Bosch

I know, I know: The blog is about Hinterland.

My wife watched the first two seasons of Bosch (an Amazon original) a year or so back. I only half watched it, half at my computer in the adjacent room. So when the third season of Bosch came out I had no particular interest in watching it. After some time, though, I gave it a try.

It fascinated me. There was no drifting back to the next room to play with my computer.

Couple days after I finished season three, it came into my head again. Why does everybody think he's a bad cop? I wondered. It's because he doesn't care what people think. The character caught my interest. So I sat down and watched all three seasons. Now I love the show.

I also love the way it's written, the way it's put together. Like this: Season One starts and ends with rain. I thought that was interesting. What it means, the symbolism, I don't know.

And this: Something happens late in the last episode of season one. Not Harry, but the other guy gets what he deserves. That same something comes up in the last episode of season two. And this time not the other guy, but Harry gets what he's looking for.

And this: In season one Harry's daughter visits him in L.A. He buys her a braided string bracelet like the one he wears. It never comes up again in the first three seasons, but Harry's bracelet appears many times in brief camera shots. If not for that one scene where the daughter gets her bracelet, I would have completely missed all of those camera shots. I can't guess the significance of Harry's bracelet, but maybe we find out in season four.