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Bosch is a streaming series by Amazon Studios, based on the Harry Bosch series of novels written by Michael Connelly. The original pilot episode was released through Amazon Instant Video and LOVEFiLM on 6 February 2014, while a revised version of the episode was released nearly a year later on 3 February 2015.

According to a March 11th Variety article by Andrew Wallenstein, Bosch had been greenlit by Amazon Studios for a full season, along with The After, Mozart in the Jungle, and Transparent. On March 31st, the Los Angeles Times reported that Amazon had issued a press release announcing that all four dramas had indeed been picked up for full seasons, along with Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street and Wishenpoof!

The complete first season of the series streamed on 13 February 2015; the introductory credit sequence features the song "Can't Let Go" by Caught a Ghost. On 18 March 2015, the series was renewed for a second season, which is expected to begin streaming in early 2016.

Development

Background

In 1995, Michael Connelly optioned the film rights to the character of Harry Bosch to Paramount Pictures. The studio failed to develop any projects based on the character, however, and in January of 2010, the 15-year option expired, giving Connelly a one-year window to buy back the rights by paying the studio for “all out-of-pocket costs, advances and payments” incurred, plus interest. In March of 2010, Connelly sued the studio in order to acquire an accurate accounting of how much Paramount had spent on development, and finally bought back the rights to his own character in October of 2010. In December of that year, Connelly told Deadline magazine that "Harry could have a life on TV."

In December of 2011, Swedish television producer Henrik Bastin, having binge-read all of Connelly's novels with his pregnant wife during the Summer of 2006, finally arranged to meet with Connelly at the Standard Hotel for an hours-long breakfast, presenting the author with a casing from a rifle shell (in reference to Harry Bosch's tendency to collect a shell casing from the 21-gun salute performed at the funerals of police officers that he attends) and claiming that if he was allowed to produce a show about Bosch, "that's the kind of detail we'll have." Bastin also agreed to Connelly's stipulation that every shot of the series would be filmed in Los Angeles.

Season One

During the Summer of 2012, Connelly and Bastin met with writer/producer Eric Overmyer, who they quickly persuaded to become showrunner, and on 9 July 2012, Deadline announced that Connelly had "partnered with Fuse Entertainment (The Killing, The Good Guys) and writer-producer Eric Overmyer (HBO’s Treme) in hopes of finally bringing his Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch character to series TV."

On 24 November 2012, OregonLive reported that Overmyer had completed the teleplay for "the first episode of the Harry Bosch television show," and that the script had been sent "out to studios and networks on Friday," November 23rd, with an eye "toward cable sensibilities."

Connelly also discussed the possibility of producing the series in conjuction with Netflix, and said of the project: "We're talking about a 10 to 12 episode season that tracks one or two books. Our idea for the first season is to track City of Bones and part of Concrete Blonde. Concrete Blonde has a courtroom drama playing out as a B track in it, and we're taking that B track and adding it to City of Bones."

On the topic of casting his titular character, Connelly told the Huffington Post on 20 December 2012: "I've watched House and I could very easily see Hugh Laurie in the role. ...I think there's an opportunity to find someone who's not known to the viewing public and that person can make this role theirs the way Laurie did with House. There are people out there -- people like Kyle Chandler, like Billy Burke -- people that physically look like the guy I've been writing about -- not exactly, but close to it."

Casting began in June of 2013, at which time James Gandolfini expressed interest in playing the title character, though he eventually passed on the project. Connelly later suggested Titus Welliver for the role of Harry Bosch, having seen the actor play a military veteran suffering from PTSD in the pilot episode of Touch, and being drawn to "the look in his eyes" which spoke "of an interior life of a damaged man." Welliver was, at that time, in Hong Kong filming Transformers: Age of Extinction, but he ultimately arranged to meet for a casting session on the final day of casting, after which Connelly and Pieter Jan Brugge immediately agreed that Welliver embodied the character of Bosch.

After developing a series bible for the show, Connelly and Bastin received a call from Joe Lewis at Amazon Studios, who requested to meet with them in order to request that they forego pitching the project to any other studios and agree to produce the series with Amazon. Connelly, who recognized that the majority of his books are sold through Amazon, immediately expressed interest in making a deal, though Bastin initially had some reservations until it became clear that Amazon would provide the resources for the series to be made exactly as he, Connelly, and Overmyer wanted.

