Bosch

I got a feeling that I can't let go. The same thing applies to the series as it does about its book preview. It's nothing that would move the genre forward in any way, set the direction or come to mind when naming the best movies in the field of thriller-like dark crime movies, but at the same time it's a long way from the author being relegated among countless mediocre routine authors whose books only collect dust in bookstores. It's just damn good genre literature and a very well done craft. And the series is like that too. Decent, high-quality and well-executed craft with a retro approach that got stuck in the 1990s during the time of "one hundred and one variation on The Silence of the Lambs/Se7en". Whether you take it as a good or bad thing is entirely up to you. It is therefore necessary to take into account that it will inevitably resort to genre-justifiable, not entirely logical, behavior of the characters in favor of increasing tension. To some extent, it is surprising that it is more procedural than the original and it leads nowhere. The biggest strong point is (apart from the style theme song) the cast of Harry Bosch by Welliver. He is simply perfect at portraying this very specific detective. This strong point is even more important, because the show is completely dependent on him. You can count the scenes where he does not appear on fingers of one hand of a clumsy carpenter (with occasional exceptions confirming the rule from Waits' point of view). And rather than his fellow actors from flesh and bones, he is backed by Los Angeles and its genius loci. The only thing that sometimes seems inappropriate is that the plot is continuous but sometimes the used (sub) plots from various unrelated originals (especially the dark thriller-like Echo Park and the purely detective City of Bones) seem somewhat clumsy incorporated into a single storyline. The second season deals with that noticeably better and the transitions between the individual story lines from various books (especially Trunk Music, The Drop and a bit of The Last Coyote) are no longer so striking. After all, this series is not clearly better, but it looks more dynamic (apart from the mentioned beveled edge of individual lines, partly because this time it's not just about Harry, but the others get some space too) and it is even one level more old school than before. And already the first season was nostalgic tribute to the style and pace of the thrillers and crime movies of the 90s. The only drawback is that the final episode follows significantly different direction, at the expense of the story lines of the previous nine episodes. The third season suffers from a slower start, where there is a noticeably conflict of the “trademark" mixing of multiple lines from several originals into one (this time The Black Echo in combination with A Darkness More Than Night) and because of that there is a discrepancy between the story line about revenge of megalomaniac director and the one about strange games played by members of special forces. As soon as it starts, however, it contains some of the best sequences in the entire series. Otherwise, it follows the same path as the second season; which is good, because in the second one, unlike the first season, it already has its unique style, which at first glance may look only like numerous police clichés, but the result is that the masters of the genre hit the target. In other words, it is really hard to find a better "old" crime movie. And Santiago needs his own spin off! The fourth season is the best so far. It combines the most personal case Nine Dragons with one of the best Angel´s Flight. What is true that the personal line is kind of obviously incorporated and is undoubtedly sidelined, but it works emotionally and thus forms an excellent counterweight to the search within own department during the impending civil unrest and the behind-the-scenes plotting. The fifth season seems to deliver flawless genre experience for a long time. But many well-developed story lines end far too early and too straightforwardly. Which is not bad, but at the same time it's kind of "not enough". Paradoxically, in the final two episodes, more attention is paid to starting three to four new story lines for the next series than ending the existing ones. The climax doesn't seem unfinished. No, that is not the case but kind of... Usual. The sixth series is a return to the top, which cleverly connects and closes the lines of the previous series. It could have been done without the expected explosive finale though. | S1: 4/5 | S2: 4/5 | S3: 4/5 | S4: 5/5 | S5: 4/5 | S6: 5/5 | (02.03.2015) (menos) (más)