The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Manuel Garcia Rulfo, is coming to an end. The upcoming fifth season of the Netflix legal drama from A+E Studios based on the books by Michael Connelly, which is currently filming in Los Angeles, will be its last.
“All good things must come to an end, but thankfully sometimes how they come to an end is up to us. From the very beginning, the mission was always not only to tell the story of Mickey Haller and his compatriots, but also to give that story a proper conclusion. And while it is of course bittersweet, it’s also an amazing opportunity to bring this adventure to a close and perhaps chart a new course for some of our characters into the future,” series creator/co-showrunner/executive producer Ted Humphrey and co-showrunner/executive producer Dailyn Rodriguez said. “We are immensely grateful to Netflix and A+E Studios for the opportunity to land this plane the right way. But most of all, we are grateful to the fans all around the world for watching and supporting the show. We promise you, we are right now building a final season that will provide the satisfying finale Mickey Haller deserves. We can’t wait to share it with you!”
(Clockwise from Top Left) Amy Aquino, Angela Trimbur, Elpidia Carillo, Tricia Helfer, Nate Corddry and Keir O’Donnell
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Joining the final season of The Lincoln Lawyer as recurring are Nate Corddry (The Testaments) as Jimmy Finch, Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Lucifer) as Brooke Miller, Amy Aquino (Bosch) as Judge Olivia Alcott, Angela Trimbur (Search Party) as Felicia, Elpidia Carillo (Blue Beetle) as Muriel Perez, and Keir O’Donnell (High Desert) as DDA Lucas Peralta.
They join series regulars Rulfo, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole, Angus Sampson and Cobie Smulders as well as previously announced new Season 5 recurring guest stars Chris Diamantopoulos, Corbin Bernsen, Diane Guerrero, Iker Garcia, Patty Guggenheim, Richard Cabral, Steve Howey, Teresa Maria, and returning recurring guest stars include Neve Campbell, Krista Warner, Angelica Maria, and Gigi Zumbado.
The 10-episode fifth season is inspired by the seventh book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, “Resurrection Walk,” by Michael Connelly.
In in, Mickey Haller’s (Rulfo) world is upended when the half-sister he never knew existed, Emi (Smulders), comes to him with a plea to help free a wrongfully convicted woman. In a season defined by blood ties and buried secrets, Mickey takes on a grueling habeas petition to overturn a six-year-old murder conviction, but the deeper he digs the more nefarious the forces arrayed against him become. Meanwhile, the stakes rise for his trusted team as Lorna (Newton), Izzy (Raycole), and Cisco (Sampson) step up to tackle high-profile challenges of their own. Having just saved himself from a wrongful conviction in Season 4, Mickey is now determined to set right an enormous miscarriage of justice. But as he unravels a dangerous web of corruption and lies, he must grapple with the fractured legacy of his family — both his chosen family and the family he never knew he had.
David E. Kelley, Ted Humphrey, Michael Connelly, Dailyn Rodriguez, Ross Fineman, Matthew J. Lieberman, Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson executive produce.
Netflix estimates that the first four seasons of The Lincoln Lawyer have contributed over $425M to the Californian economy, employed over 4,300 cast and crew, and filmed at over 50 different locations across Los Angeles — including Dodger Stadium and Grand Central Market.
The series has appeared on the Netflix Global Top 10 charts for 29 weeks across its four seasons and has garnered 171M views since 2023. Its most recent fourth season launched with 9M views for its opening weekend, which is actually up over the third season’s debut performance (7M).
Earlier today, A+E Studios got an order from Netflix for a new drama series, Barbaric.
