Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Lincoln Lawyer Season 3 and Michael Connelly’s The Law of Innocence
Despite my love for Maggie, The Lincoln Advocate Season 3 paired Mickey with a much better romantic match. Although the Netflix series is far from a romance show, the strong female characters in The Lincoln Advocate That Mickey Romance had a strong influence on his career as a defense attorney. His primary romantic interest in seasons 1 and 2 is his ex-wife Maggie McPherson, who works as a prosecutor.
Maggie is a divisive character among fans of The Lincoln AdvocateWith some viewers loving her and others hating her. I fall into the former category partly because Neve Campbell is an iconic actress and partly because the character is fascinating. despite this, Maggie’s romantic relationship with Mickey never felt quite right to me. They seem better as friends and co-parents than they do as partners. At the end of The Lincoln Advocate Season 3, I became convinced that Mickey had a much better romantic match that could be his end game.
Andy has better chemistry with Mickey in The Lincoln Lawyer than Maggie
Andy and Mickey have strong chemistry because of their similarities
While Maggie and Mickey are not completely chemistry-free The Lincoln AdvocateTheir relationship feels like that of a couple hanging on by a thread. They clearly love each other but no longer have a spark. This was even more obvious when I watched the flashbacks The Lincoln Advocate Season 3, where Maggie and Mickey are more loving and sweet. In contrast, Andy and Mickey have a palpable chemistry that allows them to have flirty repartee and genuine intimacy that feels genuine. The bond feels stronger and more romantic, although Mickey and Maggie feel more like friends at times.
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The difference can be attributed to the length of the relationship. Over a decade of a relationship will change the dynamic between two people. Maggie and Mickey also share a child, which can add extra stress and diminish chemistry. However, I’m more inclined to believe that the difference is because Andy and Mickey are just a better match. They align more with their personalities, desires and values.
Why Mickey’s job as a defense attorney isn’t a problem for Andy
Andy understands that they are both working towards the same overall goal
Although Mickey’s job is a significant issue for Maggie, Andy doesn’t feel the same way. Mickey and Maggie are ideologically incompatible in The Lincoln AdvocateBut I don’t think it’s because he’s a defense attorney, and she’s a prosecutor – despite Maggie thinking that. She tends to make moral judgments about Mickey based on his work as a defense attorney, and sees her work as a more righteous cause. FortunatelyAndy does not have the same issue in The Lincoln Advocate Because she looks at defense attorneys and prosecutors in a more nuanced way.
She doesn’t think so much about Mickey’s career. While Andy thinks her job is important, I’m glad she also understands that Mickey has a critical role in the Justice Department. The defense attorney isn’t just trying to get criminals off the street. Instead, he wants to ensure that every person gets a fair trial and the system gets it right. Andy wants the same thing, even if she approaches it differently. The prosecutor even admits that they both follow the same goal in a certain way.
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Andy also acknowledges that she and Mickey have similar stressors at work, which makes it easier for her to empathize with him. I love the fact that he shows up for her after the Scott Glass situation, and she shows up for him after what Neil Bishop does in The Lincoln Advocate. That’s not to say that Maggie doesn’t care or try, but she has a harder time understanding that the couple’s jobs are more similar than they are different.
Will Mickey and Andy get back together in The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4?
Mickey gets back together with Maggie in The Law of Innocence
Despite being a better couple than Maggie and Mickey, The chances of Andy and Mickey getting together in season 4 of the show are unfortunately slim to none given the source material. Mickey’s fate in The Lincoln Advocate Season 3 confirms that the next season will follow the story of The law of innocenceWhich involves Mickey getting tried for murder. At the end of the novel, Mickey and Maggie are back together, which lasts until the beginning of Resurrection walk by Michael Connelly.
However, there is a chance that the show will not follow the book in this way, considering they have Mickey start a relationship with Andy in The Lincoln Advocate Season 3. Andy wasn’t in the books at all, so the couple’s romance is a significant diversion from the books. I hope they bring Andy and Mickey back together in season 4 since they are a better match. In addition, they are not broken because they are incompatible. Mickey and Andy just aren’t willing to put time and energy into a relationship instead of work.