Summary
The end ofBosch: Legacywas abrupt due to Amazon’s sudden cancelation back in September 2024. It’s an undignified end for one of Peak TV’s greatest ever shows, but the fans are fighting to give Harry Bosch a proper ending with over 35,000 signatures on the SaveBosch: Legacypetition. Michael Connelly and Titus Welliver deserve huge credit for bringing Harry Bosch to life, butthere’s one man who never gets the credit he deserves: co-creator and showrunner, Eric Overmyer.
Eric Overmyer was responsible for translatingMichael Connelly’s iconic crime booksinto a television series, with three-dimensional characters, top-quality writing and proper serialized storytelling. The realBoschfans know how important Overmyer is, and so do the cast and crew who worked with him. His contribution to the birth of Amazon’s streaming service is significant, and it wouldn’t be what it is today without him.EricOvermyer is the real ‘fearless leader’ of the Bosch-verse, and if this truly is the end of Harry Bosch’s solo stories, it’s time to celebrate what he’s achieved.
Eric Overmyer’s Contribution To Bosch And Bosch: Legacy Is Huge And He Isn’t Given The Credit He Truly Deserves
When Amazon bought the rights to Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch books, they hired legendary television writer and producer, Eric Overmyer, to oversee the project as co-creator and head showrunner. It turned out to be the greatest decision they ever made because the originalBoschseries essentially put Amazon on the streaming map.There are arguably three truly ‘fearless leaders’ of the Bosch-verse: Michael Connelly, who wrote the books, Titus Welliver, who portrayed the iconic lead character, AND Eric Overmyer, who translated it for television.Connelly and Welliverare absolutely key to the success of the Bosch-verse, but without Eric Overmyer, the last ten years of high-quality drama wouldn’t have happened. In an exclusiveinterview with Game Rant, Gregory Scott Cumminsraved about Overmyer:
The showrunner, Eric Overmyer, is incredible. He is like Shakespeare. I think Eric Overmyer’s contribution was overlooked. He made this show. And I don’t think it was ever publicly appreciated. We knew. Michael Connelly is basically God. He created this whole thing. But Eric Overmyer translated it for TV. And that is a skill. Keeping the plot lines together, keeping them moving, all the different plot lines interweaving. And then the character development of each character. It’s such an art. He is a genius.
Overmyer doesn’t do many interviews, and chooses to focus his attention on the craft of writing, which is probably why his contribution does get ‘overlooked’.The work speaks for itself, and he’s built a legacy that will last forever. AsHarry Boschsays, ‘legacy matters’. Overmyer began his career as a playwright in the 1970s, and that’s when he first came into contact with a young actor calledTroy Evans, who would go on to portray Barrel Johnson inBoschandBosch: Legacy. In an exclusive interview with Game Rant, Evans stated:
When I first got to California, I went to this little theater in San Maria, and a college playwright came through to see a play I was in, and that was Eric Overmyer. I met him in the summer of 1976. And then 40 years later he calls me up, ‘Troy, it’s Eric, I’m working on this thing with Michael Connelly and I think there’s something there for you.’ Crate and Barrel are not prominent in the books, but Eric told Michael Connelly that these guys needed to be there.
Michael Connelly’s books are brilliant, but they are very focused on Harry Bosch, and a television show needs to be about so much more than one character. Overmyer knew this, and that is whyCrate and Barrelare so iconic;Jerry Edgaris a fully fleshed partner for Harry Bosch and the rest of the ensemble are so strong.
Save Bosch: Legacy Key Points
If Bosch: Legacy Does Come Back, Eric Overmyer Is The Key To Its Success
TheSaveBosch: Legacycampaignis all about giving the creative team the chance to end the story properly.Eric Overmyer was there from the start, and Amazon should have given him the heads-up about the plans to end the show after the third season, similarly to how they did with the originalBoschseries back in 2021. Amazon’s executives don’t have a clue about the creative side of the Hollywood industry after spending so much time in their deluded Silicon Valley bubble. Amazon clearly thought they knew better than Eric Overmyer about howBosch: Legacyshould end, and the huge fan backlash would suggest they didn’t.
It might have been a wiser option for Amazon to let Eric Overmyer, Michael Connelly and Titus Welliver decide when Harry Bosch’s solo stories were ready to end.Not to mention,Bosch: Legacybelongs to the fans now, and they’ll decide when they’ve had enough. Unfortunately, the damage is done, and the sun has set on Harry Bosch’s saga. However, there’s a very good chance the noise created by the petition could lead to a continuation at some point in the future, and Overmyer should get the chance to complete his vision for the Bosch-verse. There is noBosch: Legacywithout Eric Overmyer and everybody knows that. Hold Fast!
