- Season 3 is coming in October 2024
- The first trailer was released in late September 2024
- Key cast members likely to return
- Four new cast members have been announced
- Season 2's shock ending sets up the third season's potential plot
- There's still no plot synopsis, but it'll definitely pull from The Gods of Guilt novel, the fifth entry in The Lincoln Lawyer book series
- Unclear if future seasons will arrive after the third one
The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 will arrive on Netflix in mid-October 2024. The show is one of the best Netflix shows at the moment, and we know fans are looking forward to finding out more about what's in store for Mickey Haller and company. Although we don't know specific plot details yet, season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer will be based on The Gods of Guilt, Michael Connelly's fifth book in the series of the same name.
While we wait for official details about The Lincoln Lawyer season 3, we've collected together all we know so far below. We've added details about the launch date of the new season, cast, trailer information, the latest speculation about plot details, and much more. If you're yet to catch up, be warned. Major spoilers for The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 will follow.
The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 release date
The Lincoln Lawyer is on his way. Season 3 premieres October 17! pic.twitter.com/OIhdtp2I3FAugust 21, 2024
The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 will roll out on Thursday, October 17. Netflix has confirmed that there'll be ten episodes in The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 and they'll all debut on launch day. That's a really quick turnaround considering that The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 only ended in August 2023.
The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 trailer
At the end of September 2024, Netflix finally released The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 trailer. It gives us a sneak peek of Mickey Haller's desire for justice after Glory Days’ death.
The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 cast
Full spoilers follow for The Lincoln Lawyer season 2.
Here's who we expect to see again in The Lincoln Lawyer season 3:
- Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller
- Neve Campbell as Maggie McPherson
- Becky Newton as Lorna Crane
- Angus Simpson as Cisco
- Jazz Raycole as Izzy Letts
- Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Raymond Griggs
- LisaGay Hamilton as Judge Mary Holder
- Krista Warner as Hayley Haller
- Marlene Forte as Judge Teresa Medina
It's unclear which other supporting cast members will return, but one individual who won't be back in a major capacity is Gloria Days, who was portrayed by Fiona Rene.
Gloria was found dead in the season 2 finale, presumably murdered by an unknown criminal. That said, Rene's name is in the cast list, which means she could return in flashback sequences in the third season.
Another potential candidate who's nailed on to appear is Devon Graye, who played Julian La Cosse in the season 2 finale. La Cosse has been framed for Gloria's murder, so he's surely going to feature prominently next time out.
Four new cast members have been announced as joining the cast in the new season. Netflix has shared the names of the new cast members and who they'll be playing next season:
- Merrin Dungey (The Resident, Big Little Lies) as Judge Regina Turner
- Allyn Moriyon as Eddie Rojas
- John Pirruccello (Barry, The Valet) as William Forsythe
- Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (Grimm, The Company You Keep) as Adam Suarez
The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 plot
Full spoilers follow for The Lincoln Lawyer season 2.
There's no story brief for The Lincoln Lawyer season 3 yet. But according to Netflix, we know it'll pull from The Gods of Guilt book, the fifth in Michael Connelly's book series.
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, who plays Mickey Haller, told Netflix's Tudum: "This season is very exciting [...] We see Mickey struggling with so many things at the same time – with romance, with the wives, with the cases. You never expect what's going to happen, who's going to be bad and who's going to be guilty."
Showrunners Dailyn Rodriguez and Ted Humphrey also gave away a few interesting details, revealing there'll be a flashback scene explaining more about "how Mickey Haller became Mickey Haller – not just the brilliant criminal defense lawyer, but the husband, the father, and the man that he would come to be."
We can also look back at where season 2 left things to give us an insight into what we can expect from The Lincoln Lawyer season 3.
Last season was based on the Connolly's The Fifth Witness novel (the first season was based on The Brass Verdict), which centred around the murder of the property developer Mitchell Bondurant.
Mickey becomes romantically involved with a chef called Lisa, who Bondurant took out a restraining order on when Lisa refused to move out from her property that he wanted to take over. When Bondurant is found dead, Lisa is charged with his murder – and Mickey agrees to take on her case.
Bondurant, who was six foot two, was killed with a hammer blow from behind, with the weapon brought down on the top of his head. Mickey and Lorna argue that Lisa couldn’t have physically murdered him, then, and Bondurant’s links to the criminal underworld are suggested as other potential suspects.
Lisa claimed her ex-husband Jeff took the murder weapon but, when Mickey speaks to him, Jeff says he won’t testify. Instead, Mickey focuses in on Bondurant’s shady contractor Alex Grant, who he presumes he will claim the fifth amendment – his right to decline to answer any questions – on the witness stand. Alex does, making him look suspicious to the jurors.
As we find out, Lisa is found not guilty, but Mickey later realises that she’s lied to him and persuaded a waiter in her restaurant to pretend to be her ex-husband. It turns out – spoiler alert – this is because she is guilty of killing someone: Jeff. In short: Lisa gets arrested for a separate murder after Lorna calls the cops. Mickey, who had patched things up with Lisa following her trial, leaves dejected.
Given that Mickey was duped by the season one accused, Trevor Elliot, into thinking they were not guilty as well, perhaps Mickey’s not quite the hot-shot lawyer he thinks he is. All that takes a back seat, however, when Mickey’s called out to another murder of someone personal to him.
Called by Izzy over a new client called Julian La Cosse, Mickey heads to meet the latter in his prison cell after he's charged for someone's murder. La Cosse tells Mickey he comes highly recommended by their mutual friend Giselle Dallinger – who La Cosse is alleged to have killed – and that he needs Mickey's help to clear his na,e.
Confused, Mickey heads down to the morgue to check the body of the deceased. Cue shocks all round when Mickey realizes Giselle Dallinger is none other than a recurring character in the series: Gloria Dayton, aka Gloria Days, the sex worker and a client of Mickey’s.
Remember earlier in the season when Gloria moved to Hawaii? If you don't, the show flashes back to the postcard Mickey received from her, which reads: “You are the only thing I miss about LA. Be well, Gloria”. We also see one of Mickey's memories of Gloria, where she says her mom lived out there and that she was going to spend a lot of time with her. And there’s the beginning of our next murder mystery, which might be all nicely set up for season 3.
What does the future hold for The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix?
If the upcoming third season of The Lincoln Lawyer performs as well as its predecessors, we'd expect more entries to be greenlit by the world's best streaming service.
As for whether future seasons will also be split into two parts, we don't have a definitive answer to that, either. We know that all ten episodes of season 3 are landing in one go. But that's not to say it'll always be that way.
Speaking to Moviefone about the decision to have a brief mid-season break in season 2, showrunner Ted Humphreys said: "It was not a decision we made. It's something that Netflix does with some of their shows, particularly I think some of their bigger, more successful shows. They've done it with Stranger Things. They've done that with Ozark. They've done it with a lot of shows. It was something that they kind of toyed with and decided 'We're going to try and do it here'.
"So, it was not really a creative choice of the producers of the show, but at the same time, it was something that we were fine with and we had a natural organic cliff-hanger that came in the middle of the story to build to, so we didn't have to kind of jam that in there. It was already going to be there. It worked out quite well. It gave us a natural place to split the season without us having to do anything artificial to make it happen". In short: file this particular query under 'TBA' for now.
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