Bosch: Legacyis coming to an end in 2025, but the good news is thatfans won’t have to completely say goodbye to theBoschTV franchise and its characters.Amazon’s police procedural, developed by Michael Connelly, Tom Bernardo, and Eric Overmyer, is based on Connelly’sHarry Boschbook series and premiered in 2022.Bosch: Legacyalso serves as a sequel to the originalBoschshow, which aired from 2014 to 2021. Sadly, the second series won’t last as long as its predecessor, asBosch: Legacywill conclude with three seasonsand 30 episodes (compared toBosch’s 7 seasons and 68 episodes).
Bosch: Legacyseason 3 premieres with four episodes on Thursday, Jul 20, 2025, on Amazon Freevee and Amazon Prime Video. Season 3 contains 10 episodes, and following its premiere, Amazon will release two episodes every Thursday until the finale on April 17.
Of course,the news surroundingBosch: Legacy’s cancelationis quite disappointing. Three seasons and 30 episodes doesn’t seem like a lot, especially when the original TV show ran for seven seasons and almost 70 episodes. Nevertheless,Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Freevee are parting ways with theBoschsequel seriesafter its third season airs in the spring of 2025.
Amazon Canceled Bosch: Legacy After 3 Seasons
Financial Reasons Reportedly Played A Role In The Show’s Cancelation
According toDeadline, Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Freevee announced thatBosch: Legacyseason 3 would serve as the show’s ending in September 2024, six months before its premiere. At first, it was unknown why Amazon axed the police procedural series. Creator/executive producerMichael Connelly released a statement when news ofBosch: Legacy’s cancelation broke.In it, he remarked:
“I am so proud of what we have accomplished with this show. Ten years ago, I asked Titus Welliver if he could stick with Harry Bosch for five seasons, and he said he could do it forever. Well, five became 10, and the character, thanks to Titus, will live forever in the hearts of viewers and in the streaming world as the detective who knows that everybody counts or nobody counts.”
Unfortunately, Connelly didn’t provide an explanation as to why Amazon was cuttingBosch: Legacyshort. And despite fan petitions, Amazon is sticking by its decision. However, as time went on after the news broke, it has become clear that money likely played a significant role in the company choosing to endBosch: Legacyafter season 3.The TV show’s production costs might have gotten too high for Amazon,which is why they are parting ways withBosch: Legacy. So, despite theBoschsequel series' success, season 3 will be its last outing.
Bosch: Legacy Is Already Reaching The End Of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch Books
There Are 25 Books In The Harry Bosch Series
Perhaps another reason why the Amazon Prime Video/Amazon Freevee police procedural TV show is coming to an end with season 3 is the lack of source material.Each season ofBoschandBosch: Legacyis based on a novel from Michael Connelly’sHarry Boschbook series. With 10 total seasons under its belt, the TV franchise is running out of novels from which to pull inspiration.Bosch: Legacyseason 3 will be based on Connelly’s 2022Harry BoschbookDesert Star.After that, only one book remains in the series —The Waiting, which was published in 2024.
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Plus,The Waitingshifts the focus more ontoDetective Renée Ballard rather than Harry Bosch. Given that Titus Welliver’s Harry Bosch is the central figure in the 2022 TV series, it would make sense for Amazon to move away from this corner of the fictional universe just as the books are. As a result,Bosch: Legacyseason 3 feels like a natural end for the show.However, it won’t be the end of the TV franchise and Amazon’s partnership.
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The Bosch Universe Is Still Continuing At Amazon With The Renée Ballard Spinoff
Maggie Q Plays Detective Renée Ballard
Before Amazon canceledBosch: Legacy, the company announced thata new spinoff centered around Detective Renée Ballard (who works in the Cold Case Division of the LAPD)was in development.Maggie Q will star as Detective Ballard in the upcoming show. However, the actress will make her debut astheHarry BoschcharacterinBosch: Legacyseason 3, setting up her spinoff, which is set to premiere in the fall of 2025.
Titus Welliver is expected to reprise his role as Harry Bosch in the upcoming show.
As of the writing of this article, an official title for the Ballard series hasn’t been announced. As forthe untitled Renée BallardBoschspinoff’s cast list, though, Maggie Q will be joined by John Carroll Lynch as retired detective Thomas Laffont, Courtney Taylor as Samira Parker. Other stars include Michael Mosley, Rebecca Field, Victoria Moroles, and Amy Hill. Of course, Titus Welliver is expected to reprise his role as Harry Bosch in the upcoming show.Connelly promised that Bosch would return in the spinoffin his statement concerningBosch: Legacy’s cancelation, after all.
