With great sadness I've finished the final season of Bosch. I wish it had gotten the usual ten episodes, even it it were just to spend a little more time saying goodbye to everyone.
The overarching mystery of the season dealt with a firebombing of an apartment building, and getting justice for the five people who died in the fire, including a little girl who couldn't get out a locked emergency exit.
Bosch is always extraordinarily protective of children in the series, and the fate of this little girl and her mom and aunt haunt him.
He'll stop at nothing to bring all of those responsible to justice, even when he's told the man who ordered the bombing is cooperating with police on another matter, and for the greater good, that man will go free.
His old nemeses at the FBI are involved, and Police Chief Irvin Irving makes deals to stay in power.
J. Edgar, Bosch's partner through all seven seasons is dealing with the after effects of taking down a mob boss himself, and neither Harry or Jerry are there to back each other up, which was hard to see.
Billets deals with harassment from above and in the ranks but won't back down for anyone. She is one of the best characters on the show, I'll miss her.
Maddie moves out to live with her boyfriend and takes the dog (!), leaving Harry truly alone to figure out what desperate moves he can still make. Since her introduction, this sweet, smart, level headed young woman has been inspired by her father, but she also has been a good sounding board for Harry, something he really needs.
I see exactly why Harry turns in his badge to Irving at the end, as a final victim of the apartment fire dies.
The next series, which will air on the IMDB network, spoiler alert, has him working as a Private Detective. Maddie will join the police force, so we get that gritty element, and Honey Chandler will send clients to Harry.
In truth, since the first season, I've wondered how Harry didn't get booted from the police force, as high profile as his scrapes with other cops, detectives, and politicos have been. I guess we will see how he does in the private sector.
I hadn't read any of the Bosch before seeing the series except for The Late Show, where he's a secondary character to a new female detective, Renee Ballard. Bosch did not make an impression, as he was very much in the background, I thought, but I really did not care for Ballard.
I've purchased Black Echo, the first Harry Bosch novel, and read a bit of the first few pages. Very good, suspenseful, off to a good start.
TV Guide has a list of nine shows to watch to watch to fill in that gap left by Harry. I'll try a few, particularly The Wire which featured a couple of Bosch actors Jamie Hector (J Edgar) and Lance Reddick (Irvin Irving).
https://www.tvguide.com/news/shows-like-bosch-to-watch-season-7-netflix-amazon/
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