On 31 October 2013, Amazon Studios announced that it had greenlit Bosch for production. The hour-long pilot will star Titus Welliver as Harry Bosch, with Annie Wersching, Amy Price-Francis and Jamie Hector co-starring; Henrik Bastin of Fabrik Entertainment is producing and Jim McKay will direct. The first season will follow Bosch "as he pursues the killer of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court on accusations that he murdered a suspected serial killer in cold blood." On the casting of 52-year-old Welliver, Connelly said: "I can’t really imagine Harry as a young guy."

According to Connelly, "a fair amount of changes" were made "to the world of Harry Bosch" "in making the shift from page to screen." In the series, Harry "is 47 years old and a veteran of the first Gulf War in 1991, where he was part of a Special Forces team that cleared tunnels. He has now been a police officer for twenty years with a one year exception when he re-upped with the Army after 9/11, as many LAPD officers did. He came back to the force after serving in Afghanistan and again encountering tunnel warfare." Connelly also indicated that "the first story/season" would incorporate elements from "a short story called 'Cielo Azul'."

The pilot was filmed from November 4th through November 19th at several locations in and around Los Angeles, and aired on Amazon on 6 February 2014. On March 31st, the Los Angeles Times announced that the series had been picked up for a full season of ten episodes, and on May 6th, Connelly announced that "a great staff of writers and producers with credits ranging from The Sopranos to The Wire to Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men have signed on and we are in a month’s long brainstorming and writing period, which is the starting point for season one."

Pre-production began in June of 2014, while production on new episodes began on August 11th. On August 14th, Connelly announced that elements of Echo Park would also be incorporated into the first season, having "decided to add the creepy world of killer Raynard Waits into the mix."

Season Two

On 18 March 2015, the Los Angeles Times reported that the series (along with Transparent, Alpha House, and Mozart in the Jungle) had been renewed for a second season, which "will draw primarily from Connelly's novel Trunk Music" while also including "elements of The Last Coyote and The Drop."

Variety reported that the renewal resulted from the fact that the series "broke records with the biggest debut weekend of any original series from Amazon," and "has been the most-watched title on Prime Instant Video out of all TV shows and movies in the four weeks since the season one debut," indicating that the second season will feature Bosch investigating "the murder of a Hollywood producer who laundered money for the mafia" while pursuing "serial killer Chilton Hardy...from the Hollywood Hills down through L.A.’s gritty back streets." IGN reported that series stars Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick, and Sarah Clarke would be returning for the second season.

On March 19th, Connelly confirmed in a Washington Post interview that Nate Tyler "is back in Season Two, and he and Harry have straightened it out." On March 25th, Deadline reported that Madison Lintz had "been upped to a series regular for Season 2," and that "her role will have a more prominent presence in the second season." On July 28th, Deadline reported that Brent Sexton had "booked a season-long recurring arc" as "Carl Nash, a former police detective who was shoved out of the department by internal affairs and who has a long history with Bosch."

On July 16th, the series was nominated for the Outstanding Main Title Design award at the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, along with Manhattan, American Horror Story: Freak Show, Daredevil, Halt and Catch Fire, and Olive Kitteridge; the award was won by Manhattan.

Connelly announced on Facebook that filming for the second season began on July 30th.

On August 5th, Deadline reported that Jeri Ryan had "booked a multi-episode arc" in the second season, portraying "Veronica Allen, a former stripper who married a prolific porn producer and now lives in luxury, turning a blind eye to her husband’s constant philandering." On the same day, Deadline also reported that Erika Alexander had "booked a season-long recurring arc," playing "Connie Irving, a college professor and Deputy Chief Irving’s wife who is concerned about furthering her husband’s career and keeping her police officer son safe," replacing Michelle Hurd, who had played the role in the first-season episode "High Low."

On August 11th, scenes were filmed at the Los Angeles Times Building at 1st and Spring Streets in Los Angeles. On August 12th, scenes were filmed at the "print shed" of the Los Angeles Police Department's Criminalistics Laboratory. Also on August 12th, Nicholas Gonzalez posted a pair of Tweets that seemed to confirm that the actor had been cast to play LAPD detective Ignacio Ferras; two days earlier, Gonzalez had Tweeted that he had finished reading The Overlook, in which the character of Ferras first appeared.

On August 24th, Annie Wersching released a photograph on Instagram of herself in a police uniform leaning against a squad car with the caption "Brasher's back baby!!!"

On December 1st, Connelly announced on Facebook that filming on the second season had concluded.

