Summary
- Titus Welliver’s appearances in the Ballard spin-off will only be cameos, disappointing fans of his character.
- Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard will collaborate on a cold case in Bosch: Legacy’s finale, setting up the Ballard spin-off.
- Despite fans’ desire for Bosch to play a larger role, Amazon has marginalized the character with only glorified cameos.
Bosch: Legacy‘s final season is underway, and the fans are delighted to have Harry Bosch back on television screens. Unfortunately, as it stands, this is Titus Welliver’s final solo outing as the seasoned ex-LAPD detective turned private eye. Welliver will be appearing in three episodes of the Ballard spin-off, but the nature of these appearances has now been revealed, and it makes Bosch: Legacy‘s cancelation even harder to take.
Maggie Q will be making her first appearance as Renee Ballard in the last episode of Bosch: Legacy‘s third season, before taking the lead in her own spin-off, which is set to land on Prime Video later this year. Titus Welliver’s pre-cancelation comments were very clear: Ballard is Robin to Bosch’s Batman, and both shows were supposed to run alongside each other. Based on this new piece of information about Titus Welliver’s actual role in the Ballard spin-off, Amazon clearly have other plans for Harry Bosch.
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Titus Welliver’s Appearances In Bosch: Legacy’s Ballard Spin-Off Will Be Cameos
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Bosch: Legacy Season 3 |
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Starring |
Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers, Madison Lintz, Stephen A. Chang, Denise G. Sanchez, Scott Klace, Gregory Scott Cummins, Troy Evans, Orla Brady, Chris Browning, Andrea Cortes, Dale Dickey, Paul Calderon, Anthony Gonzales, Tommy Martinez and Maggie Q |
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Based on the books by |
Michael Connelly |
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Tom Bernardo and Eric Ellis Overmyer |
Michael Connelly’s Bosch-verse was supposed to be expanding in 2025, with Bosch: Legacy‘s third season laying the groundwork for the Renee Ballard and Jerry Edgar spin-offs. Well, Amazon had different ideas and canceled Bosch: Legacy and axed Jerry Edgar’s solo show before it even got off the ground. Amazon’s PR spin was to push more Harry Bosch with his ‘three-episode arc’ in the Ballard spin-off, but Titus Welliver recently revealed in an interview with TV Insider that his role isn’t quite what it seems:
I did a few episodes, cameos for a better word, which were a lot of fun.
Michael Connelly’s joint Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard books feature both characters prominently, so why is Titus Welliver just appearing in cameos in the spin-off? Fans don’t expect Harry Bosch to be a joint lead, even though he probably should be if the Ballard spin-off was loyal to Michael Connelly’s vision. Having said that, Troy Evans claims that the cold case investigators in Ballard’s cold case unit aren’t a fair representation of the people who would actually be part of it, so it’s no surprise that Harry Bosch is being marginalized. Bosch’s cameos in the Ballard spin-off would be bearable if Bosch: Legacy hadn’t been canceled, but he is now officially playing a glorified cameo in his own universe.
Save Bosch: Legacy Key Facts
- Sign the petition to Save Bosch: Legacy HERE
- Spread the word by visiting Bosch: Legacy’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts, and tell other fans about the cancelation, and link to the petition.
Harry Bosch And Renee Ballard Will Join Forces On A Cold Case In Bosch: Legacy’s Finale, Which Will Lead Into The Ballard Spin-Off
Renee Ballard will turn up in Bosch: Legacy‘s last episode of the third and final season to ask for Harry Bosch’s help on a cold case from the Library Of Lost Souls, and this will directly lead into the Ballard spin-off. Titus Welliver told TV Insider:
At the end of this season, she’s working on a cold case that Harry’s been obsessed with for years. It was about three young Asian women, whose photos he kept on his desk. That’s how Bosch and Ballard intersect.
Despite this cold case being one that has consumed Harry Bosch for years, the decorated LAPD legend is only helping Renee Ballard with it in one episode of Bosch: Legacy, and three glorified cameos in the upcoming spin-off. Go figure. It feels like Amazon only wants young people to solve crimes in the Bosch-verse moving forward. Newsflash Amazon: audiences aren’t ageist, and they actually want Harry Bosch to solve his own cold cases, while also assisting Renee Ballard with hers. Over 30,000 people have taken the time to sign the petition to ‘Tell Amazon’ they want more Harry Bosch, and there’s a lot more people out there who feel the same, and this movement is growing exponentially. Titus Welliver doesn’t want his flowers to celebrate the end of Bosch: Legacy yet: he wants to carry on playing Harry Bosch for as long as possible. The promotional campaign for Bosch: Legacy‘s final season has been hijacked by the buzz of the petition and the abrupt cancelation despite Amazon’s attempts to silence the loudest voices out there. Audiences have smelt the gas leaking from Amazon’s Money Truck, and the truth is out there now. Hello darkness, my old friend, no more silence!!
Sign The Petition To Save Bosch: Legacy Here
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