Summary
- Welliver was misled about Bosch: Legacy’s cancelation ahead of signing his contract on the Ballard spin-off.
- Amazon seems disingenuous, hinting at a lack of respect for Welliver and Michael Connelly.
- Fans must petition, post reviews, and spread the word to save Bosch: Legacy despite Amazon’s actions.
Fans are preparing to say an emotional goodbye to Bosch: Legacy after the third and final season airs in March 2025. Having said that, the fan petition to save the show is heaping pressure on Amazon to make a U-Turn on their decision. Titus Welliver is contracted to appear in three episodes of the Ballard spin-off, but interestingly, this contract was handed to him without his prior knowledge of Bosch: Legacy‘s impending cancelation.
There is no way Titus Welliver would have agreed to a small part in Ballard at the expense of his own leading role in future seasons of Bosch: Legacy. After playing the role for over a decade and helping to establish Amazon in the streaming business, guest spots in Ballard were supposed to be an added bonus for Welliver, and it’s certainly not how he and Michael Connelly envisioned the future for Harry Bosch.
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Amazon Appears To Have Mis-Led Titus Welliver Over His Future Role As Harry Bosch
Bosch: Legacy season 2 aired its final episode way back in November 2023, and fans have had an agonizing wait for the third season, and a serious lack of updates along the way. However, in August 2024, Titus Welliver did provide a progress report on the upcoming season and the Ballard spin-off in an interview with Comicbook.com:
They’re shooting the spin-off Ballard with Maggie Q, and we introduced her character, Renee Ballard, in our tenth episode of Bosch: Legacy in season three that’s yet to come out, so I imagine they’d want to kind of try to release those within some proximity of each other. I’m actually shooting this week on the first episode. I’m contracted to do three episodes for this first season of Ballard.
Let’s not forget: Bosch: Legacy‘s cancelation was announced a few weeks after this interview, so Welliver clearly didn’t know the short contract he signed on Ballard wouldn’t be accompanied by another season of Bosch: Legacy. This is backed up by an interview Welliver did on Katie Sackhoff’s YouTube channel around the same time:
God willing and Amazon, we’ll be going back to Bosch in January.
It was this interview that sparked the theory that Amazon’s statement claiming the end of Bosch: Legacy was a natural conclusion was misleading. The real truth is that the end of Bosch: Legacy wasn’t a creative decision, and Amazon has been caught in a lie based on what their leading man said prior to this vow of silence.
Save Bosch: Legacy Key Facts
- Sign the petition to Save Bosch: Legacy HERE
- Spread the word by sharing the link on ALL social media platforms (X, Threads, Blue Sky, Facebook and Instagram.
- Post REVIEWS of BOSCH: LEGACY on Prime and IMDB, explaining why you love the show and that you want at least ONE MORE SEASON to finish the story
Amazon Has No Respect For Titus Welliver And There Are No Guarantees That Harry Bosch Will Appear Beyond The First Season Of Ballard
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Bosch: Legacy Season 3 |
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Starring |
Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers, Madison Lintz, Chang, Denise G. Sanchez, Scott Klace, Gregory Scott Cummins, Troy Evans, Orla Brady, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Cortes, Dale Dickey, Mark Rolston, Anthony Gonzales, Tommy Martinez and Maggie Q |
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Based on the books by |
Michael Connelly |
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Created by |
Tom Bernardo, Michael Connelly, and Eric Ellis Overmyer |
If Amazon had a theme song, it would undoubtedly be Simon and Garfunkel’s 1960s hit, ‘The Sound of Silence’. Ever since the end of Bosch: Legacy was announced, the cast and crew have been eerily quiet about what they really think about losing their jobs. Michael Connelly is channeling his inner Paul Sheldon while Amazon wields their Annie Wilkes-style axe over the Bosch-verse, heaping ‘misery’ on the loyal fan base. Amazon doesn’t care about Connelly’s vision, and they certainly don’t care about Titus Welliver, after they shafted him out of a proper contract to continue playing Harry Bosch.
In future interviews, Connelly and Welliver should blink twice as code for ‘help’ from Amazon’s hold on them. Just let the fans know all is not right, and help is on the way. Alternatively, Bosch: Legacy fans can join the movement to let Amazon know they won’t accept bare-faced lies and bow down to corporate greed. After Bosch: Legacy season 3 ends, Titus Welliver has three more guaranteed episodes as Harry Bosch. If Ballard flops, there will be no more Harry Bosch. Alternatively, if Ballard is a massive success, there might still be no more Harry Bosch. If Amazon gets a whiff of an opportunity to save money, and remove Welliver from the payroll, they will do it.
Sign The Petition To Save Bosch: Legacy Here
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