watching “Ballard,” out now on Prime Video
