S01.E04: Chaos Theory

[Whimsy]

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After a close call at his office, Mickey hashes things out with Detective Griggs.  A witness in Maggie's human trafficking case has second thoughts.

Original airdate 5/13/22

[snarktini]

Pretty sure I'm in the right episode thread...

Why would Mickey be so surprised that Jerry's murder might be connected to the incredibly high profile murder case he was working on? Especially with his files stolen / hidden. That would have been one of my first guesses!

Well played on the misdirect with dude getting run over. They set up the scene so you think the young cop is going to screw up, then you think he might be saved by the phone call, then BAM plowed by a minivan.

Suspension of disbelief and all that, but are we really supposed to believe Mickey is handling this case without a legal team? Armed, like Perry Mason, with only an investigator and an assistant? Come on, son.

I'm finding this very bingeable - light, good characters, easy to follow. I'm having a stressful week so this is good.

[dleighg]

I find Mickey absolutely adorable and can't figure out why Maggie won't take him back. He must have *really* screwed up!

I never saw him as such a cutie in the books (I've read them all).

[Chicago Redshirt]

23 hours ago, dleighg said:

I find Mickey absolutely adorable and can't figure out why Maggie won't take him back. He must have *really* screwed up!

I never saw him as such a cutie in the books (I've read them all).

Mickey is a recovering addict who presumably hit a whole bunch of bottoms and may or may not have hit rock-bottom.

Mickey also defends the sort of scum that Maggie has dedicated herself to putting away.

And both seem to be workaholics.

I'm surprised they were able to have a lasting relationship despite the chemistry.

[Ottis]

On 5/22/2022 at 12:17 PM, dleighg said:

I find Mickey absolutely adorable and can't figure out why Maggie won't take him back. He must have *really* screwed up!

And this is why I find the ex-wife interaction bordering on creepy. They are EX-wives. They split up for a reason. Do we need to see all the flirty interaction now? It slows down the show, and ultimately, it does not and will not matter. They already know whatever their issues were, and they were enough to divorce. Yet the show keeps tossing this in our faces. And now they keep throwing out clues about a “her” people recognize Mickey can’t get over.

I pretty much skipped all the jury selection process. That's been done to death, and some of us have even experienced it IRL. Are the books this show comes from old? Because this part felt dated to me. I am avoiding even researching the books, because I hate spoilers and don't want to stumble across anything.

On 5/21/2022 at 8:41 PM, snarktini said:

Well played on the misdirect with dude getting run over.

I thought this was contrived. And the driver, who appeared to be texting on her phone between the two seats, saying, "he came out of nowhere." Ugh. That was almost a biting comment on society but it was so ridiculous it didn't work for me.

Cisco has potential, but we need more investigator Cisco and less fiance Cisco.

On 5/21/2022 at 8:41 PM, snarktini said:

I'm finding this very bingeable - light, good characters, easy to follow. I'm having a stressful week so this is good.

Agree there! And hope your week went better.

Also, it's weird that a lawyer in a high profile case would now start going to AA. That makes no sense.

And? Apparently LA traffic is a myth.

Edited June 23, 2022 by Ottis

[Raja]

14 hours ago, Ottis said:

I pretty much skipped all the jury selection process. That's been done to death, and some of us have even experienced it IRL. Are the books this show comes from old? Because this part felt dated to me. I am avoiding even researching the books, because I hate spoilers and don't want to stumble across anything.

Bosch, being about a Vietnam veteran started in 1992, with the Amazon TV series updating him to the first Gulf war and later as Special Forces in Afghanistan. The Mickey Haller series in 2006. I am not sure what year the books are set