The legal thriller, starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Los Angeles defense attorney Mickey Haller, was renewed for a fifth season in January.
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In case you missed the verdict: “The Lincoln Lawyer” is on permanent hiatus.
The Netflix legal thriller starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Los Angeles defense attorney Mickey Haller will not be returning for new episodes after the release of the upcoming fifth season, the streamer recently revealed.
The hit show, based on Michael Connelly’s book series of the same name, was renewed in January ahead of its fourth season premiere in February.
A month before news of the show’s cancellation resurfaced online, “The Lincoln Lawyer” creator Ted Humphrey and executive producer Daylene Rodriguez said in a May 13 statement, “All good things must come to an end, and thankfully, it’s up to us to decide how it ends.”
“Our mission from the beginning has been to not only tell the story of Mickey Haller and his compatriots, but also to give it a proper ending. And while it’s bittersweet, of course, it’s also a wonderful opportunity to bring closure to this adventure and perhaps chart a new path for the future for our characters.”
“The Lincoln Lawyer” was released in 2022 and immediately struck a chord with viewers. In its first week of release, the procedural became the most-watched English-language series on Netflix worldwide, with more than 108 million hours watched, according to Deadline.
In a February interview with USA TODAY, Humphrey and Rufro hinted at the future of the series.
“I don’t know if we’re necessarily going to do every book, but we do have plans for how we can branch out the show and continue to tell stories in this world with these characters,” Humphrey said at the time. “As long as people want to watch the show, we love making the show, and we have a lot of different ideas for the direction we want to take the characters.”
Garcia-Rufflo added, “He knows where he wants to go. It’s so much easier as an actor when you have someone pointing you in the right direction, especially on a series where so much happens. He knows the characters so well. He just brings this calmness.”
When will “The Lincoln Lawyer” Season 5 be released?
The release date for Season 5 of “The Lincoln Lawyer” has not yet been announced. The final season of the show is still in production.
“We are extremely grateful to Netflix and A+E Studios for giving us the opportunity to land this plane the right way,” Humphrey and Rodriguez said in a statement released by Netflix on May 13.
“But most of all, we are grateful to the fans around the world who watch and support this show. We are now committed to building a final season that will give Mickey Haller the satisfying finale he deserves, and we can’t wait to share it with you!”
What to expect from the final season of “The Lincoln Lawyer”
The 10-episode final season of The Lincoln Lawyer will be inspired by Connery’s novel Resurrection Walk, which is the seventh installment of the Lincoln Lawyer series.
According to a logline previously shared by Netflix, the series’ ending will tell the story of Haller’s redemption after he is wrongly accused and put on trial for murder. Haller also teams up with his newly discovered half-sister Emi (Cobie Smulders), who enlists her help in exonerating a wrongly convicted woman.
“Mickey is now determined to right a huge miscarriage of justice,” the logline reads. “But as he unravels a dangerous web of corruption and lies, he must grapple with the torn legacy of his family – both the family he chose and the family he never knew he had.”
Contributor: Pamela Avila, USA TODAY
