Summary
Filming has been completed onBosch: Legacyseason 3, but plot details are being kept under wraps. However, some details for the upcoming season can be drawn from Michael Connelly’s source material.Bosch: Legacyseason 3 will be based on Connelly’s 2022 book, Desert Star,and his second Harry Bosch book,The Black Ice,released in 1993.Desert Staris a joint Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard adventure, and it’ll also provide the basis for the debut season of the Renee Ballard spin-off series.
Maggie Q has been confirmed to make her first appearance asRenee Ballard inBosch: Legacyseason 3, and this will act as a backdoor pilot to her own spin-off series which will be solely based on the book,Desert Star. In addition to this, Titus Welliver has been confirmed to make guest appearances as Harry Bosch in the Ballard spin-off.Fans have been speculating over whatDesert Staractually refers to,and what could happen in the highly anticipated third season ofBosch: Legacyand the Renee Ballard spin-off series.
Bosch: Legacy Season 3
Starring
Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers, Madison Lintz, Chang, Denise G. Sanchez, Scott Klace, Gregory Scott Cummins, Troy Evans, Orla Brady, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Cortes, Dale Dickey, Mark Rolston, Anthony Gonzales, Tommy Martinez and Maggie Q
Based on the books by
Created by
Tom Bernardo, Michael Connelly, and Eric Ellis Overmyer
Michael Connelly’s joint Harry Bosch andRenee Ballardbook,Desert Star, sees the two formidable detectives joining forces to hunt down a vicious killer who murdered an entire family. The case is considered to be Harry Bosch’s ‘white whale.’
The ‘Desert Star’ is a little flower that is found blooming in the Mojave Desert despite the less than ideal conditions. It is the place where Harry Bosch goes to channel his energy for the casethat has had him stumped for years. The Desert Star acts as a makeshift memorial to the family who were murdered.
The story ofDesert Starsees former LAPD detective, Renee Ballard, take back her badge after leaving one year previously, when the chief of police tells her she can come back under her own conditions. Ballard chooses to rebuild the cold case unit at the Robbery-Homicide Division, and this is when Ballard offers Bosch the opportunity to use the LAPD’s resources to investigate his ‘white whale.’
The deal is that Bosch will join the cold case unit as a volunteer investigator and help Ballard track down the brutal killer who murdered a whole family. Bosch and Ballard must put aside some old resentments to work together again to bring the killer to justice.
In addition to this investigation, Ballard also has another case that needs her attention. CouncilmanJake Pearlman was key to getting the cold case unit up and running, and in return, he wants Ballard to look into the murder of his sister, and Bosch agrees to help on that investigation as well.
Maggie Q and Titus Welliver
Michael Connelly, Trish Hofmann, Michael Alaimo, and Kendall Sherwood
It’s an exciting time for the Bosch-verse, with the Renee Ballard spin-off series currently in development.Michael Connelly has written a number of books that focus on Bosch and Ballard’s joint cases, andDesert Staris the fifth book in the Ballard series, and the fourth to feature Harry Bosch.
Bosch: Legacyseason 3and the Renee Ballard debut season will both be based onDesert Star(Bosch: Legacyseason 3 will also be based onThe Black Ice) and, despite the likelihood of there being a few differences from the book, there will be a lot of similarities as well. For instance,Harry Bosch has already retired from the LAPD inDesert Star, and this is also the case in the current Bosch: Legacy timeline. However, in the book, Ballard offers Bosch the chance to join the unit as a volunteer investigator and use the LAPD’s resources. This might be the case inBosch: Legacyseason 3 and the Ballard spin off, but it’s more likely that Bosch will just operate as a private investigator, and agree to help Ballard, without being on the actual team.
The Renee Ballard book series
Titus Welliver is confirmed to make several appearances in the Ballard spin-off, buta significant difference from theDesert Starbook could see other characters fromBosch: Legacyalso make appearances.Harry Bosch will likely need the help ofMo BassiandHoney Chandlerin addition to Ballard’s resources in the LAPD. There is also the chance of Maddie Bosch and other members of the LAPD helping out with the investigation. There hasn’t been any confirmation on who will be making guest appearances in the Renee Ballard series alongside Titus Welliver. Despite the spin-off series currently being in production, there haven’t been any casting announcements of series regulars in the series either.
