Warning! This article contains major spoilers for The Lincoln Lawyer Season 3!In a shocking twist for the entire team and Haller family in The Lincoln Advocate In Season 3, Eddie Rojas was unexpectedly killed just five episodes after his introduction. When Izzy opened her dance studio and resigned as Mickey's driver in The Lincoln Advocate Season 2's finale, the titular defense attorney requires a new driver to drive him around Los Angeles. He found his answer in Eddie Rojas, Haley's old babysitter, who is accused of carjacking a man's Lamborghini. After Mickey solved the case, Eddie took over Izzy's role as Mickey's driver until halfway through season 3.
After a few episodes of diving into Eddie's happy, sweet personality and interest in fitness and crochet, The Lincoln Advocate Season 3, episode 5 ended tragically with a truck intentionally flipping Eddie and Mickey's car off the road. The devastating crash culminated in Eddie's death in the diver's seatMit Mickey is brutally injured but able to climb out of the back seat window. Considering Eddie has just established himself as a welcome new addition to The Lincoln AdvocateHis character, his sudden death came as a harsh blow, and continued to have major consequences on Mickey's guilty conscience.
Eddie's death is what drives home to Mickey that his career and choices are too risky
Eddie's death proves that Mickey's actions are too dangerous for those around him
Despite how popular the character became after his debut, Eddie's death was necessary in the story to raise the stakes of Mickey's dangerous case And the potential to expose DEA Agent De Marco. Additionally, Mickey's flashbacks with Maggie in The Lincoln Advocate Season 3 and guilt over feeling responsible for Glory Days death has already highlighted the truly dangerous nature of his work. Mickey often takes deadly risks to win his cases, and despite warnings from his loved ones to be careful, these gambles have resulted in the injury or death of people he cares about.
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Eddie is the last person whose death Mickey feels responsible for, and it leads him to finally take the advice to be careful that has been thrown at him for the past 15 years. Hayley blames Mickey for Eddie's death and claims that everyone around him is dying, which they really are Opens Mickey's eyes to the pain that his risky behavior brings both to himself and to others. The death of the innocent Eddie, Mickey is left with the dilemma of whether the lengths he goes to win cases are worth the risks they still pose. The Lincoln Advocate Season 3's finale.
Warning! Spoilers ahead for the Law of Innocence book, which The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4 is apparently based on.
Eddie's death is a missed opportunity for The Lincoln Lawyer Season 4
Eddie could have been a great new addition to Mickey's office dynamic
Although Eddie's death was a tragic but necessary loss for Mickey's character development, his future absence is disappointing. The Lincoln Advocate Season 4 would have benefited from a lot to flesh out Eddie's character and relationships with the rest of the legal team, as His unique personality and interests provided an exciting brand new dynamic among the ensemble. Additionally, Hayley's continued affection for and friendship with Eddie would have given the series more opportunities to bring Mickey's daughter into the mix in the office, allowing her to frequently visit everyone in a more casual manner.
Netflix has yet to officially confirm The Lincoln Advocate Season 4's renewal.
not to mention, Mickey now needs another driver after Eddie's deathAs Izzy has accepted Lorna's role as the office manager. Considering The Lincoln AdvocateThe title centers the story around Mickey working on cases while being driven around in his Lincoln, it is imperative that he recruits a new driver to replace Eddie. Of course, Mickey's car rides will be slowed down The Lincoln Advocate Season 4 follows Sam Scales' murder, as the titular defense attorney now finds himself as the prime suspect.
In Michael Connelly's hit novel series, the driver who eventually replaces Earl Briggs in The law of innocence Book is Bishop, a former drug dealer who protected Mickey while he was in prison after being accused of Sam's murder. Therefore, it Means Eddie's replacement in The Lincoln Advocate Season 4 will be Bishop or an entirely new character Created specifically for the TV show.
Is Eddie's death in the Lincoln lawyer books?
Mickey's Driver Died in the Lincoln Lawyer Book
One of the many changes that The Lincoln Advocate Season 3 makes to Michael Connelly's The gods of guilt Novel is the introduction and story of Mickey's new driver, Eddie Rojas. Unlike his Season 1 and 2 driver Izzy Letts, Eddie Rojas actually was one of Mickey Haller's drivers in the book series - but not as the show presents him. While Mickey has a driver simply named "Rojas" who was a former client in the books, Eddie's story more closely mirrors that of Earl Briggs, Mickey's driver The gods of guilt.
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Mickey's Book Driver |
TV show replacement |
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Patrick Hensen |
Easy lets |
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Earl Briggs |
Eddie Rojas |
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Rojas |
Eddie Rojas |
Just like with Eddie in the show, Earl tragically dies when their car is run off the road by another truck, while Mickey survives the devastating accident. Earl's unexpected death in The gods of guilt The book serves a very similar purpose to Eddie's death in The Lincoln AdvocateAlthough the death of the TV show character was also used to drive a wedge between Mickey and Hayley. in this book, Earl's death plays a major role in Mickey's guilt and realization about the dangers his career decisions pose For the innocent people around him.
The Lincoln Lawyer Season 3 already teased how to bring Eddie back for Season 4
Eddie may yet appear in the future of The Lincoln Lawyer
throughout The Lincoln Advocate Season 3, Episode 9, "Ghosts," Mickey Haller is haunted by the ghosts of his past as he drives around in his Lincoln. Those whose deaths he feels guilty about or whose memories continue to haunt him with guilt appear to him as passengers in the back of his car, helping Mickey work through both the case and his remorse. In the episode, Mickey sees the ghosts of Eddie Rojas, Glory Days, and his own father, Mickey Haller, Sr.highlighting the weight that each character's life and death continue to have on his conscience.
Whether Eddie returns through flashbacks with Hayley and Mickey or appears through visions as a voice of reason to Mickey, his death doesn't necessarily signal an official goodbye to his character.
With Eddie already back posthumously as a ghost haunting Mickey in The Lincoln Advocate Season 3, the Netflix series established a potential way to bring him back in season 4 and beyond. Considering that Glory Days was killed by Agent De Marco in season 2 and then returned for flashbacks and visions, it stands to reason that Eddie could get the same treatment in The Lincoln Advocate Season 4. Whether Eddie returns through flashbacks with Hayley and Mickey or appears through visions as a voice of reason to Mickey, his death doesn't necessarily signal an official goodbye to his character.