‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Boss Previews Mickey’s ‘Most Emotional’ & ‘Difficult’ Case Yet — Defending Himself

Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, above) may be one of the best attorneys in L.A., but how well can he defend himself against a murder rap after the dead body of a onetime client was found in his trunk on The Lincoln Lawyer? It doesn’t help that he’s in jail, facing a prosecutor known as Death Row Dana Berg (Constance Zimmer, UnREAL), with whom Mickey and his former wife Maggie (Neve Campbell) have unpleasant history. Being an inmate isn’t much fun for the lawyer, who has had to hire one of the more amenable inmates to watch out for him in exchange for some jailhouse lawyering.

Netflix’s hit legal thriller’s fourth season, premiering on February 5 with 10 new delicious episodes, is described by showrunner Ted Humphrey as “the most emotional and highest-stakes roller-coaster story we’ve done. Mickey finds himself as the client having to take all the wisdom that he’s doled out over the years and he finds how hollow it is when you’re the one sitting there having to listen to your own advice. Facing murder charges is about the bleakest situation somebody can face,” he stresses. “What’s going to happen to Mickey plays out over the entire season in the form of his trial.”