Key Takeaways
- Bosch: Legacy will end after season 3, but spin-offs focused on Renee Ballard and Jerry Edgar are in the works.
- Maddie Bosch’s LAPD career, rising from rookie to CRU, could be explored in her own spin-off series.
- Honey Chandler’s potential journey to District Attorney could lead to a courtroom drama spin-off.
Bosch: Legacy will come to an end after season 3 airs on Prime Video’s Freevee in March 2025, but it’s just the start of the expansion of the Bosch-verse. The Renee Ballard spin-off series is currently in production, and will air in the Fall of 2025. In addition to this, there are plans for a spin-off series centered on Harry Bosch’s ex-partner, Jerry Edgar. This raises the possibility of more spin-offs to come, and there are at least two characters from Bosch: Legacy who would be great candidates to appear in their own shows.
Bosch: Legacy saw the expansion of the characters of Maddie Bosch and Honey Chandler, who became co-leads alongside Harry Bosch in the spin-off series. It feels like these key characters’ stories are just getting started as Bosch: Legacy is coming to an end. Maddie is rising up the ranks in the LAPD, and Chandler is running for District Attorney, meaning their stories could be explored in their own spin-off shows.
Maddie Bosch’s Career In The LAPD Could Be Explored in A Spin-Off Series
Maddie Bosch joined the LAPD as a rookie cop at the beginning of Bosch: Legacy season 1, and she quickly rose up the ranks to become part of the CRU (Crime Reduction Unit) in Bosch: Legacy season 2. Maddie suffered a kidnapping ordeal by Kurt Dockweiler, which gave an extra layer of texture to her character, setting her up for some explosive storylines in Bosch: Legacy season 3. However, the confirmation of Bosch: Legacy‘s final season is disappointing for the character of Maddie Bosch as she was just getting started in her career in the LAPD, and following in the footsteps of her legendary father, Harry Bosch.
The Bosch-verse is expanding with two spin-offs, just as Bosch: Legacy is coming to an end, which suggests there is more than a possibility that further spin-offs could be considered in the future. It would be great to see a Maddie Bosch spin-off series, following the progression of her career in the LAPD.Bosch: Legacy season 3 could see Maddie become a detective, and a potential spin-off could follow Harry Bosch’s daughter using the investigative skills she inherited to fight crime on the streets of Los Angeles.
If a Maddie spin-off did materialize, it could also feature Harry Bosch as a recurring character, as he assists with some particularly complex investigations. It would also allow for guest appearances by many fan favorites like Sgt John ‘Mank’ Mankiewicz, and retired comedy duo, Crate and Barrel. Fans of Bosch: Legacy are not ready to say goodbye to the array of iconic characters who have become a mainstay on television screens for the last decade.
Honey Chandler Will Probably Become The District Attorney And This Could Lead To A Courtroom Drama Spin-Off
The Bosch-verse has typically focused on the investigative part of the criminal justice system, but there is a unique opportunity to explore what happens once the criminals have been apprehended and sent to court in a Bosch: Legacy spin-off. Many fans are wondering what Honey Chandler will do if she becomes DA, and they might not get all the answers in Bosch: Legacy season 3 with the series coming to an end. This would provide the perfect opportunity to follow Chandler as the DA of Los Angeles in her own spin-off series.
In the very first episode of Bosch season 1, Honey Chandler was a criminal defense attorney who was given the nickname ‘Money’ Chandler, due to her propensity to take on the case of any defendant, no matter how brutal the crime they probably committed. As long as she was paid enough money, she didn’t care. However, as the series progressed, she became disillusioned with the system, as she saw brutal criminals like Carl Rogers get away with trying to murder her in cold blood. She joined forces with Harry Bosch in Bosch: Legacy, and saw things from his perspective. The Lexi Parks murder case and the FBI investigation into her and Bosch, led Chandler to announce that she was running for the position of District Attorney at the end of Bosch: Legacy season 2.
Bosch: Legacy season 3 will follow Chandler as she tries to land the top job of DA, and a spin-off series could be a courtroom drama following Chandler as she tries to bring the criminals to justice. The Chandler spin-off could feature crossovers with Ballard’s series, as Harry Bosch looks set to join her cold case unit. The criminals Ballard and Bosch capture could then be processed and sent to trial and feature in the Chandler spin-off as she launches the prosecution case against them. The soil that the seeds of the Bosch-verse was planted on is still very fertile, meaning there are still so many stories to explore, with characters like Maddie Bosch and Honey Chandler, in addition to Jerry Edgar, Renee Ballard and, of course, Harry Bosch.
