SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from Season 3 of “ The Lincoln Lawyer ,” now streaming on Netflix. “The Lincoln Lawyer” amps up the action for the third season of the popular Netflix show, culminating in two dramatic episodes that might leave viewers in shock. Defense attorney Mickey Haller, played by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo , also finds time to dabble in romance with his courtroom opponent from Season 2, Andrea Freeman (Yaya DaCosta), attempt to work on his relationship with his daughter Hayley (Krista Warner) and ex-wife Maggie (Neve Campbell) and mentor newly-minted attorney Lorna, played by Becki Newton.
Season 3 follows the events of Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer mystery “The Gods of Guilt,” and it’s an apt title for a season that finds both Haller and Freeman wracked with regret over some of their fatal decisions. The season revolves around the murder of Haller’s client Glory Days, who he became close to when defending her in Season 1. As he attempts to figure out what happened, he ends up representing her accused killer and getting involved with a dangerous cartel.
Variety spoke to showrunners Dailyn Rodriguez and Ted Humphrey about Haller’s guilty conscience, the pivotal final courtroom scene and how the show organically incorporates Latino representation. Ted Humphrey: Quitting is a theme that runs through all the books. His whole job lives in a moral gray area — he helps people who sometimes are not particularly great people, an.