Welliver’s ability to keep the quaking emotions of his character consistently interesting – has always been a highlight of Bosch: Legacy and the series it emerged from. And with Bosch as PI existing untethered by department rules and regs, it’s enticing to consider what walls he’ll run through next.

If Bosch: Legacy is a bit odd in terms of how and why it exists, it continues to be a reassuring example of Dad TV(*) executed at a very high level. The new season tweaks the formula in a few ways, some more welcome than others.

"Bosch: Legacy," now in its second season on Freevee, is proof that Harry's story is more interesting — and closer to the noir sensibility hinted in the original — as a private investigator teaming up with the wily and poised defense attorney Honey Chandler, played by Mimi Rogers. .... The other half [of the narrative] focuses on Harry's daughter Maddie. A young cop, she’s eager and earnest and, as played by Madison Lintz, never once believable.

It does all the things you want it to do, and throws in some curve-balls along the way, but staying true to itself and the formula that’s worked so well for so long is definitely an asset that Bosch: Legacy shows no signs of abandoning anytime soon.