Re: Bosch rides again

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2025-07-09 7:02 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Jul 9, 2025 at 3:42:54 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
 

I just watched the first episode on Ballard, the new sequel to Bosch.
The producers had telegraphed that Bosch would pop up on occasion on
Ballard so I thought I should mention that the name Harry Bosch was
indeed spoken out loud at the end of the Ballard pilot, suggesting we
will see Harry at some point. (To be fair, they showed some previews of
the rest of the season and those scenes didn't show Bosch so maybe we
won't see a lot of him. Or maybe they didn't want to dangle him in front
of us too much for fear of making him look like a crutch for Renee
Ballard.)
 
In any case, the pilot was pretty watchable so I'll stay with it even if
Bosch doesn't appear very frequently.

 
Thanks for the heads-up. I didn't realize this had started already.

 
Happy to help! By the way, there are 10 episodes in this first season
and all of them were released simultaneously so there's nothing to wait
for.
 
I just watched the second episode and Bosch appears both via narration
from a murder book and in person.

 

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of a police unit that
is staffed almost entirely by volunteers, retirees, and interns yet
still has powers of arrest. I have no idea if that is realistic and
would be curious to know if it is.

 
I recently read the book "Desert Star" on which I believe the show is based
and in the book, no one had the power of arrest besides Ballard. She was the
only sworn officer on the squad. The rest were investigators only-- a retired
FBI agent, a former assistant D.A., a Penelope-type character who has those
magical computer skills that solve every case these days on TV, and Bosch, who
is also retired from LAPD at this point and is no longer even working much as
a PI due to his health problems.
 
 

In the series, at least one guy on the team is a reserve officer and
he's actually got a line of dialog that says he has all the powers of a
regular officer. Again, I have no idea if that is possible in the real
LAPD. None of the team so far has any apparent strong computer skills
but the intern or the volunteer may have the potential to take on that
role.

Yes, LAPD reserves have full police powers. I actually looked into signing
up as a reserve when I retired but with my deteriorating knees, I'd never
be able to do the 1.5-mile run up to their standards.