Promotion

On 28 January 2014, two clips of the pilot were released on YouTube: "The Bone Run," which runs 49 seconds in length, and "The Smoke Break," which runs 1:32 in length. On February 1st, a clip entitled "Bosch and the Chief," running 36 seconds in length, was released. On February 3rd, a behind-the-scenes video, entitled "The Bone Lab," was released on YouTube, running 2:56 in length. On February 5th, a second behind-the-scenes video, entitled "Hollywood Station," was released, running 3:03 in length.

The full pilot episode was subsequently released on February 6th; running 49:34, the episode was rated TV-MA due to "adult content," "adult language," and "graphic violence."

On February 9th, another behind-the-scenes video, entitled "Titus Welliver and Scott Wilson," was released, running 2:12 in length, with another video, entitled "The Alley," being released on the 12th and running 3:18 in length. On February 16th, an interview titled "Michael and Titus" was released in four parts: "Preparation" (running 2:42), "It's Personal" (running 3:16), "Collaboration" (running 2:48), and "Passion" (running 2:02).

An official Facebook page was created for the series on October 23rd. An official teaser trailer was later released on YouTube on November 10th. The release date of the complete first season – 13 February 2015 – was announced on 14 January 2015, along with the full reshot pilot episode (running 47:18), and a new trailer for the full first season.

On 28 January 2015, Connelly and Welliver were interviewed by Tavis Smiley on the late-night PBS talk-show Tavis Smiley. On February 12th, the day before the series debuted, Connelly released a video concerning the first season entitled "Bosch: From Page to Screen" and running 3:11 in length.

On 30 July 2015, "the first shot of Bosch season 2" was posted to Connelly's Facebook page, and consisted of a 15-second clip of Titus Welliver jogging. On August 13th, a 30-second video was posted to the Facebook page featuring musician "Grace Kelly playing her own composition, 'Blues for Harry Bosch'" during "a set at the Catalina Club in Hollywood" that was filmed for the second episode of the second season.

On 4 March 2016, eight interviews, conducted by Adam George, were uploaded to YouTube following a screening of the second season premier episode:

Cast

For a complete cast listing, see Bosch/Cast.

Episodes

Pilot

Episode Writer Director Airdate
"The Bone Run" Michael Connelly & Eric Overmyer Jim McKay 02/06/14

Season 1

Episode Writer Director Airdate IMDb
rating
"`Tis the Season" Michael Connelly & Eric Overmyer Jim McKay 02/13/15 8.7/10
"Lost Light" Kevin Dowling 8.5/10
"Blue Religion" Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider 8.7/10
"Fugazi" George Pelecanos & Michael Connelly Ernest Dickerson 8.9/10
"Mama's Boy" William N. Fordes 8.6/10
"Donkey's Years" Jennifer Ames & Steve Turner Roxann Dawson 8.5/10
"Lost Boys" Joe Gonzalez & Eric Overmyer Alex Zakrzewski 8.7/10
"High Low" William N. Fordes & Tom Smuts Matt Earl Beesley 8.7/10
"The Magic Castle" Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider Alex Zakrzewski 9.0/10
"Us and Them" Michael Connelly & Terrill Lee Lankford Thomas Carter 8.6/10
Source material: City of Bones, The Concrete Blonde, Echo Park

Season 2

Episode Writer Director Airdate IMDb
rating
"(2x01)" 03/11/16
"(2x02)"
"(2x03)"
"(2x04)"
"(2x05)"
"(2x06)"
"(2x07)"
"(2x08)"
"(2x09)"
"(2x10)"
Source material: Trunk Music, The Drop, The Last Coyote

Behind-the-Scenes Podcast

In March of 2015, a series of six free behind-the-scenes podcasts were made available through Audible.com.

Season 1

Episode Writer/Narrator Interviewees Released Runtime
"The Origins" Tom Bernardo Henrik Bastin & Michael Connelly 03/10/15 1:03:40
"The Writers" Tom Smuts, William N. Fordes, Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider 0:56:12
"The Authenticity" (Part 1) Pieter Jan Brugge, Dorian Harris, Tim Marcia, Mitzi Roberts 03/17/15 0:58:20
"The Inspiration" (Part 2) 0:40:34
"The Troubled Hero" Titus Welliver 03/24/15 0:48:54
"The Suspect" Jason Gedrick (Michael Connelly) 1:00:41

Reviews

The first season has received 41,623 five-star reviews out of 56,678 reviews with an average rating of 4.629 out of 5 at Amazon.com.

The first season has received a 72% "fresh" rating out of 18 reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, while earning an 87% Audience Score out of 102 user ratings with an average rating of 4.3-out-of-5. It also received a 71 metascore out of 17 critic reviews and a 7.6 user score out of 41 user reviews on metacritic.

References