Thank you, Woodster and Mark. I am now perfectly happy with Woodster's preferences, having read this -from Mark's second link; underlinings are mine.
when Amazon wanted to make that show, they said, "We’re going to do things a little different, and we want you there, you created this character…" I had watched a TV show called Touch, which has come and gone. Titus Welliver was on it as a guest star, and he was playing a military vet who had PTSD. The way he carried that internal damage and projected it was just perfect. I thought, "That’s what I need in Harry Bosch, someone who can show that inner damage without saying, 'Man, I’ve had a hard life.' ”
Connolly did what many authors have done, he has written to a need. The original books were to be read; the series is seen and heard. That requires a different approach, especially incorporating "suspension of belief" as Coleridge put it.
My original complaint is now withdrawn; apologies to Woodster. I was inadvertently 'comparing apples with pears', both fruits, taste different? Glad you enjoyed the series, if you ever get the time and inclination, I recommend the books, especially "Angels' Flight" - a microcosm of racial politics and "high jingo".
Sam
A pragmatist inside a perpetual optimist, heavily influenced by an experienced cynic, wrapped around by an aging relic.