The Lincoln Lawyer Season 2: Which Book Will Netflix Adapt Next
Following its renewal by Netflix, there has been considerable debate around The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 and what book it will be based on. Season 1 was an adaptation of Michael Connelly’s The Brass Verdict, from the Mickey Haller Series, and it looks like the showrunners intend to go down the book adaptation route again. The Mickey Haller Series contains six books in total, so there’s much speculation about which book Netflix would adapt next.
The Lincoln Lawyer revolves around an enigmatic defense lawyer, Mickey Haller, whose unconventional style of doing business out of his Lincoln sedan earns him the nickname Lincoln Lawyer. Season 1 came down to one question, whether Haller could free his former client, Jesus Menendez, convicted of the murder of a woman named Martha. However, Haller’s witness disappeared before she was billed to testify, and the key to solving the mystery was finding her. Season 1 left the audience on a cliffhanger with many questions, like whether season 2 would highlight the actual killer of the woman Menendez wrongly went to jail for killing.
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Netflix has now confirmed that season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer will contain a batch of 10 episodes based on the fourth book in the Mickey Haller series, The Fifth Witness. Based on the ending of season 1, it appears that the showrunners will plot The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 around the identity of Martha’s actual killer. Season 1 ended with a suspicious-looking tattooed man who fits the character’s narrative in the book, watching Haller from a distance, leading to presumptions that Netflix will adopt that storyline for The Lincoln Lawyer season 2.
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